Handel – Chamber Music (Complete) [6 CD’s] (L’Ecole d’Orphee) (1991) FLAC

CD1

Flute Sonatas
1. Op. 1 No. 1a in E minor
Larghetto (adagio)-andante-largo-allegro-presto
2. Hallenser Sonata No. 1 in A minor
Adagio-allegro-adagio-allegro
3. Hallenser Sonata No. 2 in E minor
Adagio-allegro-grave-minuet
4. Hallenser Sonata No. 3 in B minor
Adagio-allegro-largo-allegro
5. Sonata in D major (HWV 378)
Adagio-allegro-adagio-allegro
6. Op. 1 No. 5 in G major
Adagio-allegro-adagio-boree-menuetto
7. Op. 1 No. 9 in B minor
Largo-vivace-presto-adagio-alla breve-andante-a tempo di minuet
8. Op. 1 No. 1b in E minor
Grave-allegro-adagio-allegro
L’Ecole d’Orphée:
Stephen Preston, flute
Susan Sheppard, cello
John Toll, harpsichord
Lucy Carolan, harpsichord

CD2

Violin Sonatas, Oboe Sonatas
1. Violin Sonata in A major
Andante-allegro-adagio-allegro
2. Violin Sonata in G minor
Larghetto-allegro-adagio-allegro
3. Oboe Sonata in B flat major
Andante-grave-allegro
4. Violin Sonata in D minor
Grave-allegro-adagio-allegro
5. Oboe Sonata in C minor
Largo-allegro-bourree angloise-allegro
6. Violin movement in A minor
7. Violin movement (allegro) in C minor
8. Oboe Sonata in F major
Adagio-allegro-adagio-bourree angloise-menuetto
9. Violin Sonata in D major
Affetuoso-allegro-larghetto-allegro
L’Ecole d’Orphée:
John Holloway, violin
David Reichenberg, oboe
Susan Sheppard, cello
Lucy Carolan, harpsichord

CD3

Trio Sonatas Op. 2
1. No. 1 in B minor for flute, violin & b.c.
Andante-allegro-largo-allegro
2. No. 2 in G minor for 2 violins & b.c.
Andante-allegro-largo-allegro
3. No. 3 in B flat major for 2 violins & b.c.
Andante-allegro-larghetto-allegro
4. No. 4 in F major for recorder, violin & b.c.
Larghetto-allegro-adagio-allegro (adagio)-allegro
5. No. 5 in G minor for 2 violins & b.c.
Larghetto-allegro-adagio-allegro
6. No. 6 in G minor for 2 violins & b.c.
Andante-allegro-arioso-allegro
L’Ecole d’Orphée:
John Holloway, violin
Micaela Comberti, violin
Stephen Preston, flute
Philip Pickett, recorder
Susan Sheppard, cello
Robert Woolley, harpsichord
John Toll, harpsichord

CD4

Trio Sonatas Op. 5
1. No. 1 in A major
Andante-allegro-larghetto-allegro-gavotte (allegro)
2. No. 2 in D major
Adagio-allegro-musette (andante,
allegro, andante) -marche-gavotte (allegro)
3. No. 3 in E minor
Andante larghetto-allegro-sarabande (largo assai)-allemande (andante allegro)-rondeau-gavotte (allegro)
4. No. 4 in G major
Allegro-A tempo ordinario (allegro non presto)-passacaille-gigue (presto)-menuetto (allegro moderato)
5. No. 5 in G minor
Largo-come alla breve-larghetto-a
tempo giusto-air (andante)-bouree
6. No. 6 in F major
Largo-allegro, adagio-adagio-allegro-andante variatio
7. No. 7 in B flat major
Larghetto-allegro ma non presto-adagio, allegro-gavotte (allegro)-menuet (andante allegro)
L’Ecole d’Orphée:
John Holloway, violin
Micaela Comberti, violin
Susan Sheppard, cello
Lucy Carolan, harpsichord

CD5

Trio Sonatas for 2 violins & b.c.
1. Sinfonia in B flat major
Allegro-adagio-allegro
2. Trio Sonata in F major
Andante-allegro-adagio-allegro
3. Trio Sonata in C minor
Op. 2 No. 1a Andante-allegro-andante-allegro
4. Trio Sonata in G minor
Andante-allegro-largo-allegro
5. Trio Sonata in C major
Allegro-andante larghetto-allegro-allegro
6. Trio Sonata in E major
Adagio-allegro-adagio-allegro
L’Ecole d’Orphée:
John Holloway, violin
Micaela Comberti, violin
Alison Bury, violin
Susan Sheppard, cello
Robert Woolley, harpsichord
Lucy Carolan, harpsichord

CD6

Recorder Sonatas
1. Sonata in G major
Allegro-adagio-allegro
2. Sonata in G minor
Larghetto-andante-adagio-presto
3. Sonata in A minor
Larghetto-allegro-adagio-allegro
4. Sonata in C major
Larghetto-allegro-larghetto-a tempo di gavotta-allegro
5. Sonata in F major
Larghetto-allegro-alla siciliana-allegro
6. Sonata in B flat major
Allegro-adagio-allegro
7. Sonata in D minor
Largo-vivace-presto-adagio-alla breve-andante-a tempo di minuet
8. Trio Sonata in F major
Allegro-grave-allegro
L’Ecole d’Orphée:
Philip Pickett, recorder
Rachel Beckett, recorder
Susan Sheppard, cello
Lucy Carolan, harpsichord