Händel: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 Al Ayre Español & Eduardo López Banzo

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759): Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a:
• 1Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a: I. Andante04:11
• 2Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a: II. Allegro ma non troppo02:44
• 3Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a: III. Largo02:58
• 4Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a: IV. Allegro02:33
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387:
• 5Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387: I. Andante03:06
• 6Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387: II. Allegro01:09
• 7Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387: III. Largo02:39
• 8Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387: IV. Allegro01:37
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388:
• 9Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388: I. Andante02:43
• 10Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388: II. Allegro02:14
• 11Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388: III. Larghetto03:53
• 12Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388: IV. Allegro03:02
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389:
• 13Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: I. Larghetto02:47
• 14Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: II. Allegro02:44
• 15Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: III. Adagio03:09
• 16Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: IV. Allegro02:05
• 17Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: V. Allegro02:31
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390:
• 18Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390: I. Larghetto03:06
• 19Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390: II. Allegro02:36
• 20Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390: III. Adagio02:33
• 21Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390: IV. Allegro03:26
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391:
• 22Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391: I. Andante02:22
• 23Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391: II. Allegro02:00
• 24Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391: III. Arioso03:07
• 25Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391: IV. Allegro01:40
• Total Runtime01:06:55

Info for Händel: Trio Sonatas Op. 2

Under the title I vanni occulti, ensemble Al Ayre Español, led by maestro Eduardo López Banzo, offers us its personal vision of Handel’s Sonatas Op. 2. The phrase comes from the oratorio Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (The Triumph of Time and Disillusion, 1707). The reference to this aria is not anecdotal, because Sonata No. 1 in this Op. 2 contains references to this music — an aspect that, hardly surprisingly, constitutes a characteristic element of the composition technique of the maestro from Halle. Over the course of his life, Handel composed 20 trio sonatas, 12 of which were published in London in two different collections: six sonatas were published in 1733 as Op. 2 (HWV 386–391) and another seven printed in 1739 as Op. 5 (HWV 396–402). In a disguised allusion to the vanitas allegory and the fleeting passage of time, Al Ayre Español presents, just three years after its recording of Op. 5 [Challenge Classics, CC72663], an introspective version of Op. 2, which completes and, at the same time, complements the group’s first rendition of Handel’s trio sonatas. The two recordings form a single project that offers the listener a passionate and impassioned, southern and Mediterranean version of this exquisite chamber music. This version is marked by the emergence, with particular expressive intensity, of the two aesthetic poles present in the chamber music universe of Handel (and of López Banzo himself): the most contained lyricism combined with the most explosive fury.

Al Ayre Español
Eduardo López Banzo, harpsichord, direction

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