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...

CANTELLI in New York: Handel, Beethoven, Barber, Respighi (1955) - PASC088

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HANDEL Largo from 'Xerxes'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
BARBER Adagio for Strings
RESPIGHIThe Pines of Rome

Recorded live in 1955
Total duration: 70:31

New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli

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FREDERICK STOCK and the Chicago Symphony, Vols. 1-6 (1930-41) - PABX050

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BACH Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, “St. Anne”
BACH Toccata and Fugue in D minor
BENJAMIN Overture to an Italian Comedy
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
CHAUSSON Symphony in B-flat
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK In Nature’s Realm
ELGAR Enigma Variations
GLAZUNOV The Seasons
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
GOLDMARK Rustic Wedding Symphony
GRIEG Peer Gynt excerpts
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream excerpts
R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien - On the Shores of Sorrento
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre
SMETANA The Bartered Bride - Overture
STOCK Symphonic Waltz
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Marche slave
WAGNER Siegfried - Forest Murmurs
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - Prelude

plus music by: Bizet, Carey, Dohnányi, Enescu, François Schubert, Glière, Handel, Ippolitov-Ivanov, J. Strauss II, Järnefelt, Liadov, MacDowell, Meacham, Mozart, Paganini, Ponchielli, Rezniček, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Simonetti, Suk, Suppé, Thomas, Toch, Volkmann, Walton, Weber and Wolf-Ferrari

Studio recordings, 1930-1941

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock

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HENRY WOOD conducts Bach and Handel (1925-35) - PASC732

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J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
J. S. BACH (arr. Wood) Orchestral Suite No. 6
HANDEL Messiah - Choruses

Studio and live recordings, 1925-35
Total duration: 76:20

Various Orchestras
conducted by Sir Henry Wood

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HERRMANN A Concert of English Music (1945) - PASC202

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HANDEL Water Music Suite (arr. Harty)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A minor
ELGAR Falstaff, Op. 68

Recorded 1945
Total duration: 75:50

Mitch Miller, Oboe
The Columbia Broadcasting Symphony
conducted by Bernard Herrmann

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KLEIBER conducts Handel, Schubert, Ravel (1946) - PASC125

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HANDEL Overture to Berenice
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 in D, D200
RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye

Recorded 1946
Total duration: 45:41

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Erich Kleiber

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MENGELBERG in New York: Overtures and Short Works (1928-30) - PASC378

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VARIOUS COMPOSERS A selection of shorter works
Studio recordings, 1928-1930
Total duration: 72:54

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Willem Mengelberg, conductor

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