Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born Georg Friedrich Händel, 23 February 1685 (O.S.) [(N.S.) 5 March] – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised Briti...

BEECHAM Handel: Messiah (1927) - PACO129

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HANDEL Messiah

Studio recording, 1927
Total duration: 2hr 4:10

Dora Labbette soprano
Muriel Brunskill contralto
Hubert Eisdell tenor
Harold Williams bass
Orchestra and BBC Choir
Sir Thomas Beecham conductor

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BEECHAM Handel: Messiah (stereo, 1959) - PACO230

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HANDEL Messiah

Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total durations: CD - 2hr 24:05 - Download 2hr 41:04 (includes bonus tracks)

Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Monica Sinclair, alto
Jon Vickers, tenor
Giorgio Tozzi, bass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

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BEECHAM The ABC Blue Network Concerts, Complete (1945) - PABX016

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NICOLAI The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
ELGAR Serenade for Strings
HANDEL-BEECHAM Love in Bath: The Great Elopement
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
J. STRAUSS II Voices of Spring
WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
SIBELIUS Pelléas et Mélisande Suite: The Death of Mélisande
MOZART Divertimento, K 131: Adagio
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished.”
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade in C: Elegie
BERLIOZ Les Troyens: Trojan March
MOZART Symphony No. 31
HANDEL-BEECHAM Piano Concerto
CHABRIER España
MOZART The Impresario - Overture
SAINT-SAENS Omphale’s Spinning Wheel
BERLIOZ The Trojans - Royal Hunt and Storm
BERLIOZ Hungarian March

Recorded in 1945

Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Blue Network Symphony Orchestra

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BEECHAM The ABC Blue Network Concerts, Volume 1 (1945) - PASC461

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Live broadcast on ABC/Blue Network, 4pm, 7 April 1945
Total duration: 54:43

Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Blue Network Symphony Orchestra

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BEECHAM The ABC Blue Network Concerts, Volume 3 (1945) - PASC477

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MOZART Symphony No. 31
HANDEL-BEECHAM Piano Concerto
CHABRIER España

Live broadcast on ABC/Blue Network, 4pm, 21 April 1945
Total duration: 53:13

Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Blue Network Symphony Orchestra

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CANTELLI in New York - The 1955-1956 Broadcast Collection - PABX056

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BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1; Alto Rhapsody
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21
HAYDN Symphony No. 93
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
VIVALDI L'Estro Armonico: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in D minor, RV565 (1955 and 1956 performances)
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
FALLA El Sombrero des Tres Picos, Suite No. 2
PISTON Toccata
COPLAND El Salón México
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
CRESTON Dance Overture
WAGNER Parsifal – Good Friday Spell
VERDI Te Deum
MONTEVERDI Magnificat (arr. Ghedini)
HANDEL Xerxes – Largo
HINDEMITH Concert Music for Strings and Brass

Six live CBS broadcast concerts, Carnegie Hall, New York, 6 March 1955–8 April 1956
Total duration: 7:06:07, including radio commentary by Jim Fassett

New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Guido Cantelli
Walter Gieseking, piano (Mozart No. 21; Beethoven No. 5)
Rudolf Firkušný, piano (Beethoven No. 3; Brahms No. 1)
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano (Beethoven No. 4)
Martha Lipton, alto
Westminster Choir, directed by John Finley Williamson

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