Georg Friedrich Händel: HWV 338 / Sinfonia for bassoon, strings & b.c. in B major / I Virtuosi delle Muse, Stefano Molardi, Jonathan Guyonnet, Paolo Cantamessa, Sebastiano Airoldi, Paolo Costanzo, Jean-Marc Haddad, Guillaume Humbrecht, Elisa Imbalzano, Yuki Koike, Marco Piantoni, Alessia Turri, Margherita Zane, Chiara Zanisi, David Glidden, Krishna Nagaraja, Wouter Werschuren, Felix Knecht, Francesco Galligioni, Claudia Poz, Carlo Zanardi, Eva Sola, Ludovic Coutineau, Stefano Molardi

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL [1685-1759]

Sinfonia for bassoon, strings and basso continuo in B major (HWV 338) (Originally, with the 1st movement of the Organ Concerto, Allegro in D minor (HWV 317), a 3-movement orchestral concerto.

The 1st movement was used as the sinfonia in Ottone (HWV 15); and the theme of the last movement was reworked for the overture of Ottone) date: 1722

I. Allegro – 0:05

II. Adagio – 4:00

III. Allegro – 7:39

Jonathan Guyonnet, Paolo Cantamessa, Sebastiano Airoldi, Paolo Costanzo, Jean-Marc Haddad, Guillaume Humbrecht, Elisa Imbalzano, Yuki Koike, Marco Piantoni, Alessia Turri, Margherita Zane (violin I & II)

Chiara Zanisi (alto viola)

David Glidden, Krishna Nagaraja (tenor viola)

Wouter Werschuren (baroque bassoon)

Felix Knecht, Francesco Galligioni, Claudia Poz, Carlo Zanardi, Eva Sola (violoncello)

Ludovic Coutineau (double bass)

Stefano Molardi (harpsichord & positive organ)

I Virtuosi delle Muse / Stefano Molardi (conductor)

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2006 Divox Antiqua CDX-70602 – DDD

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