Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Archive

HÄNDEL: “Concerti” (mostly organ concerti) – Holger Gehring, cond. & organist – querstand

by Audiophile Audition | Jul 7, 2016 | Classical CD Reviews

“GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL: Concerti” = Overture to the Oratorio “Deborah” HWV 51; Organ Concerto Op. 4, No. 5, in F Major HWV 293;  Organ Concerto Op. 4, No. 2, in B Major HWV 290; Organ Concerto Op. 7, No. 5, in G Minor HWV 310; Organ Concerto Op. 7, No. 3, in B Major HWV 308, “Hallelujah Concerto” – Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche, Dresden / Holger Gehring, cond. and organ – querstand VKJK 1522, 64:26 (3/4/16) (Dist. by Naxos) ****:  What do you know? Dogged scholarship in the service of musical truth offers a breath of fresh air in these oft-recorded works. This recording is a labor of scholarly love that pays dividends in the finished product, mostly because it doesn’t betray the scholarship behind the music-making. Clearly, Kreuzorganist Holger Gehring has lived with and studied Handel’s music for quite some time, and his studies have led him to base tempi and other interpretive matters on rather surprising sources. But more about that later. First, a bit of historical background, some of which is provided by Gehring himself in his intriguing notes to this recording. If you’re a Handel maven as I am, you’re perhaps familiar with at least parts of […]