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Concerti grossi op. 6
Georg Friedrich Händel

Concerti grossi op. 6

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam / Jan Willem de Vriend

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: SACD hybrid
Barcode: 0608917257021
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Catalog number: CC 72570
Releasedate: 27-09-12
These Concerti Grossi are one of the great monuments of Baroque instrumental music. CCA with Jan Willem de Vriend perform these with their famous energy and spirit, with a beautiful result!
  • Over the past 30 years, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam has established a strong national and international reputation
  • 3SACD box set
  • Combattimento Consort Amsterdam is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year
  • The complete Concerti grossi, op. 6 to celebrate this festive year: Händel’s ultimate party music
  • The box set is a follow-up recording of Händel’s Concerti grossi, op. 3 (released in 2005)
  • The ensemble is famous for the high quality and energy of its performances
  • Conductor/violinist Jan Willem de Vriend's name is now settled and known worldwide
  • Jan Willem de Vriend is the artistic director of Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and since 2006 has been the chief conductor and artistic director of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
The creative riches of structure and the broad diversity of styles that Handel exhibits in the 61 (!) movements of his 12 Grand Concertos, time and again coloured by a surprising palette of musical expression, is unique, and has led to his opus VI being generally considered alongside Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos as one of the great monuments of Baroque instrumental music.