Handel

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 British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.

Within fifteen years, Handel had started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. Musicologist Winton Dean writes that his operas show that "Handel was not only a great composer; he was a dramatic genius of the first order." As Alexander's Feast (1736) was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works. After his success with Messiah (1742) he never composed an Italian opera again. Almost blind, and having lived in England for nearly fifty years, he died in 1759, a respected and rich man. His funeral was given full state honours, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey in London.

Born the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti, Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, with works such as Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks and Messiah remaining steadfastly popular.[6] One of his four Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest (1727), composed for the coronation of George II, has been performed at every subsequent British coronation, traditionally during the sovereign's anointing. Handel composed more than forty operas in over thirty years, and since the late 1960s, with the revival of baroque music and historically informed musical performance, interest in Handel's operas has grown.
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Handel

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...
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BEETHOVEN String Trio No. 1
HANDEL Larghetto from Sonata in D
SCHUMANN Stücke in Volkston Nos. 1 & 4
R. STRAUSS Stimmungsbilder No. 2
SINDING Presto from Suite im alten Stil

Studio Recordings · 1948-56
Total duration: 60:09

Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Leonid Kogan,
violin
Rudolf Barshai,
viola
Vladimir Yampolsky,
piano

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MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

Overtures, marches and short works by
Alford, Auber, German, Handel, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Offenbach, Suppé, Wagner

Studio recordings, 1927-1934
Total duration: 74:38

Symphony Orchestra
Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra
conducted by Sir Dan Godfrey


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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Encores by TCHAIKOVSKY, CHOPIN, HANDEL, IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, J STRAUSS

Studio recordings, 1947-1955
Total duration: 74:09

Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra
The NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski

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HANDEL Acis and Galatea
TWO SONG RECITALS
Music by: Arne, Boyce, Dalayrac, Handel, Haydn, Horn, Mayr, Paisiello, Pergolesi, Recli, Shield, Soler, Spohr

Studio and broadcast recordings
Total duration:  2hr 24:10

Joan Sutherland, soprano
Peter Pears,
tenor
David Galliver,
tenor
Owen Brannigan,
bass
The St. Anthony Singers
Philomusica of London   
Thurston Dart,
harpsichord
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Richard Bonynge,
piano & harpsichord

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HANDEL Rodelinda

Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 2hr 15:26

Joan Sutherland - Rodelinda
Raimund Herincx -
Garibaldo
Janet Baker -
Eduige
Margreta Elkins -
Bertarido
Alfred Hallett -
Grimoaldo
Patricia Kern –
Unulfo

Philomusica of London

conducted by Charles Farncombe

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BACH Violin Sonatas 1 & 2
BACH Concerto for Two Violins
HANDEL Violin Sonata No. 4
TARTINI Violin Sonata in G
TARTINI Violin Concerto in D minor
MOZART Violin Sonata No. 21
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
short works by BACH, EXAUDET, TARTINI, VERACINI

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
WEBER Violin Sonata No. 3
PAGANINI Caprices
SCHUBERT Rondo

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3
Music by Berlioz, Hubay, Elgar, Kreisler, Dvořák, Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Falla

WARLOCK Capriol Suite
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Hungarian Folk Tunes
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
IVES Violin Sonata No. 4
BLOCH Violin Concerto
music by Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud, Lie, Szymanowski, Scriabin, Stravinsky