CD 1:
Concerto grosso in B-flat Major Op. 3, No. 1 (HWV 312)
Concerto grosso in B-flat Major Op. 3, No. 2 (HWV 313)
Concerto grosso in G Major Op. 3, No. 3 (HWV 314)
Concerto grosso in F Major Op. 3, No. 4 (HWV 315)
Concerto grosso in D Minor Op. 3, No. 5 (HWV 316)
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3, No. 6 (HWV 317)

CD 2:
Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 6, No.1 (HWV 319)
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 2 (HWV 320)
Concerto grosso in E Minor, Op. 6, No. 3 (HWV 321)
Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6, No. 4 (HWV 322)
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 5 (HWV 323)
Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6 (HWV 324)

CD 3:
Concerto grosso in B-flat Major Op. 6, No. 7 (HWV 325)
Concerto grosso in C Minor Op. 6, No. 8 (HWV 326)
Concerto grosso in F Major Op. 6, No. 9 (HWV 327)
Concerto grosso in D Minor Op. 6, No. 10 (HWV 328)
Concerto grosso in A Major Op. 6, No. 11 (HWV 329)
Concerto grosso in B Minor Op. 6, No. 12 (HWV 330)

Handel’s concerti grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6 are among the most exceptional instrumental music of the baroque age, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin brings out all the brilliance of these delightful works. After three individual releases between 2019 and 2020 that all received rave reviews, PENTATONE now presents these pieces in a three-disc boxset. With their historically-informed and lively playing, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and concertmasters Georg Kallweit (Op. 3) and Bernhard Forck (Op. 6) demonstrate why many consider them the best baroque ensemble of today.

The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin presented acclaimed recordings of Telemann’s Miriways and Handel’s Messiah in 2020. Their 2019 recording of the first six Handel Op. 6 concerti grossi was hailed as “immaculately played … free of fashionable eccentricities” by The Sunday Times, while Klassik praised the ensemble’s playing as “eloquent”. Their following release with the remainder of the Op. 6 concertos (2020) was singled out by Music Web International for its unprecedented “lightness” and “brightness”, while BBC Music Magazine concluded that the Op. 3 recording “deserves a place in the hall of fame”. The ensemble’s first PENTATONE album, Cantata (2018) with countertenor Bejun Mehta, won a Diapason d’or.

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Reedycja wszystkich części wydanych osobno w formacie SACD. This album was recorded at the Nikodemuskirche, Berlin, in September 2018 and February 2019 (Op. 6), as well as May 2019 (Op. 3).