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Handel's Concerti Grossi contain some of the finest orchestral music of the eighteenth century. The Op. 6 collection brims with a wealth of variety, colour, and dance rhythms - Polish and Pastoral dances, courtly and fast ones - and Handel's customary self-borrowings and indeed borrowings from other composers. The combination of full orchestra with a concertino solo group of two violins and cello allows both breadth and intimacy, producing concertos in the fullest sense. On this recording Kevin Mallon incorporates the later oboe parts for Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6, using them as a model for most of the other concertos. When the oboes are silent, flutes or recorders are added, in line with eighteenth-century practice. Album Tracks 1. A Tempo Giusto 2. Allegro 3. Adagio 4. Allegro 5. Allegro 6. Andante Larghetto 7. Allegro 8. Largo - Larghetto Andante E Piano 9. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 10. Larghetto 11. Andante 12. Allegro 13. Polonaise Andante 14. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo 15. Larghetto Affettuoso 16. Allegro 17. Largo E Piano 18. Allegro 1. Larghetto E Staccato 2. Allegro 3. Presto 4. Largo 5. Allegro 6. Menuet Un Poco Larghetto 7. Largo Affettuoso 8. A Tempo Giusto 9. Musette Larghetto 10. Allegro 11. Allegro 12. Largo 13. Allegro 14. Largo 15. Andante 16. Hornpipe 17. Allemande 18. Grave 19. Andante Allegro 20. Adagio 21. Siciliana Andante 22. Allegro 1. Largo 2. Allegro 3. Larghetto 4. Allegro 5. Minuet 6. Gigue 7. Overture - Allegro 8. Air Lento 9. Allegro 10. Allegro 11. Allegro Moderato 12. Andante Larghetto, E Staccato 13. Allegro - Largo, E Staccato 14. Andante 15. Allegro 16. Largo 17. Allegro 18. Larghetto E Piano 19. Largo 20. Allegro
