Purcell, Handel, and Vivaldi: EML4 June

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Elin Manahan Thomas introduces music by Purcell, Sammartini, Handel and Vivaldi, performed at the Frankfurt Hessischer Rundfunk by Maurice Steger and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Henry Purcell: Suite from 'King Arthur'
Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto in F major for recorder and strings
Handel: Concerto a due cori No. 3 in F major HWV.334
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major RV.443 for flautino and orchestra

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Steger, recorder/director

Concert recorded at the Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt in November.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08slp82

It’s a rare thing these days to hear Purcell and Vivaldi performed by a symphony orchestra. I’m looking forward to it.

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I enjoyed this full-sound ‘Baroque Favourites’. The horns even sounded quite genuine (or were they?). ‘Jaw-dropping’ is the cliché that came into my mind while listening to Vivaldi’s Recorder Concerto, accurately described here as Concerto in C major RV.443 for flautino and orchestra.