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Track(s) taken from CDA67291/2

Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op 7 No 3

composer

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)
Recording details: June 1996
St Lawrence, Whitchurch, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener & Oliver Rivers
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: November 1997
Total duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds
 

Reviews

‘Highly recommended, not least for a glorious rendition of the Harp Concerto and the novelty of the briefest contribution of Clare College Choir in an Alleluia finale’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The abiding impression is one of irrepressible tunefulness and joie de vivre … the instrument's special delight is the sweetness and delicacy of its flute stops … here and elsewhere Nicholson plays with zest and virtuoso flair. The Brandenburg Consort match him in style and élan, while Frances Kelly is a graceful soloist’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘The great coup of this new recording … is to have secured the instrument on which the composer played. Nicholson's playing is unfailingly stylish’ (The Times)

‘Superbly played’ (Organists' Review)

‘Paul Nicholson's performances are musical, polished and wonderfully played and enjoyable to hear’ (Cathedral Music)

‘Incandescent music-making. Mr Nicholson, the fieriest of virtuosos, makes us remember that Handel, who wrote these pieces for himself, was an organist of legendary prowess. The Brandenburg Consort's luminous strings play with particular point and charm, thanks to Mr Goodman’ (The Dallas Morning News)
Op 7 No 3 in B flat major was the last instrumental work Handel composed. It was written between 1 and 4 January 1751 and first performed after Act II of Alexander’s Feast at Covent Garden on 1 March that year at a concert which also included the premiere of The Choice of Hercules. After the first movement Handel simply wrote ‘Adagio e fuga ad libitum’ in the manuscript. On this disc the Adagio is a transcription of a movement from a G major Violin Sonata while the fugue is one of Handel’s few original organ solo works – the ‘Voluntary (or Fugue)’ in B flat from a set of six published in 1735.

from notes by Marc Rochester © 1997

Dernière œuvre instrumentale de Haendel, l’op.7 no3 en si bémol majeur fut écrit entre le 1er et le 4 janvier 1751 et exécuté pour la première fois le premier mars de la même année, après l’acte II d’Alexander’s Feast à Covent Garden, lors d’un concert incluant également la première de The Choice of Hercules. Après le premier mouvement, Hændel nota simplement Adagio e fuga ad libitum dans le manuscrit. L’Adagio présenté ici est une transcription d’un mouvement d’une Sonate pour violon en sol majeur, tandis que la fuga est une des rares œuvres originales composées par Hændel pour orgue solo – le «Voluntary (ou Fugue)» en si bémol figurant parmi un corpus de six œuvres publié en 1735.

extrait des notes rédigées par Marc Rochester © 1997
Français: Hypérion

Opus 7 Nr. 3 in B-Dur war das letzte Instrumentalwerk Händels. Seine Entstehungszeit datiert man zwischen den 1. und 4. Januar 1751. Zum ersten Mal gespielt wurde es nach dem zweiten Akt von Alexander’s Feast, einem Stück, das am 1. März desselben Jahres im Covent Garden bei einem Konzert aufgeführt wurde und bei dem auch die Premiere von The Choice of Hercules gegeben wurde. Im Manuskript setzte Händel hinter den ersten Satz einfach Adagio e fuga ad libitum. Bei der vorliegenden CD ist das Adagio eine Transkription eines Satzes aus einer Violinsonate in G-Dur, wohingegen die Fuga eines von Händels wenigen eigenen Solo-Orgelwerken ist: die „Voluntary (oder Fuge)“ in B aus eine Reihe von sechs Werken, die 1735 veröffentlicht wurden.

aus dem Begleittext von Marc Rochester © 1997
Deutsch: Inge Schneider

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