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:
• 1 Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a: I. Andante 04:11
• 2 Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a: II. Allegro ma non troppo 02:44
• 3 Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a: III. Largo 02:58
• 4 Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386a: IV. Allegro 02:33
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387:
• 5 Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387: I. Andante 03:06
• 6 Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387: II. Allegro 01:09
• 7 Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387: III. Largo 02:39
• 8 Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Minor, HWV 387: IV. Allegro 01:37
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388:
• 9 Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388: I. Andante 02:43
• 10 Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388: II. Allegro 02:14
• 11 Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388: III. Larghetto 03:53
• 12 Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in B-Flat Major, HWV 388: IV. Allegro 03:02
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389:
• 13 Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: I. Larghetto 02:47
• 14 Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: II. Allegro 02:44
• 15 Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: III. Adagio 03:09
• 16 Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: IV. Allegro 02:05
• 17 Sonata Op. 2 No. 4 in F Major, HWV 389: V. Allegro 02:31
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390:
• 18 Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390: I. Larghetto 03:06
• 19 Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390: II. Allegro 02:36
• 20 Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390: III. Adagio 02:33
• 21 Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 in G Minor , HWV 390: IV. Allegro 03:26
• Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391:
• 22 Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391: I. Andante 02:22
• 23 Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391: II. Allegro 02:00
• 24 Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391: III. Arioso 03:07
• 25 Sonata Op. 2 No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 391: IV. Allegro 01:40
• Total Runtime 01:06:55

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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