Handel's violin sonatas are masterpieces in miniature form, unexpected of a composer famed for his grand oratorios and dazzling operas. Gramophone Award-winners Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr imbue these chamber works with a sense of theatre in their complete recording of all the extant sonatas authenticated by latest research.
'This is baroque violin-playing without peer today.' - The Sunday Times, London
Andrew Manze plays a violin by Joseph Gagliano, Naples, 1782; bow by Gerhard Landwehr, Heemstede, 1986. Richard Egarr plays a harpsichord by John Phillips, 1993, after Nicolas Dumont, 1707.
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759] Sonata in D major Op. 1 No. 13 · Affettuoso (3'28) · Allegro (2'43) · Larghetto (2'16) · Allegro (3'37) Sonata in F major Walsh Op. 1 No. 12 · Adagio (3'46) · Allegro (3'21) · Largo (3'07) · Allegro (3'29) Sonata in D minor · Grave (2'12) · Allegro (1'51) · Adagio (1'02) · Allegro (2'26) Sonata in A major Op. 1 No. 3 · Andante (2'38) · Allegro (1'52) · Adagio (0'47) · Allegro (2'34) Sonata in G minor Op. 1 No. 6 · Larghetto (2'08) · Allegro (1'54) · Adagio (0'49) · Allegro (2'21) Sonata in A major 'Roger' Op. 1 No. 10 · Adagio (1'34) · Allegro (2'38) · Largo (1'10) · Allegro (2'34) Sonata in E major 'Roger' Op. 1 No. 12 · Adagio (2'13) · Allegro (2'57) · Largo (1'16) · Allegro (2'39) Sonata in G major · [Allegro] (1'44) · [Adagio] (0'43) · [Allegro] (2'18) · Andante in A minor (2'08) · Allegro in C minor (3'30)
