art direction Allen Weinberg tracks 1-10 to 1-13, 2-13 to 2-15, 2-24 bassoon Hansjürg Lange composed by Georg Friedrich Händel cover [cover art courtesy of] AKG design [cover design] Nicky Lindeman engineer [recording engineer] Dieter Thomsen engineer [remastering engineer] Andreas Stange engineer [remastering engineer] Stephan Schellmann tracks 1-6 to 1-9, 1-18 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-20 to 2-21 flute [transverse flute] Frans Brüggen tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 1-10 to 1-30, 2-5 to 2-9, 2-13 to 2-15, 2-20 to 2-24 harpsichord Bob van Asperen liner notes David Montgomery liner notes [french translation] Josée Bégaud liner notes [german translation] Tobias Möller music director Frans Brüggen tracks 1-10 to 1-13, 2-13 to 2-15, 2-24 oboe Bruce Haynes tracks 1-6 to 1-9, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-16 to 2-19 organ Bob van Asperen painting [cover art: georg friedrich händel (1749)] Thomas Hudson producer, recording supervisor Wolf Erichson tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 1-14 to 1-17, 1-27 to 1-30, 2-5 to 2-12, 2-16 to 2-19, 2-22 to 2-23 recorder Frans Brüggen tracks 1-1 to 1-9, 1-14 to 1-30, 2-1 to 2-12, 2-16 to 2-23 violoncello Anner Bylsma Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Classical Manufactured By Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Distributed By Sony Music Recorded At Doopsgezinde Kerk, Amsterdam Remastered At Syrinx Productions Remastered At Tritonus Musikproduktion Glass Mastered At DADC Glass Mastered At DADC Total Time Disc 1: 62'05 Total Time Disc 2: 50'00
Consists of previously recorded material.
Performers/Instruments: Frans Brüggen, Transverse Flute (Thomas Stanesby, Jr., London, c. 1740); Recorder (Thomas Stanesby, London, c. 1700) Bruce Haynes, Oboe (Thomas Stanesby, Jr., London, c. 1750) Hansjürg Lange, Bassoon (Thomas Stanesby, Jr., London, c. 1747) Anner Bylsma, Violoncello (Mattio Goffriller, Venice, 1699) Bob van Asperen, Harpsichord (after J. D. Dulcken, Antwerp, 1745); Organ (Klaus Ahrend, Leer, Germany, 1973)
Recorded in Doopsgezinde Church, Amsterdam, Holland, November 1973 & January - February 1974.
This recording was remastered using 20-bit technology to maximize sound quality. SBM