BaL 15.03.14 - Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi Op.6

**BBMmk2** · 17-03-14, 09:26

That sounds like a good set to have Beefy!!

**MickyD** · 17-03-14, 12:57

Looking forward to the arrival of my DHM CPE Bach set too...it's got recordings I missed out on first time around and didn't think I'd see again.

**Eine Alpensinfonie** · 17-03-14, 13:16

Off topic?

**MickyD** · 17-03-14, 13:43

Oops, yes, it is, sorry...but it was Beefy wot started it!

**Beef Oven!** · 17-03-14, 14:08

Originally posted by MickyD View Post

Oops, yes, it is, sorry...but it was Beefy wot started it!

grass

**BBMmk2** · 17-03-14, 14:47

Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post

grass

Hopper!! :)

**CallMePaul** · 17-03-14, 18:46

Originally posted by MickyD View Post

I'm still baffled as to why the excellent Hogwood version wasn't mentioned, especially as it has come out in a newly remasterised version along with Op.3.

I have seen Op6 on their own for £6.99 in Manchester HMV recently. I was only able to listen in dribs and drabs on Saturday but was also surprised not to hear any mentions of this performance!

**MickyD** · 17-03-14, 20:58

The Hogwood got a terrific review in the BBC Music Magazine:

Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 6/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

http://www.classical-music.com/review/handel-24

In his notes to these two justly celebrated sets of High Baroque concertos, Donald Burrows reminds us that ‘the Op. 3 publication is an assemblage, none the less attractive on account of its variety, of various works composed under different circumstances during the previous 20 years... the compilation of the set was the publisher’s and in some cases the ordering within individual works also’. ‘There is perhaps no other music before Mozart’s’, he says of Op. 6, ‘that so successfully combines an accessible musical style with an underlying seriousness of content and construction’. The Op.

**Bryn** · 22-03-14, 11:55

The Manze/Egarr/AAM 4 disc set of Op. 3, 4 and 6 arrived from ABC-Culture, Lyon today. A nice touch was the hand-written "Merci de votre confiance". Also included was an "ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION GUARANTEE" in English which contained the delightful phrase "We carry a capital interest in your satisfaction". So it's Mme. Guillotine if they fail to satisfy, eh?

**Barbirollians** · 22-03-14, 12:31

I loved the Pinnock excerpts but I like oboes !

**Beef Oven!** · 05-03-16, 14:12

I bought the Manze set after the BaL and enjoyed it very much.

However, on repeated listens, and having listened to the Il Giardino Armonico box-set (which doesn't contain the concerti grossi), I couldn't help thinking that this music could be done with more 'attitude' (as we say these days).

Finally, a couple of days ago I ordered the Giardino set and it arrived this morning.

I know that some people find these guys a bit OTT, but I'm really enjoying this 'kick-ass' approach to the music.

**MickyD** · 05-03-16, 19:31

You're the Bad Boy of Baroque, Beefy!

**richardfinegold** · 06-03-16, 13:43

Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post

Personally, I have the Karajan.

Ugh. I have the Orpheus CDs from the early 90s.

**ferneyhoughgeliebte** · 06-03-16, 13:50

Originally posted by richardfinegold View Post

Ugh. I have the Orpheus CDs from the early 90s.

Infinitely Ugh-er than the Karajan set.

I share BeefO's enjoyment of the Manze set (an utter delight and my favourite set of these wonderful works). Shall investigate the Giardinos; a punkier version would set off the Manzes very satisfactorily.

**Nick Armstrong** · 06-03-16, 14:43

Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post

I know that some people find these guys a bit OTT, but I'm really enjoying this 'kick-ass' approach to the music.

Originally posted by MickyD View Post

You're the Bad Boy of Baroque, Beefy!

Have you never seen Beefy in his HIP listening gear?

BaL 15.03.14 - Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi Op.6

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