Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 4 Nos. 1-6, HWV289-294

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Saving a conspicuously spirited account of the F major No. 4 until last, Dantone… embodies the 'uncommon brilliancy and command of fingers' laid at Handel's door by Mainwaring. …recorded in... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 13th Apr 2009
Catalogue No: 4781465
Label: Decca
Series: L'Oiseau Lyre
Length: 77 minutes

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor, Op. 4 No. 3 HWV 291

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Ottavio Dantone (organ)
Accademia Bizantina
Recorded: 2009

1. (Improvvisazione) Adagio

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2. Allegro

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3. Adagio

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4. Allegro

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 4 No. 2 HWV 290

Work length11:38

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Ottavio Dantone (organ)
Accademia Bizantina
Recorded: 2009

1. Sinfonia - a tempo ordinario e staccato

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2. Allegro

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3. Adagio e staccato

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4. Allegro ma non presto

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4 No. 1 HWV 289

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Ottavio Dantone (organ)
Accademia Bizantina
Recorded: 2009

1. Larghetto e staccato

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2. Allegro

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3. Adagio

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4. Andante

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 4 No. 5 HWV 293

Work length9:36

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Ottavio Dantone (organ)
Accademia Bizantina
Recorded: 2009

1. (Improvvisazione) Larghetto

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2. Allegro

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3. Alla siciliana

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4. Presto

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 6 in B flat, Op. 4 No. 6 HWV 294

Work length11:27

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Ottavio Dantone (organ)
Accademia Bizantina
Recorded: 2009

1. Andante - Allegro

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2. Larghetto

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3. Allegro moderato

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 4 in F, Op. 4 No. 4 HWV 292

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Ottavio Dantone (organ)
Accademia Bizantina
Recorded: 2009

1. Allegro

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2. Andante

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3. Adagio

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4. Allegro

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“For intimacy and brio, there’s Ottavio Dantone and the five musicians of Accademia Bizantina… Poised in the Siciliano of the E major concerto, merry in the Allegro of the A major, strikingly confident in the whirlwind Presto of the F minor and dazzling in the Italianate Adagio of the D minor, the ensemble is faultless” The Independent on Bach Harpsichord Concertos. This is the second disc in the new L’Oiseau Lyre partnership with Accademia Bizantina and Ottavio Dantone; it promises to be a stunning contribution to commemorate the Handel celebrations in 2009.

Full of characteristic melodies and sonorous harmonies, Handel’s organ concertos op. 4 were composed in 1735-36, when Handel was in his prime. It is the first time the Accademia Bizantina and Ottavio Dantone have recorded these famous Baroque works.

As a point of difference, in two of the six concertos, Dantone also performs a solo prelude (improvisation) before the beginning of the concerto, as Handel did in performances. Recorded in Halle, Handel’s birth place, in the Sankt Bartholomäus Church, the church where many members of the Handel family got married.

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November 2009

Saving a conspicuously spirited account of the F major No. 4 until last, Dantone… embodies the 'uncommon brilliancy and command of fingers' laid at Handel's door by Mainwaring. …recorded in the Halle church which witnessed many a Handel family wedding, Dantone and his band tie the concerto knot with dashing immediacy.

August 2009

…Handel's organ concertos… benefit from strong gestures and an overall brightness of approach that reaches out to the listener. Ottavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantina achieved these with ease, first of all by using a six-stop chamber organ with more bite and colour to it...and secondly by making sure that details of rhetoric, contrast and articulation are always sharply etched. ...these are certainly distinguished performances in their own right, rich with intelligence and flair.

21st April 2009

Dantone's deft improvisation and ornamentation recapture Handel's own practice when playing these pieces, adding a further touch of freshness to performances that already bristle with vitality.

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