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Handel L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato 1740
Handel L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Handel Concerto Grosso Op.6, No.1 in G major and No.3 in E minor
Handel Organ Concerto Op.7, No.1 in B flat major
Gillian Webster (soprano), Laurence Kilsby (treble), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor),
Peter Harvey (baritone), Ashley Riches (baritone)
William Whitehead (organ)
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
2016 GRAMMY Awards Best Classical Compendium, nominee
Gabrieli’s first Handel recording in over a decade is particularly special, recreating in painstaking detail the very first performance of L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, given in 1740, with additional instrumental repertoire including a Handel organ concerto and two concerti grossi.
Excerpt: Haste thee, Nymph
“Handel lovers can hardly fail to enjoy the mingled finesse and hedonistic delight of this new recording”The Gramophone, May 2015
“Paul McCreesh’s superb Gabrieli Consort and Players present this … with flair, a pristine sense of style and infectious energy.”The Times, May 2015
Winged Lion / Signum Classics
SIGCD 392
May 2015