Name: Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
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A quirky recording. The Stuttgart Kammerorchester are a fine ensemble, and this disc contains some extremely lively, alert and incisive playing … The tempi are exciting, the band is large enough... — Early Music Review, September 2015 More…

Release Date: 29th Jun 2015
Catalogue No: C831151
Label: Orfeo

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Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 1 in G major, HWV319

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Michael Hofstetter

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 6 in G minor, HWV324

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Michael Hofstetter

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 10 in D minor, HWV328

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Michael Hofstetter

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 12 in B minor, HWV330

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Michael Hofstetter

Handel: Concerto grosso in C, HWV 318 'Alexander's Feast'

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Michael Hofstetter

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Michael Hofstetter is a much sought-after conductor with a broad repertoire stretching over several different epochs, and in 2015 his invitations range from the Styriarte Graz to the Houston Grand Opera. The Baroque is undoubtedly one of Hofstetter’s main areas of expertise: his affinity for the works of Handel has been often proven at venues such as the Handel Festival in Karlsruhe and English National Opera in London. Hofstetter was chief conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra from 2006 to 2013, and together they have now recorded Handel’s Concerti grossi Nos. 1, 6, 10 and 12 from his Opus 6 collection, along with the concerto grosso Alexander’s Feast. This last concerto, dating from 1736, was composed while Handel was still lord of the operatic world in London. Nevertheless, it already displays many characteristics familiar from his later concertos, with its sparkling allegro opening, its pastoral Largo, the rich counterpoint of its fugue and its dancelike final movement. Handel’s subsequent concerti grossi offer one highpoint of the genre after another – and the masterful, transparent performances of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under Michael Hofstetter do full justice to this music and the concerti grossi op. 6 can justly be regarded as the highpoint of Handel’s instrumental oeuvre, on a par with Bach’s 'Well-Tempered Clavier' and his 'Brandenburg' Concertos.

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Early Music Review September 2015

A quirky recording. The Stuttgart Kammerorchester are a fine ensemble, and this disc contains some extremely lively, alert and incisive playing … The tempi are exciting, the band is large enough for the solo/tutti contrasts to be well-pointed, and the actual playing is superb.

Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

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