Discography
| GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685 – 1759) Concerto for recorder in F major / Fa majeur / F Dur, after HWV 369 & 293 from manuscript Fitzwilliam, Sonata a Flauto, Museum Cambridge, Mu. ms 261 |
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| 1 | Larghetto – Adagio | 2'39 |
| 2 | Allegro | 1'47 |
| 3 | Improvisation | 1'50 |
| 4 | Alla Siciliana | 1'47 |
| 5 | Presto | 2'10 |
| GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Suite de danse, after HWV 1 & 287 from the opera Almira, Königin von Castilien or Der in Krohnen erlangte Glücks-Wechsel, Hamburg 1703/04 |
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| 6 | Chacconne. Tanz der spanischen Damen und Cavallier | 1’20 |
| 7 | Bourée | 0’58 |
| 8 | Saraband | 4’26 |
| 9 | Ritornello | 0’54 |
| 10 | Rondeau | 1’25 |
| 11 | Rigaudon | 0’45 |
| 12 | Allegro | 1’37 |
| FRANCESCO XAVERIO GEMINIANI (1687 – 1762) Concerto per flauto in G major / Sol majeur / G Dur, after Arcangelo Corelli’s Sonata op 5 No 11, ornamented by Pietro Castrucci (1) & Matthew Dubourg (2, 4, 5) from Walsh print, Six Solos by Corelli, exactly transpos’d and made fitt for a flute & manuscript Manchester, Newman Flower Collection, Ms. 130 & anonym manuscript, embellish’d by Dubourg, 1723-1728 |
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| 13 | Preludio. Adagio | 3’16 |
| 14 | Allegro | 2’07 |
| 15 | Adagio | 1’13 |
| 16 | Vivace | 2’06 |
| 17 | Gavotta. Allegro | 2’20 |
| GODFREX FINGER (c. 1660 – 1730) A Ground from print, 40 Airs anglois pour la flute, troisième livre, George Bingham, Amsterdam c. 1704 |
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| 18 | 3'46 | |
| GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Sonata in A Minor / la mineur / a Moll, HWV 362 from manuscript London, Sonata a Flauto e Cembalo, British Library, RM 20.g 13 |
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| 19 | Larghetto | 2’55 |
| 20 | Allegro | 2’16 |
| 21 | Adagio | 2’38 |
| 22 | Allegro | 2’24 |
| GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Passacaille in G Major / Sol Majeur / G Dur, HWV 399 from print, Seven Sonatas or Trios for Two Violins or German Flutes with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord or Violoncello. Opera Quinta. |
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| 23 | 4’26 | |
| WILLIAM BABELL (c. 1690 – 1723) Concerto in D major / Ré majeur / D Dur from print, Concertos in seven parts, op 3 No 1, for small flute & violins, London c. 1726 |
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| 24 | Allegro | 1’59 |
| 25 | Adagio | 1’42 |
| 26 | Allegro | 2’40 |
| GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Trio à flauto, violin e basso in C Minor / do mineur / c Moll, HWV 386 from manuscript Dresden, Johann Georg Pisendel, collection Schrank 2 |
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| 27 | Cantabile | 3’56 |
| 28 | Allegro | 2’20 |
| 29 | Andante | 2’57 |
| 30 | Allegro | 2’11 |
| GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Chaconne in G Major / Sol Majeur / G Dur, after HWV 435 from manuscript Ex Bibliotheca Poelchaviana & Walsh print, Suites de Pieces, London c. 1721 |
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| 31 | 7’47 | |
LA CETRA – BAROQUE ORECHSTRA BASEL
| Éva Borhi, Katharina Heutjer, Cecilie Valter, Christoph Rudolf | violin 1 |
| Johannes Frisch, Petra Melicharek, Ildikó Sajgó, Maria Sohn | violin 2 |
| Péter Barczi, Joanna Michalak | viola |
| Jonathan Pešek, Alex Jellici | vialoncello |
| Fred Walter Uhlig | violone |
| Janine Jonker, Priska Comploi | recorder & oboe |
| Sarah Giger | traverso |
| Letizia Viola | bassoon |
| Juan Sebastiàn Lima, Daniele Caminiti | theorbo, archlute & guitar |
| Sebastian Wienand | harpsichord |
| Maurice Steger | conductor (HWV 1, 287, 435) |
LA CETRA – SOLOISTS
| Maurice Steger | recorder, direction |
| Sebastian Wienand | harpsichord & organ |
| Katharina Heutjer | violin |
| Éva Borhi | violin |
| Péter Barczi | viola & violin |
| Jonathan Pešek | vialoncello |
| Fred Walter Uhlig | violone |
| Flora Papadopoulos | harp |
| Daniele Caminiti | theorbo, archlute & guitar |
| Philippe Grisvard | harpsichord |
Mr Handel’s Dinner
Concertos, Sonatas & Chaconnes by George Friedric Handel and his inner circle
London in the 1730s. Musical life was flourishing around the figure of Handel. The Saxon composer also served as director; at the height of his fame, he surrounded himself with the finest London musicians, and was joined by many foreign composers to occupy the long breaks between the acts of his lyric works. Their musical interludes accompanied lavish dinners, during which Mr Handel escaped from the pit to indulge his gourmet tendencies.
Quite a programme!
Recording
August 4-6 and September 10-11 2018 | Basel, Martinskirche
Sound engineer & producer : Christian Sager (www.sagersounds.ch)
Photography
Jean-Baptiste Millot (www.jean-baptistemillot.com)
