Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6; Concerto Grosso (Alexander’s Feast)
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COMPOSERS: Handel
LABELS: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
WORKS: Concerti Grossi Op. 6; Concerto Grosso (Alexander’s Feast)
PERFORMER: Collegium Aureum/Franzjosef Maier
CATALOGUE NO: 77267-2 ADD (1975)
Alongside modern period performances, these pioneering recordings, made in 1975, seem curiously old-fashioned. Indeed, Collegium Aureum often sounds as Romantic as the symphony orchestras it set out to displace. Over-sized forces, ponderous tempi and fussy ornamentation do scant justice to Handelian style and this richly inventive music. Not recommended, even at mid-price. Antony Bye