Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Performer: Anne-Marie Beckensteiner, Anne Van Royen, Jean-Marc Pulfer
Orchestra: Orchestre De Chambre
Conductor: Jean-François Paillard
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Erato
Release: 1971/2020
Size: 5.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 1
01. I. Largo – Allegro
02. II. Largo – Allegro
03. III. Largo
04. IV. Allegro
05. V. Allegro
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 2
06. I. Vivace – Allegro – Adagio
07. II. Allegro
08. III. Grave – Largo
09. IV. Allegro
Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 3
10. I. Largo
11. II. Allegro – Adagio
12. III. Grave
13. IV. Vivace
14. V. Allegro
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 4
15. I. Adagio – Allegro
16. II. Adagio
17. III. Vivace
18. IV. Allegro – Giga. Presto
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 5
19. I. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
20. II. Adagio
21. III. Allegro – Adagio
22. IV. Largo
23. V. Allegro
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 6
24. I. Adagio
25. II. Allegro
26. III. Largo
27. IV. Vivace
28. V. Allegro
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 7
29. I. Vivace – Allegro – Adagio
30. II. Allegro
31. III. Andante largo
32. IV. Allegro
33. V. Vivace
Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 “Fatto per la notte di Natale”
34. I. Vivace – Grave
35. II. Allegro
36. III. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
37. IV. Vivace
38. V. Allegro – Pastorale. Largo
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9
39. I. Preludio. Largo
40. II. Allemanda. Allegro
41. III. Corrente. Vivace
42. IV. Gavotta. Allegro
43. V. Adagio
44. VI. Minuetto. Vivace
Concerto grosso in C Major, Op. 6 No. 10
45. I. Preludio. Largo
46. II. Allemanda. Allegro
47. III. Adagio
48. IV. Corrente. Vivace
49. V. Allegro
50. VI. Minuetto. Vivace
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 11
51. I. Preludio. Largo
52. II. Allemanda. Allegro
53. III. Adagio
54. IV. Largo
55. V. Sarabande. Largo
56. VI. Giga. Vivace
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 12
57. I. Preludio. Adagio
58. II. Allegro
59. III. Adagio
60. IV. Sarabande. Vivace
61. V. Giga. Allegro
Jean-François Paillard and his chamber orchestra perform Arcangelo Corelli’s “Concerti grossi, Op. 6”. The chamber orchestra of Paillard is perhaps best known from their 1968 recording of Pachelbel’s “Canon”, which nearly single-handedly brought the piece from obscurity into great renown.
The Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, or Twelve Grand Concertos, HWV 319–330, are 12 concerti grossi by George Frideric Handel for a concertino trio of two violins and violoncello and a ripieno four-part string orchestra with harpsichord continuo. First published by subscription in London by John Walsh in 1739, in the second edition of 1741 they became Handel’s Opus 6. Taking the older concerto da chiesa and concerto da camera of Arcangelo Corelli as models, rather than the later three-movement Venetian concerto of Antonio Vivaldi favoured by Johann Sebastian Bach, they were written to be played during performances of Handel’s oratorios and odes. Despite the conventional model, Handel incorporated in the movements the full range of his compositional styles, including trio sonatas, operatic arias, French overtures, Italian sinfonias, airs, fugues, themes and variations and a variety of dances. The concertos were largely composed of new material: they are amongst the finest examples in the genre of baroque concerto grosso.