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Handel: Complete Flute Sonatas [CD]

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Street Date: 2026-03-20

Landmark works of Baroque chamber music given a 21st-century twist.The extent to which George Friederic Handel's flute sonatas 'belong' on the flute is an open question. Some sonatas were composed with the violin in mind, and then arranged by Handel's London publisher, John Walsh, ever alert to a commercial opportunity. Others were probably conceived for recorder and basso continuo, and then transposed for the different register of the flute. Most of them were written around the 1720s, but some date from rather earlier, so far as we can tell. Even more than his contemporaries such as Bach, Handel was an assiduous reuser and recycler of his own material, and thus the notion of early and late style in this music, and an evolution between them, becomes somewhat moot. Not entirely, however, for there is a discernible movement away from Italian and towards French models of rhetoric in the sonatas, just as the oratorios develop an increased richness of harmony and economy of gesture during the decades of Handel's English period. To accompany this new recording, the flautist Lorenzo d'Anto has supplied invaluable chapter and verse for each sonata in his booklet essay. He also brings them alive in his partnership with the guitarist Michele Di Filippo, with the aim of rediscovering 'these antique masterpieces, and observing them from a new and modern perspective.' Thus the basso continuo lines, usually encountered on a harpsichord or combination of cello, lute and keyboard, have been mapped on to the guitar. This is a practice with many honourable precedents, dating back to Handel's own time.Lorenzo D'Anto graduated from the conservatoire in Rome in 2017. While at a relatively early stage in his career, he is already principal flute of the orchestra of the Arena di Verona. He has also performed as a concerto soloist and recitalist in festivals and venues across Italy and Switzerland. He is partnered here by Michele di Filippo, a guitarist born in 1994 who is also active as a composer.

Tracklist:

  1. Sonata in a Minor Hwv362-I. Larghetto
  2. Sonata in a Minor Hwv362-II. Allegro
  3. Sonata in a Minor Hwv362-III. Adagio
  4. Sonata in a Minor Hwv362-IV. Allegro
  5. Sonata in E minor Hwv359B-I. Grave
  6. Sonata in E minor Hwv359B-II. Allegro
  7. Sonata in E minor Hwv359B-III. Adagio
  8. Sonata in E minor Hwv359B-IV. Allegro
  9. Sonata in B minor Hwv367B-I. Largo
  10. Sonata in B minor Hwv367B-II. Vivace
  11. Sonata in B minor Hwv367B-III. Presto
  12. Sonata in B minor Hwv367B-IV. Adagio
  13. Sonata in B minor HWV367B-V. Alla Breve
  14. Sonata in B minor Hwv367B-VI. Andante
  15. Sonata in B minor Hwv367B-VII. Minuetto
  16. Sonata in F Hwv369-I. Larghetto
  17. Sonata in F Hwv369-II. Allegro
  18. Sonata in F Hwv369-III. Siciliana
  19. Sonata in F Hwv369-IV. Allegro
  20. Sonata in C Hwv365-I. Larghetto
  21. Sonata in C Hwv365-II. Allegro
  22. Sonata in C Hwv365-III. Larghetto
  23. Sonata in C Hwv365-IV. a Tempo Di Gavotta
  24. Sonata in C HWV365-V. Allegro
  25. Sonata in G Hwv363B-I. Adagio
  26. Sonata in G Hwv363B-II. Allegro
  27. Sonata in G Hwv363B-III. Adagio
  28. Sonata in G Hwv363B-IV. Bourrée
  29. Sonata in G HWV363B-V. Minuetto
  30. Sonata in G minor Hwv360-I. Larghetto
  31. Sonata in G minor Hwv360-II. Andante
  32. Sonata in G minor Hwv360-III. Adagio
  33. Sonata in G minor Hwv360-IV. Presto
  34. Sonata in D Hwv378-I. Adagio
  35. Sonata in D Hwv378-II. Allegro
  36. Sonata in D Hwv378-III. Adagio
  37. Sonata in D Hwv378-IV. Allegro
  38. Sonata in a Minor HWV374 (Halle Sonata No. 1)-I. Adagio
  39. Sonata in a Minor HWV374 (Halle Sonata No. 1)-II. Allegro
  40. Sonata in a Minor HWV374 (Halle Sonata No. 1)-III. Adagio
  41. Sonata in a Minor HWV374 (Halle Sonata No. 1)-IV. Allegro
  42. Sonata in E minor HWV375 (Halle Sonata No. 2)-I. Adagio
  43. Sonata in E minor HWV375 (Halle Sonata No. 2)-II. Allegro
  44. Sonata in E minor HWV375 (Halle Sonata No. 2)-III. Grave
  45. Sonata in E minor HWV375 (Halle Sonata No. 2)-IV. Minuetto
  46. Sonata in B minor HWV376 (Halle Sonata No. 3)-I. Adagio
  47. Sonata in B minor HWV376 (Halle Sonata No. 3)-II. Allegro
  48. Sonata in B minor HWV376 (Halle Sonata No. 3)-III. Largo
  49. Sonata in B minor HWV376 (Halle Sonata No. 3)-IV. Allegro
  50. Sonata in B Flat Hwv377-I. Allegro
  51. Sonata in B Flat Hwv377-II. Adagio
  52. Sonata in B Flat Hwv377-III. Allegro

UPC: 5063758975803
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release Date: 3.20.26
Format: CD

SKU: 64732200
UPC: 5063758975803