Handel Organ Concertos
Album by George Frideric Handel & Simon Preston & Menuhin Festival Orchestra & Yehudi Menuhin
Handel's Organ Concertos are a set of instrumental works by George Frideric Handel, composed between 1738 and 1751. Written in the Baroque idiom for organ and orchestra, they were often performed as interludes in Handel's oratorios and illustrate his approach to solo keyboard writing and dramatic orchestral accompaniment, marking an important practical and stylistic element of his later career.

First released: 2007
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Disc 1
- 1.Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 4 No. 1 I. Larghetto e staccato5:28
- 2.Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 4 No. 1 II. Allegro5:41
- 3.Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 4 No. 1 III. Adagio1:18
- 4.Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 4 No. 1 IV. Andante4:31
- 5.Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op. 4 No. 2 I. Sinfonia II. A tempo ordinario e staccato1:02
- 6.Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op. 4 No. 2 III. Allegro4:27
- 7.Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op. 4 No. 2 IV. Adagio e staccato0:49
- 8.Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op. 4 No. 2 V. Allegro ma non presto4:02
- 9.Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4 No. 3 I. Adagio3:52
- 10.Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4 No. 3 II. Organo ad libitum1:07
- 11.Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4 No. 3 III. Allegro3:42
- 12.Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4 No. 3 IV. Organo ad libitum1:57
- 13.Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4 No. 3 V. Gavotte (Allegro)2:03
- 14.Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Op. 4 No. 4 I. Allegro3:44
- 15.Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Op. 4 No. 4 II. Andante5:16
- 16.Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Op. 4 No. 4 III. Adagio1:19
- 17.Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Op. 4 No. 4 IV. Allegro3:27
- 18.Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Op. 4 No. 5 I. Largo2:07
- 19.Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Op. 4 No. 5 II. Allegro2:26
- 20.Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Op. 4 No. 5 III. Alla siciliana1:44
- 21.Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Op. 4 No. 5 IV. Presto2:24
Disc 2
- 2.Organ Concerto No. 6 in B flat Op. 4 No. 6 I. Andante - II. Allegro3:53
- 3.Organ Concerto No. 6 in B flat Op. 4 No. 6 III. Larghetto3:54
- 4.Organ Concerto No. 6 in B flat Op. 4 No. 6 IV. Allegro moderato2:26
- 5.Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat Op. 7 No. 1 I. Andante5:06
- 6.Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat Op. 7 No. 1 II. Andante4:03
- 7.Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat Op. 7 No. 1 III. Largo e piano3:47
- 8.Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat Op. 7 No. 1 IV. Allegro (Fuga)2:17
- 9.Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat Op. 7 No. 1 V. Organo ad libitum (Adagio)2:07
- 10.Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat Op. 7 No. 1 VI. Bourée (Allegro)2:31
- 11.Organ Concerto No. 8 in A Op. 7 No. 2 I. Ouverture2:32
- 12.Organ Concerto No. 8 in A Op. 7 No. 2 II. A tempo ordinario4:00
- 13.Organ Concerto No. 8 in A Op. 7 No. 2 III. Organo ad libitum (Largo)1:26
- 14.Organ Concerto No. 8 in A Op. 7 No. 2 IV. Allegro3:43
- 15.Organ Concerto No. 9 in B flat Op. 7 No. 3 I. Allegro5:10
- 16.Organ Concerto No. 9 in B flat Op. 7 No. 3 II. Organo ad libitum (Adagio e Fuga)1:45
- 17.Organ Concerto No. 9 in B flat Op. 7 No. 3 III. Spirituoso4:22
- 18.Organ Concerto No. 9 in B flat Op. 7 No. 3 IV. Menuet I & II1:40
- 19.Organ Concerto No. 10 in D minor Op. 7 No. 4 I. Adagio6:48
- 20.Organ Concerto No. 10 in D minor Op. 7 No. 4 II. Allegro4:48
- 21.Organ Concerto No. 10 in D minor Op. 7 No. 4 III. Organo ad libitum1:48
- 22.Organ Concerto No. 10 in D minor Op. 7 No. 4 IV. Allegro3:20
Disc 3
- 3.Organ Concerto No. 11 in G minor Op. 7 No. 5 I. Staccato ma non troppo allegro4:06
- 4.Organ Concerto No. 11 in G minor Op. 7 No. 5 II. Organo ad libitum2:06
- 5.Organ Concerto No. 11 in G minor Op. 7 No. 5 III. Andante larghetto e staccato5:44
- 6.Organ Concerto No. 11 in G minor Op. 7 No. 5 IV. Organo ad libitum (Adagio)2:27
- 7.Organ Concerto No. 11 in G minor Op. 7 No. 5 V. Menuet2:17
- 8.Organ Concerto No. 12 in B flat Op. 7 No. 6 I. Pomposo3:16
- 9.Organ Concerto No. 12 in B flat Op. 7 No. 6 II. Organo ad libitum (Lento)1:57
- 10.Organ Concerto No. 12 in B flat Op. 7 No. 6 III. Air (A tempo ordinario)4:15
- 11.Organ Concerto No. 13 in F 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' I. Larghetto2:40
- 12.Organ Concerto No. 13 in F 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' II. Allegro4:40
- 13.Organ Concerto No. 13 in F 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' III. Organo ad libitum1:36
- 14.Organ Concerto No. 13 in F 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' IV. Larghetto2:56
- 15.Organ Concerto No. 13 in F 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' V. Allegro3:37
- 16.Organ Concerto No. 14 in A I. Largo e staccato5:10
- 17.Organ Concerto No. 14 in A II. Organo ad libitum1:37
- 18.Organ Concerto No. 14 in A III. Andante4:31
- 19.Organ Concerto No. 14 in A IV. Grave0:42
- 20.Organ Concerto No. 14 in A V. Allegro6:24
- 21.Organ Concerto No. 15 in D minor I. Andante4:40
- 22.Organ Concerto No. 15 in D minor II. Organo ad libitum4:15
- 23.Organ Concerto No. 15 in D minor III. Allegro2:41






