Artist: Il Giardino Armonico, Les Lunes du Cousin Jacques
Title: 12 Concerti Grossi Op. 6
Item Condition: New and unplayed
Format: CD
Release Date: 2009
Label: DG Imports
UPC: 028947803195
Genre: Classical Composers

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. 1. a Tempo Giusto - Il Giardino Armonico, Nicolas Bartholomãƒâ©E, Giovanni Antonini, Marco Brolli, Hannelore Guittet, Anne Sophie Versnaeyen, Cãƒâ©Line Grangey, George Frideric Handel
2. 2. Allegro
3. 3. Adagio - Il Giardino Armonico, Nicolas Bartholomãƒâ©E, Marco Brolli, Hannelore Guittet, Anne Sophie Versnaeyen, Cãƒâ©Line Grangey, George Frideric Handel
4. 4. Allegro
5. 5. Allegro
6. 1. Andante Larghetto
7. 2. Allegro
8. 3. Largo
9. 4. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
10. 1. Larghetto
11. 2. Andante
12. 3. Allegro
13. 4. Polonaise
14. 5. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
15. 1. Larghetto Affettuoso
16. 2. Allegro
17. 3. Largo E Piano
18. 4. Allegro
19. 1. Larghetto E Staccato
20. 2. Allegro
21. 3. Presto
22. 4. Largo
23. 5. Allegro
24. 6. Menuet: Un Poco Larghetto

DISC 2:
1. 1. Largo Affetuoso
2. 2. Tempo Giusto
3. 3. Musette: Larghetto
4. 4. Allegro
5. 5. Allegro
6. 1. Largo
7. 2. Allegro
8. 3. Largo
9. 4. Andante
10. 5. Hornpipe
11. 1. Allemande
12. 2. Grave
13. 3. Andante Allegro
14. 4. Adagio
15. 5. Siciliana: Andante
16. 6. Allegro
17. 1. Largo
18. 2. Allegro
19. 3. Larghetto
20. 4. Allegro
21. 5. Menuet
22. 6. Gigue

DISC 3:
1. 1. Ouvertãƒâ¼Re
2. 2. Allegro
3. 3. Air: Lentement
4. 4. Allegro
5. 5. Allegro
6. 6. Allegro Moderato
7. 1. Andante Larghetto E Staccato
8. 2. Allegro
9. 3. Largo E Staccato
10. 4. Andante
11. 5. Allegro
12. 1. Largo
13. 2. Allegro
14. 3. Aria: Larghetto E Piano
15. 4. Largo
16. 5. Allegro

Multi award-winning period performance ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, led by the charismatic and inspiring Giovanni Antonini, make their first appearance on the newly invigorated l'oiseau lyre label with a wonderful new recording of Handel's 12 concerti grossi op. 6 to mark the composer's anniversary year (2009). Handel's concerti grossi, op. 6 are one of the pillars of baroque orchestral music. Il Giardino Armonico takes a characteristically dramatic and instinctively Italian view of the music (Handel did after all hone his compositional skills in Italy before settling in England). The group hopes to reclaim Handel for Italy by exploring some of the unique qualities that their native temperament can bring to the music.