Violin Violoncello and Orchestra-Handel's Concerto Grosso In G major Op.6/1 HWV 319 is scored for 2 solo Violins solo Cello 2 Oboes Bassoon Strings and Basso continuo. The Concerti Grossi Op.6 HWV 319-330 are 12 concerti for solo instruments (usually Violins and Cello) accompanied by a four-part string orchestra and Cembalo continuo. Originally published in 1739 they were written to be played during performances of Handel's oratorios and odes and are amongst the finest examples in the genre of Baroque Concerto Grosso.

Georg Frideric Händel?s Serse (Xerxes) has everything one would expect from a Baroque opera - many intertwining love stories affairs intrigues scheming misunderstanding and forgiving allpresented in the great master?s magnificent music.The opera is set in Persia in 480 BC and is very loosely based upon Xerxes I of Persia though there is little in either the Baroque libretto or music that is relevant tothat setting the main focus is on the characters (Serse Arsamene Amastre Romilda Atalanta Ariodate and Elviro some of which are based on real historical persons) and their plotting. The English version forthe opera in three acts was made for the English National Opera?s production first performed in 1985 on the 300th anniversary of Händel?s birth.In this edition of the Vocal score with the original Italian and thelater English lyrics accompaniment is provided by the instruments indicated in the orchestration (2 Recorders (or Flutes) 2 Oboes 2 Horns in F Trumpet in D Strings and Continuo [Harpsichord Cello Double Bass Bassoon]) butcan also be played by the Piano. Serse?s part originally sung by a castrato can be performed by a Soprano or a Countertenor.

Features 16 of Bach's transcriptions for solo keyboard instruments (piano and harpsichord) of concertos for violin and other non-keyboard instruments by Vivaldi, Telemann, and others. Reprinted from the definitive Bach-Gesellschaft edition prepared by Ernst Naumann. Content : Concerto No. 1 in D major, BWV 972 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 3, no. 9) [ALLEGRO]. LARGHETTO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 2 in G major, BWV 973 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 7, book 2, no. 2) [ALLEGRO]. LARGO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 3 in D minor, BWV 974 (based on an oboe concerto by Allessandro Marcello) [ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. PRESTO. Concerto No. 4 in G minor, BWV 975 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 4, no. 6) [ALLEGRO]. LARGO. GIGA: PRESTO. Concerto No. 5 in C major, BWV 976 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 3, no. 12) [ALLEGRO]. LARGO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 6 in C major, BWV 977 (source unknown) [ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. GIGA. Concerto No. 7 in F major, BWV 978 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 3, no. 3) ALLEGRO. LARGO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 8 in B minor, BWV 979 (source unknown) [ADAGIO]-ALLEGRO. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 9 in G major, BWV 980 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, op. 4, no. 1) [ALLEGRO]. LARGO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 10 in C minor, BWV 981 (based on a concerto by Benedetto Marcello, op. 1, no. 2) [ADAGIO. VIVACE. [LARGO]. PRESTISSIMO. Concerto No. 11 in B-flat major, BWV 982 (based on a violin concerto by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, op. 1, no. 1) [ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 12 in G minor, BWV 983 (source unknown) [ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 13 in C major, BWV 984 (based on a concerto by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) [ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO E AFFETTUOSO. ALLEGRO ASSAI. Concerto No. 14 in G minor, BWV 985 (based on a violin concerto by Georg Philipp Telemann) [ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 15 in G major, BWV 986 (source unknown) [ALLEGRO]. ADAGIO. ALLEGRO. Concerto No. 16 in D minor, BWV 987 (based on a violin concerto by Duke Johann Erns of Saxe-Weimar, op. 1, no. 4) [GRAVE]-PRESTO. ALLEGRO.