The cheery melodic lines percolate around one another. The music is delicious. These six sonatas have the catalog numbers 380 to 385 in Handel’s collected works. They might or might not be by Handel. One attribution to him asserts that he was only 10 years old when he wrote these. They remind me of Zelenka’s works with the agile bassoon lines. Whoever created them, they are terrific.

The ensemble has no name. It is an ad hoc group of faculty members from three Ameri- can universities. There are two oboists, one bassoonist, and one harpsichordist. The instruments are modern. The outside of the packaging doesn’t say who any of the perform- ers are, and there are no timings. The musi- cianship is outstanding, a lively interaction among friends. After a performance this good I wanted more.

American Record Guide, 2018, LEHMAN