虽然这里的标题是亨德尔的“作品第1号”，但它们绝不是作品第1号带给人的印象。这里的作品完全是成熟的亨德尔的创作，显示出对作曲技法和对素材掌握的娴熟。这12首作品虽然是奏鸣曲，但它们丰富的配器和充满变化的旋律让人联想起巴赫的《勃兰登堡协奏曲》。这套双张唱片获得了BBC“精选音乐奖”。评论说：“这是最具亨德尔风格的演奏……独奏家们技艺超群……是最迷人的巴洛克室内乐。”
Richard Egarr是英国著名的键盘演奏家和指挥家。他在约克大教堂男童唱诗班开始接受音乐教育，后在曼彻斯特的切特汉姆音乐学校学习，在剑桥大学克莱尔学院成为管风琴学者。后来跟Gustav Leonhardt的学习更激发了他在古乐演奏方面的兴趣。但他不仅能够演奏十五世纪的键盘乐作品也能用早期钢琴演奏肖邦以及用现代钢琴演奏贝尔格和 Maxwell Davies。他在室内乐演奏方面非常活跃，同Andrew Manze的组合被《留声机》杂志评价为“无与伦比的小提琴与键盘二重奏”。2006年，他继Christopher Hogwood之后成为The Academy of Ancient Music的音乐总监。

Recorded live at Wigmore Hall,London
24 January 2005

FINISHING TOUCH OF A CONCERTI GROSSI TRILOGY
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin complete their Handel trilogy with this recording of the Op. 3 concerti grossi. Even if this selection of concertos was most likely compiled by Handel’s publisher rather than by the composer himself, the overall quality and colourful nature of the music contained do make it a powerful “opus”. With their historically-informed and lively playing, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and concertmaster Georg Kallweit demonstrate why many consider them the best baroque ensemble of today.
The ensemble’s first PENTATONE album, Cantata (2018) with countertenor Bejun Mehta, won a Diapason d’or. Their 2019 recording of the first six Op. 6 concerti grossi was hailed as “immaculately played … free of fashionable eccentricities” by The Sunday Times, while Klassik praised the ensemble’s playing as “eloquent”. Their following release with the remainder of the Op. 6 concertos (2020) was singled out by Music Web International for its unprecedented “lightness” and “brightness”.