Handel: Organ Concertos (Transcribed for Organ Solo)

This recording presents the transcription for organ solo of Handel’s organ concertos by Clément Loret, a late Romantic organist and composer belonging to the great French school of Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens. Loret intervenes on Handel's work without any scruple, offering dense contrapuntal writing that incorporates both the organ and orchestral parts, always preserving the brilliance and vivacity that characterize the original, fully using the immense possibilities of the modern symphonic organ. Composer: Georg Frideric Handel Artists: Ivan Ronda (organ) 🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music): 💎 More Information: ément-loret/ 🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: The Organ Concertos Op.4 and Op.7 by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) were originally composed as musical interludes to be performed during the intervals of the Oratorios. Handel chose to write for the organ, an instrument hitherto relegated to the liturgical service, to emancipate it and have it take on a new character, more brilliant and appealing to the public. From the scores it is clear that these concertos do not have to be played on a large instrument, as they only sporadically require the use of the pedalboard, which therefore made the concertos also performable on the harpsichord. Transcription, the art of transcribing repertoire for a different instrument or ensemble combination, is absolutely an integral part of the boundless organ and keyboard literature dating from the distant Renaissance to the present day. One great example from the organ repertory is composer and organist Clément Loret’s (1833–1909) transcription of Handel’s Organ Concertos for solo organ. The two composers complement each other – Handel, a great virtuoso and dazzling composer of the Baroque period capable of gripping the most disparate audiences, and Loret, a late Romantic belonging to the great French school of Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, where the organ is placed centre stage. Loret intervenes in Handel’s work whilst maintaining its spirit. He preserves the dense contrapuntal writing, merging organ and orchestral parts without reserve, and always retaining the brilliance and vivacity that characterise the original in virtuosic projection towards the modern symphonic organ. This all makes for a large sound and an array of significant technical and stylistic difficulties for the performer. The set of Op.4 and Op.7 taken together includes 12 concertos in total, each with its own character, shape, style and atmosphere. The tonalities used are those that were the most frequent and most in vogue during the Baroque period, except perhaps for the concerto in A major Op.7, which stands out not only for its tonality, but also for the particular elegance and fluctuation of its fugue theme. Tracklist: Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 4: 0:00:00 I. Larghetto 0:05:21 II. Allegro 0:11:35 III. Adagio 0:12:57 IV. Andante Organ Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 4: 0:16:35 I. Maestoso 0:17:52 II. Allegro 0:23:17 III. Adagio 0:24:16 IV. Allegro ma non presto Organ Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 4: 0:27:15 I. Moderato 0:31:54 II. Andante 0:37:53 III. Adagio 0:39:21 IV. Allegro Organ Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 4: 0:43:36 I. Adagio 0:47:22 II. Allegro 0:51:27 III. Adagio 0:52:15 IV. Allegro Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Major, Op. 4: 0:55:49 I. Larghetto 0:58:18 II. Allegro 1:01:43 III. Alla Siciliana 1:03:41 IV. Presto Organ Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 4: 1:05:56 I. Allegro moderato 1:12:53 II. Larghetto 1:16:56 III. Allegro moderato Organ Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7: 1:19:45 I. Andante 1:32:36 II. Larghetto 1:36:02 II. Bourrée Organ Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 7: 1:39:48 I. Adagio 1:45:45 II. Allegro 1:52:42 III. Allegro Organ Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7: 1:57:00 I. Pomposo 2:01:43 II. Moderato tempo ordinario Organ Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 7: 2:05:09 I. Andante 2:08:30 II. Allegro 2:14:31 III. Allegro Organ Concerto No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7: 2:19:49 I. Allegro 2:25:52 II. Spiritoso 2:31:50 III. Menuet Organ Concerto No. 5 in G Minor, Op. 7: 2:35:15 I. Allegro 2:39:44 II. Andante larghetto 2:44:23 III. Menuet 2:47:14 IV. Gavotte 👉 Social media links: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Spotify: Thank you for watching this video, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to like and share it and subscribe to our channel! #Handel #Organ #Concertos #OrganSolo #ClassicalOrgan #ClassicalMusic #BrilliantClassics