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George Frideric Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks / Concerti a Due Cori - The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert
George Frideric Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks / Concerti a Due Cori - The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
Genre: Classical
 
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D. Seymour | Atlanta, GA USA | 05/08/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm sorry that this album is not widely available everywhere. It is a terrific collection of period Handel. If the Ouverture to Music for the Royal Fireworks fails to raise your blood pressure, I don't know what will. The first seven minutes alone are worth buying the whole disc for. The dance music that follows is delightful. The delicate flourish repetitions in La Paix ache with beauty. La Rejouissance breaks in with horse-race intensity and enthusiasm. The two Concerto a due cori that are included on this recording are also formidable. The first (No. 2) includes some easily recognizable material Handel recycled from some of his other works. Particularly interesting is the 5th movement whose ground bass-line was pulled from a birthday ode to Queen Anne. The Adagio from the 2nd Concerto on the disc (No. 3) is quite forlorn and touching. And its final Allegro frollicks as only Handel can. A great disc if you can get your hands on it."