Laurent Mr Handel'S Musicians CD

This new release is a great celebration of Handel in the first decades of the eighteenth century in London. One can almost imagine the musical global citizen at the harpsichord, surrounded by friends and colleagues. Works by this famous Saxon are performed, but also compositions from the pens of his by no means less distinguished orchestral musicians please the ears of excited listeners. Sometimes a movement from a favorite opus is heard, or an arrangement of a currently popular aria from an opera, and sometimes a freshly composed sonata. Mr. Handel's Musicians- this doesn't refer to just anyone: several of Europe's most sought-after musicians performed among the ranks of the opera company at the Haymarket Opera House. The brothers Castrucci, John Loeillet of London, Johann Ernst Galliard, and Giuseppe Sammartini played under Handel's direction at the King's Theatre, and thereby contributed to the overwhelming success of his works. Benoit Laurent studied recorder, baroque oboe, and modern oboe in Belgium. In 2008 he was a prizewinner in the renowned competition Musica Antiqua in Bruges. He currently serves as Professor of Baroque oboe at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels.

1. Giuseppe St. Martini: Sonata II in G-Major (Johnson Edition) for Oboe and Continuo - Andante 2. Giuseppe St. Martini: Sonata II in G-Major (Johnson Edition) for Oboe and Continuo - Allegro 3. Giuseppe St. Martini: Sonata II in G-Major (Johnson Edition) for Oboe and Continuo 4. Loeillet: Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinet - Hornpipe 5. Bononcini: Sonata in A-Minor for Cello and Continuo - Andante 6. Bononcini: Sonata in A-Minor for Cello and Continuo - Allegro 7. Bononcini: Sonata in A-Minor for Cello and Continuo - Grazioso 8. Bononcini: Sonata in A-Minor for Cello and Continuo - Minuet, Grazioso D.C 9. Handel: Haste, Haste to the Cedar (From Salomon, 1 748) 10. Babell: Sonata II (From Book 1) in C-Minor for Oboe and Continuo - Adagio 11. Babell: Sonata II (From Book 1) in C-Minor for Oboe and Continuo - Allegro 12. Babell: Sonata II (From Book 1) in C-Minor for Oboe and Continuo ? Poco Largo 13. Babell: Sonata II (From Book 1) in C-Minor for Oboe and Continuo - Allegro 14. Handel: Suite E-Minor HWV 438 - Gigue 15. Caporale: Sonata V in F-Major for Cello and Continuo (1 746) - Adagi 16. De Fesch: VI English Songs - Polly 17. Castrucci: Sonata V in G-Major for Oboe and Continuo (From the Chaboud Collection) - Adagio 18. Castrucci: Sonata V in G-Major for Oboe and Continuo (From the Chaboud Collection) - Allegro 19. Castrucci: Sonata V in G-Major for Oboe and Continuo (From the Chaboud Collection) - Largo 20. Castrucci: Sonata V in G-Major for Oboe and Continuo (From the Chaboud Collection) - Giga 21. Galliard: Sonata III in F Major for Violoncello Und Continuo - Un Poco Andante 22. Galliard: Sonata III in F Major for Violoncello Und Continuo - Spirituoso E Staccato 23. Galliard: Sonata III in F Major for Violoncello Und Continuo - Teneramente 24. Galliard: Sonata III in F Major for Violoncello Und Continuo - Giga/Allegro 25. De Fesch: VI English Songs - a Song 26. Vincent: Sonata I in D-Major for Oboe and Continuo - Andante 27. Vincent: Sonata I in D-Major for Oboe and Continuo - Allegro 28. Vincent: Sonata I in D-Major for Oboe and Continuo - Siciliana 29. Vincent: Sonata I in D-Major for Oboe and Continuo - Minuet Allegro 30. Cervetto: Sonata VI - Adagio