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The Brook Street Band, here pared down to trio size, is named for Handel's London address and has carried out some deep dives into his music. These sonatas for violin and continuo qualify for that heading: several of them are widely regarded as spurious, although they're strong enough to have convinced the German compilers of the Händel Werke Verzeichnis of their authenticity. The Brook Street Band has also recorded Handel's trio sonatas, and buyers in search of one album might choose that. But this release is a thorough pleasure as well. All but one of the sonatas are in the conservative slow-fast-slow-fast pattern of the earlier Italian sonata, a factor militating against the authenticity of some of the later pieces. But the material is worked out in characteristically Handelian ways, and the players make a good case for the music as genuine Handel. Sample one of the fast movements, for example, the Allegro of the Violin Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a, to hear the vigorous, strongly rhythmic, rather edgy approach favored by these musicians. Especially noteworthy are the slow-movement gestures of violinist Rachel Harris, which convince the listener that they were the work of a master of opera. More than an album for Handel completists, this is a strong release from a British group that has consistently issued historically informed Baroque performances of passion and commitment.
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(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
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(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
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(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
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(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
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(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
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(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
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(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Brook Street Band, MainArtist - Tatty Theo, MainArtist - Carolyn Gibley, MainArtist - Rachel Harris, MainArtist - Brook Street Band, Ensemble
(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Brook Street Band, MainArtist - Tatty Theo, MainArtist - Carolyn Gibley, MainArtist - Rachel Harris, MainArtist - Brook Street Band, Ensemble
(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
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(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Brook Street Band, MainArtist - Tatty Theo, MainArtist - Carolyn Gibley, MainArtist - Rachel Harris, MainArtist - Brook Street Band, Ensemble
(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Brook Street Band, MainArtist - Tatty Theo, MainArtist - Carolyn Gibley, MainArtist - Rachel Harris, MainArtist - Brook Street Band, Ensemble
(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Brook Street Band, MainArtist - Tatty Theo, MainArtist - Carolyn Gibley, MainArtist - Rachel Harris, MainArtist - Brook Street Band, Ensemble
(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Brook Street Band, MainArtist - Tatty Theo, MainArtist - Carolyn Gibley, MainArtist - Rachel Harris, MainArtist - Brook Street Band, Ensemble
(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Brook Street Band, MainArtist - Tatty Theo, MainArtist - Carolyn Gibley, MainArtist - Rachel Harris, MainArtist - Brook Street Band, Ensemble
(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Brook Street Band, MainArtist - Tatty Theo, MainArtist - Carolyn Gibley, MainArtist - Rachel Harris, MainArtist - Brook Street Band, Ensemble
(C) 2018 The Brook Street Band (P) 2018 The Brook Street Band
Album review
The Brook Street Band, here pared down to trio size, is named for Handel's London address and has carried out some deep dives into his music. These sonatas for violin and continuo qualify for that heading: several of them are widely regarded as spurious, although they're strong enough to have convinced the German compilers of the Händel Werke Verzeichnis of their authenticity. The Brook Street Band has also recorded Handel's trio sonatas, and buyers in search of one album might choose that. But this release is a thorough pleasure as well. All but one of the sonatas are in the conservative slow-fast-slow-fast pattern of the earlier Italian sonata, a factor militating against the authenticity of some of the later pieces. But the material is worked out in characteristically Handelian ways, and the players make a good case for the music as genuine Handel. Sample one of the fast movements, for example, the Allegro of the Violin Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a, to hear the vigorous, strongly rhythmic, rather edgy approach favored by these musicians. Especially noteworthy are the slow-movement gestures of violinist Rachel Harris, which convince the listener that they were the work of a master of opera. More than an album for Handel completists, this is a strong release from a British group that has consistently issued historically informed Baroque performances of passion and commitment.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:41
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Brook Street Band
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: AVIE Records
- Genre: Classical
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