Handel / Vivaldi - Vivaldi & Handel - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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The Brook Street Band's enthusiasm for the music of George Frideric Handel shines through on this recording of the nine Violin Sonatas by- or attributed to- the Baroque composer. The ensemble's 10th for Avie compliments it's critically acclaimed and award-winning discography of a wide variety of Handel's chamber music and vocal works. Combining consummate artistry with characteristic research, The Brook Street Band- posing the question 'how many violin sonatas did Handel actually compose?'- offers nine works composed over a span of 40 years, from the German-born Handel's early years honing his style in Italy to his later years as a leading light in London. He composed some and his name has been variously ascribed to others, depending on which was cashing in, perhaps in cahoots with the commercially-minded composer. But who really knows and one could say who cares, with music of such color performed with such passion. InchThese performances have a powerful stamp of authority... Handel himself would have found real cause for celebration.Inch (International Record Review on The Brook Street Band's album of Handel Cello Sonatas) Inch

Playing with a fine synthesis of perfectly interlocking elements that can only be forged through years of collaboration, Italy's Ensemble l'Ornamento's second engages with two of the great masters of the Baroque era, Antonio Vivaldi and George Frideric Handel. Spotlighting concertos and duos along with the distinctive transcriptions of Handel arias, l'Ornamento's credo to make a recording that Inch... raises certain expectations, which we intend to thwart in surprising and, hopefully, charming ways.Inch is vividly demonstrated in this collection