
Music for the Royal Fireworks
About this album
After the recording dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach (CD Elegia, Eleorg037, 2016), Riverberi continues his journey into the world of baroque repertoire featuring Georg Friedrich Handel’s music, exploring many musical genres addressed by the composer, from the Suite for orchestra to the opera aria, from the organ concert to the trio sonata. The intent is to offer a glimpse, as narrow as you want but still significant, that can intrigue the listener’s ear with a new sound experience, through the particular combination of two instruments so far apart - the organ and the soprano saxophone - to look incompatible. The arrangement for violin or flute (or other soprano instrument) and basso continuo of the famous Suite “Music for the Royal Fireworks” , which an anonymous composer wrote in the same year of its composition (1749) - yet another proof of the exceptional fame enjoyed by Händel when he was still alive – was a safe base of work: the various movements, from the solemn Ouverture to the graceful final minuets, exploit the rich sound combinations of the Ruffatti organ to display the different affections that this music offers. The Organ Concerto in F, transcription by Händel himself of the
TRACK LISTING
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351 | |||||
(set for treble instrument and basso continuo, by anonymous musician, ca. 1749) | |||||
1. | Ouverture | [02’54’’] | |||
2. | Allegro/ Lentement/ Allegro | [05’50’’] | |||
3. | Bourée | [01’20’’] | |||
4. | La Paix: Largo alla Siciliana | [02’08’’] | |||
5. | La Réjouissance: Allegro | [01’58’’] | |||
6. | Menuet I - Menuet II | [02’27’’] | |||
Organ Concerto in F major (7/11), No. 5,HWV 293 | |||||
7. | Larghetto | [02’16’’] | |||
8. | Allegro | [02’18’’] | |||
9. | Alla Siciliana | [01’14’’] | |||
10. | Presto (Gigue) | [02’14’’] | |||
Rinaldo HWV 7 | |||||
11. | “Lascia ch’io pianga” | [05’00’’] | |||
Trio Sonata in C minor HWV 386a | |||||
12. | Andante | [05’01’’] | |||
13. | Allegro | [02’53’’] | |||
14. | Andante | [02’46’’] | |||
15. | Allegro | [02’31’’] | |||
Pieces for Clay’s Musical Clock | |||||
16. | A voluntary or a Flight of Angels HWV 600 | [01’11’’] | |||
17. | Menuet HWV 603 | [01’38’’] | |||
18. | Gavotte HWV 604 | [00’28’’] | |||
19. | Gigue HWV 589 | [02’29’’] | |||
Organ Concerto in G minor op. 4 No.1, HWV 289 | |||||
20. | Andante | [04’45’’] | |||
Suite II in D major from “Water Music” HWV 349 | |||||
(set for the harpsichord or organ by Francesco Geminiani, 1743) | |||||
21. | Allegro | [02’01’’] | |||
22. | Alla Hornpipe | [03’32’’] | |||
23. | Menuet | [01’30’’] | |||
24. | Lentement | [02’38’’] | |||
25. | Bourée | [05’01’’] | |||
T.T. | [68’40”] |