Handel: Oboe Concertos (CD)

George Frideric Handel 1685-1759

Oboe Concertos

Concerto-pasticcio in C for oboe, strings and b.c.

1. I. Largo 1’46
2. II. Allegro 2’47
3. III. Largo 4’14
4. IV. Allegro 5’36

Concerto in G minor HWV287 for oboe, strings and b.c.

5. I. Grave 2’32
6. II. Allegro 1’38
7. III. Sarabande. Largo 2’11

8 IV. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                   1’43

Concerto in C minor for oboe, strings and b.c.

9. I. Allegro 5’16
10. II. Adagio 3’14
11. III. Allegro 4’28

Concerto grosso Op.3 No.3 in G HWV314 for oboe, strings and b.c.

12. I. Largo e staccato 1’06
13. II. Allegro 2’25
14. III. Adagio 1’09
15. IV. Allegro 3’37

Concerto á 5 in C minor for oboe, strings and b.c.

16. I. Allegro ma non presto 1’58
17. II. Adagio 2’24
18. III. Allegro 1’45

Concerto-pasticcio in D for oboe d’amore, strings and b.c.

19. I. Larghetto 2’33
20. II. Allegro 5’16
21. III. Larghetto 3’15
22. IV. Allegro 3’53

Andrius Puskunigis oboe and oboe d’amore • Vincent Bernhardt harpsichord and conductor

Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra

Mindaugas Bačkus artistic director

Total time: 65’27

Recording: 23-30 October 2020, Klaipe˙ da Concert Hall, Klaipéda, Lithuania