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Release Date: 16th Feb 2009
Catalogue No: 93792
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 56 minutes

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Handel: Sonata in C major for recorder and continuo, HWV365, Op. 1 No. 7

Work length10:10

$5.00

$6.50

Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti

I. Larghetto

Track length2:35

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length1:51

$1.00

$1.30

III. Larghetto

Track length2:05

$1.00

$1.30

IV. A tempo di gavotta

Track length1:42

$1.00

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V. Allegro

Track length1:57

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Flute Sonata in B minor, Op 1 No 9b, HWV367b

Work length13:22

$7.00

$9.10

Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti

I. Largo

Track length2:03

$1.00

$1.30

II. Vivace

Track length2:47

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III. Presto

Track length1:44

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IV. Adagio

Track length1:23

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V. Alla breve

Track length1:32

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VI. Andante

Track length2:34

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VII. A tempo di menuetto

Track length1:19

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Handel: Sonata in G minor for recorder and continuo, HWV360, Op. 1 No. 2

Work length6:49

$4.00

$5.20

Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti

I. Larghetto

Track length1:58

$1.00

$1.30

II. Andante

Track length2:36

$1.00

$1.30

III. Adagio

Track length0:46

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Presto

Track length1:29

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Sonata in B flat major for recorder and continuo, HWV377 'Fitzwilliam I'

Work length5:14

$3.00

$3.90

Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti

I. (Corrente)

Track length1:50

$1.00

$1.30

II. Adagio

Track length1:24

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro

Track length2:00

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Sonata in A minor for recorder and continuo, HWV362, Op. 1 No. 4

Work length9:40

$4.00

$5.20

Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti

I. Larghetto

Track length2:40

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length2:09

$1.00

$1.30

III. Adagio

Track length1:51

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro

Track length3:00

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Sonata in F major for recorder and continuo, HWV369, Op. 1 No. 11

Work length7:11

$4.00

$5.20

Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti

I. Grave

Track length2:32

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length1:52

$1.00

$1.30

III. Alla siciliana

Track length1:09

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro

Track length1:38

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Sonata in G major for violin and continuo, HWV358

Work length4:06

$3.00

$3.90

Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti

I. Allegro

Track length1:35

$1.00

$1.30

II. Adagio

Track length0:35

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro

Track length1:56

$1.00

$1.30

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Handel’s sonatas for recorder were composed in the years 1724–6. What is remarkable is that he found the time to concentrate on such work at a time when his operas were in great demand in London: this is the period of Scipione and Agrippina. The young composer was the toast of the town, and had become a naturalised Englishman having followed his old employer the Elector of Hanover, Georg to London. Georg became King George I, and Georg Frideric Handel became George Frederick Handel. It will come as no surprise that the sonatas contain a lot of ‘operatic’ material, from Handel’s own operas, and those of his contemporaries such as Georg Muffat.

Many of the most popular arias from Handel’s operas had been published in transcriptions for recorder and keyboard – the ancestors of the operatic paraphrases by Liszt and Henselt in the 19th century. Although they can be considered as domestic music, the keyboard parts are quite virtuosic (Handel was an excellent harpsichordist), and the composer’s markings are detailed lending credence to the view that these works were also used as exercises. Handel enthusiasts will find much that is familiar in these works, sprightly fast movements and operatic larghettos, the latter no doubt influenced by the operatic workload Handel faced at the time.

New recordings from 2008

‘Bosgraaf ’s virtuosity is stunning, as is his artistry’ Gramophone review for Bosgraaf ’s 3CD set of music by van Eyck

Erik Bosgraaf has also recorded Bach and Telemann for Brilliant Classics

Franceso Corti studied with Bob van Asperen, and has worked with Marc Minkowski and Jordi Savall

Comprehensive booklet notes on each sonata, the instruments and the composer

Handel - The Recorder Sonatas

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