GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL

 

Complete violin sonatas

 

Andrew Manze (violin); Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

 

Handel's violin sonatas are masterpieces in miniature form, unexpected of a composer famed for his grand oratorios and dazzling operas. Gramophone Award winners Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr imbue these chamber works with a sense of theatre in their complete recording of all the extant sonatas authenticated by latest research.

 

"Quite simply, this is the finest recording of Handel's violin sonatas ever made." IRR

 

"Inventive music played with enormous style and flair by this unequalled violin and keyboard duo."

The Gramophone Editor's Choice, November 2001

 

Harmonia Mundi HMX2907259