I.Handel Organ Concerto Op.7 N.4 HWV 309 - I.Adagio

[delameu]

do you know what tuning was used on the organ? probably historically correct but i think it ruins it ...

[AML2000]

@delameu if I dimly recall when I first bought this recording many years ago, Simon Preston found an old organ hidden away in a small church in England that was still tuned to mean tone. Most organists and harpsichordists are too chicken to play in that tuning for regular audiences because of the reaction you have! I think it adds even more gravitas to this movement myself. Bach preferred a well temperament so all keys sounded reasonably clean, who knows what Handel preferred!