George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
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- The Basics
Mozart admired his ability to "strike like a thunderbolt" and Beethoven called him "the master of us all . . . the greatest composer that ever lived". Meet Baroque genius George Frideric Handel, the composer whose "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah is an essential part of every Christmas season, and the creative visionary behind Zadok the Priest, composed for the coronation of George II in 1727, and played at every royal coronation ceremony since. Tenor Ian Bostridge excels in one of Handel's pastoral operas, in Next Steps.
£20.75 The Basics
Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
In his sleeve notes to Great Handel (2008), opera singer Ian Bostridge expresses his desire to "rehabilitate the Handel tenor", and he does a great job, precise and expressive as he delivers "Love Sounds the Alarm" from pastoral opera Acis and Galatea (based on the Greek myth and the most performed of Handel's works during his lifetime). For a taste of the composer's secular cantantas, cue up "The trumpet's loud clangour" from Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day (1739). Discover Handel's most beautiful aria, in Deep Cuts.
£20.75 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Saul, HWV 53, Act III Scene 4: Dead March (arr. L. Stokowski) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Matthias Bamert 5:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Harpsichord Suite No. 5: Air and Variations "Harmonious Blacksmith" Alan Cuckston 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Messiah, HWV 56: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 3:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: Air con Variazioni (Andantino) Sviatoslav Richter 4:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No. 4, HWV 399: II. A Tempo Ordinario - Allegro non Presto Purcell Quartet 4:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Music for the Royal Fireworks - la Réjouissance: Menuet Et Allegro Various Artists & National Deutschland Symphony 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Concerto for Trumpet, Strings and B.c. In B Major: III. Siciliano - Largo Slovakisches Kammerorchester, Wolfgang Portugall & Egbert Lewark 2:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49b: Love Sounds the Alarm Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 4:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Organ Concerto In F, Op. 4 No. 4 - Allegro Leopold Hager & Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra 3:48 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For Unto Us a Child Is Born London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major "The Cuckoo and the Nightengale": II. Allegro London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & Edward Power Biggs 3:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Alexander's Feast: Allegro Capella Istropolitana 3:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Messiah: Pastoral Symphony Capella Istropolitana & Jaroslav Krcek 3:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 For Unto Us a Child Is Born George Frideric Handel 4:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 The Triumph of Time and Truth, HWV 71, Act 1 No. 1: Overture Denys Darlow & The London Handel Orchestra 4:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Harp Concerto in B Flat, Op. 4, No. 6, HWV 294: I. Andante allegro Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Iona Brown & Marisa Robles 3:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV76: The trumpet's loud clangour Benjamin Britten, Chorus Of East Anglian Choirs, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Peter Pears 3:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Cosi la Tortorella Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Concerto Op. 6, No. 4 in A Minor: I. Larghetto Nicholas McGegan & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 2:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Jeptha - How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees Howard University Chorus, Stephen Simon & The Handel Festival Orchestra of Washington, D.C. 7:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Ariodante, HWV 33 - Doppo Notte Sir Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Ann Murray (Mezzo-soprano) 7:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6, No. 12: III. Larghetto, e piano Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 4:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind 5:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Concerto for Organ & Orchestra No. 9 In B Flat, Op. 7 No. 3 - Allegro Academy Of St. Christopher Orchestra 5:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Handel: Concerto In F Major for Organ: III. Andante Jacques Loussier Trio 2:39 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
Handel was well known for his concerti grossi, a popular Baroque form based on the interplay between a small group of soloists and the full orchestra — Opus 6 was especially well received in its day, and here we've included "No. 4 in A Minor" as performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields . . . who can also be heard on Handel's last oratorio Jephtha (1751) — "Waft her, angels, through the skies" remains one of his prettiest arias, composed at a time when his eyesight was fast failing.
£20.55 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4, No. 3, HWV 291: II. Allegro Concentus Musicus Wien, Herbert Tachezi & Nikolaus Harnoncourt 3:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Concerto for Trumpet and Strings - Vivace Various Artists & The Royal Philharmonia Of Prague 1:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Mi Palpita Il Cor: Aria (Allegro): S'Un Di M'Adora La Mia Crudele Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée & Natalie Dessay 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air, With Five Variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' Paul Nicholson 4:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Concerto in G Minor for Traverso, Strings & Continuo, HWV 287: I. Grave Jed Wentz & Musica Ad Rhenum 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Alexander's Feast: Andante, Non Presto Capella Istropolitana & Jozef Kopelman 4:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 The Choice of Hercules - While for Thy Arms Various Artists & National Deutschland Symphony 3:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato Henry Lewis, Marilyn Horne & Vienna Cantata Orchestra 6:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act I: Duet: Happy We! (Acis, Galatea, Chorus) Ama Deus Ensemble & Valentin Radu 2:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Samson, HWV 57: Air: Total eclipse! Harry Christophers, The Sixteen & The Symphony of Harmony and Invention 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato (pastoral Ode), III. Il Moderato: 39. Duet: As Steals the Morn Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge, Kate Royal & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 5:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Sonata in G Minor for Traverso, 2 Violins & Continuo,HWV 404: I. Andante Jed Wentz & Musica Ad Rhenum 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Improvisation On Handel: Largo ("Ombra Mai Fu", 'Xerxes') Gabriela Montero 3:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Jephtha: "Waft her, angels, through the skies" Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson & Sir Neville Marriner 4:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Concerto in G Minor for 2 Traversi, Bassoon, Strings & Continuo, HWV 390b: I. Adagio Jed Wentz & Musica Ad Rhenum 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Water Music: Suite No.1 In F, Hwv348: IV. Andante Hans Martin Linde & Linde Consort 4:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 - la Paix Academy Of St. Christopher Orchestra 3:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: And the Glory of the Lord London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Dixit Dominus: Dixit Dominus Scholars Baroque Ensemble 5:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Organ Concerto In F, Op. 4 No. 5 - Presto Leopold Hager & Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra 2:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Serse: Largo "Ombra mai fu" George Szell & London Symphony Orchestra 5:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 3. Chorus: From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony King's Consort Choir, Robert King & The King's Consort 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Ode for Queen Anne's birthday: Eternal Source of Light Devine London Baroque 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Flute Sonata in E Minor, HWV 359b Op. 1 No. 1: II. Allegro Lisa Beznosiuk, Paul Nicholson & Richard Tunnicliffe 1:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Recorder Sonata in D Minor, HWV 367a: I. Largo Pamela Thorby & Richard Egarr 2:14 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
The royal connection, the Italian operatic flair, the oratorios that simply explode with melody and choral grandeur . . . no wonder Handel was such a crowd-pleaser in his adopted home: England. The composer's cosmopolitan background informed his music — German-born, he excelled as a young musical prodigy (despite his father's wish that he study law), moved to Italy in the early 1700s, where he wrote operatic cantatas and oratorios, including La Resurrezione, and finally settled in London, taking up citizenship in 1727. For many years he lived at 25 Brook Street, where he composed his most celebrated works: Messiah, Zadok the Priest, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Three thousands mourners turned up to his funeral, a reflection of the deep affection felt for him by the British public.
£62.05 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Messiah, HWV 56: No. 44, "Hallelujah Chorus" Linda Finnie, Timothy Dean, Helen Kuchared, Rodney Macann, Jenifer Smith, The Choir and Orchestra of Pro Christe, Neil Mackie & George Frideric Handel 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Joy to the World John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers 2:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Judas Maccabeaus, HWV 63: See, the conqu'ring hero comes! Charles Farncombe & Handel Opera Society Chorus and Orchestra 3:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258) Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock 5:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Water Music: Allegro - Andante Capella Istropolitana 6:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon, HWV 67 Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 3:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Hornpipe George Frideric Handel 1:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture Jordi Savall & Le Concert Des Nations 4:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Oboe Concerto No. 3: Sarabande City of London Sinfonia 3:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 3, No. 3, HWV 314: I. Largo, e Staccato - Allegro Academy of Ancient Music & Richard Egarr 3:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Xerxes - Ombra Mai Fu (Largo) Various Artists & National Deutschland Symphony 4:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Verdi prati Arleen Auger, City Of London Baroque Sinfonia, Della Jones, Eiddwen Harrhy, John Tomlinson, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Maldwyn Davies, Opera Stage Chorus, Patrizia Kwella & Richard Hickox 4:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Berenice: Minuet from Overture Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 4:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Concerto for Organ & Orchestra No. 6 In B Flat, Op. 4 No. 6 - Andante Allegro Academy Of St. Christopher Orchestra 7:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Rinaldo: March & Battle English Chamber Orchestra & Richard Bonynge 2:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Water Music Suites 2 & 3 in D/G (HWV 349/350): X. Menuet The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Flute Sonata in D Major, HWV 378: II. Allegro Lisa Beznosiuk, Paul Nicholson & Richard Tunnicliffe 2:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4: IV. Gavotte - Allegro Bob van Asperen, Catherine Mackintosh & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 1:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 4 in A Minor, HWV 322: I. Larghetto Affetuoso Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Oliver von Dohnanyi 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Messiah, HWV 56: Comfort Ye My People Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 3:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Ariodante, Act 2. Aria: Scherza infida Freiburger Barockorchester, Nicholas McGegan & Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 8:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Semele, HWV 58: Where E're You Walk Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 4:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Concerto for Organ & Orchestra No. 10 In D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4 - Allegro Academy Of St. Christopher Orchestra 4:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Concerto Grosso in C Major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": I. Allegro Nicholas McGegan & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 3:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Water Music - Air George Frideric Handel 2:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Saul, HWV 53, Act III Scene 4: Dead March (arr. L. Stokowski) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Matthias Bamert 5:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 27 Harpsichord Suite No. 5: Air and Variations "Harmonious Blacksmith" Alan Cuckston 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 Messiah, HWV 56: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 3:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 29 Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: Air con Variazioni (Andantino) Sviatoslav Richter 4:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 30 Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No. 4, HWV 399: II. A Tempo Ordinario - Allegro non Presto Purcell Quartet 4:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Music for the Royal Fireworks - la Réjouissance: Menuet Et Allegro Various Artists & National Deutschland Symphony 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 Concerto for Trumpet, Strings and B.c. In B Major: III. Siciliano - Largo Slovakisches Kammerorchester, Wolfgang Portugall & Egbert Lewark 2:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49b: Love Sounds the Alarm Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 4:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 34 Organ Concerto In F, Op. 4 No. 4 - Allegro Leopold Hager & Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra 3:48 £0.79 View In iTunes 35 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For Unto Us a Child Is Born London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major "The Cuckoo and the Nightengale": II. Allegro London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & Edward Power Biggs 3:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Alexander's Feast: Allegro Capella Istropolitana 3:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 38 Messiah: Pastoral Symphony Capella Istropolitana & Jaroslav Krcek 3:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 39 For Unto Us a Child Is Born George Frideric Handel 4:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 The Triumph of Time and Truth, HWV 71, Act 1 No. 1: Overture Denys Darlow & The London Handel Orchestra 4:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Harp Concerto in B Flat, Op. 4, No. 6, HWV 294: I. Andante allegro Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Iona Brown & Marisa Robles 3:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 42 Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV76: The trumpet's loud clangour Benjamin Britten, Chorus Of East Anglian Choirs, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Peter Pears 3:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Cosi la Tortorella Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 44 Concerto Op. 6, No. 4 in A Minor: I. Larghetto Nicholas McGegan & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 2:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 45 Jeptha - How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees Howard University Chorus, Stephen Simon & The Handel Festival Orchestra of Washington, D.C. 7:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 Ariodante, HWV 33 - Doppo Notte Sir Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Ann Murray (Mezzo-soprano) 7:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 47 Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6, No. 12: III. Larghetto, e piano Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 4:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind 5:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 Concerto for Organ & Orchestra No. 9 In B Flat, Op. 7 No. 3 - Allegro Academy Of St. Christopher Orchestra 5:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 Handel: Concerto In F Major for Organ: III. Andante Jacques Loussier Trio 2:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4, No. 3, HWV 291: II. Allegro Concentus Musicus Wien, Herbert Tachezi & Nikolaus Harnoncourt 3:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 Concerto for Trumpet and Strings - Vivace Various Artists & The Royal Philharmonia Of Prague 1:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 Mi Palpita Il Cor: Aria (Allegro): S'Un Di M'Adora La Mia Crudele Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée & Natalie Dessay 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 54 Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air, With Five Variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' Paul Nicholson 4:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 Concerto in G Minor for Traverso, Strings & Continuo, HWV 287: I. Grave Jed Wentz & Musica Ad Rhenum 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 Alexander's Feast: Andante, Non Presto Capella Istropolitana & Jozef Kopelman 4:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 57 The Choice of Hercules - While for Thy Arms Various Artists & National Deutschland Symphony 3:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato Henry Lewis, Marilyn Horne & Vienna Cantata Orchestra 6:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act I: Duet: Happy We! (Acis, Galatea, Chorus) Ama Deus Ensemble & Valentin Radu 2:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 Samson, HWV 57: Air: Total eclipse! Harry Christophers, The Sixteen & The Symphony of Harmony and Invention 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato (pastoral Ode), III. Il Moderato: 39. Duet: As Steals the Morn Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge, Kate Royal & Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 5:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 62 Sonata in G Minor for Traverso, 2 Violins & Continuo,HWV 404: I. Andante Jed Wentz & Musica Ad Rhenum 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 Improvisation On Handel: Largo ("Ombra Mai Fu", 'Xerxes') Gabriela Montero 3:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 64 Jephtha: "Waft her, angels, through the skies" Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson & Sir Neville Marriner 4:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Concerto in G Minor for 2 Traversi, Bassoon, Strings & Continuo, HWV 390b: I. Adagio Jed Wentz & Musica Ad Rhenum 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 Water Music: Suite No.1 In F, Hwv348: IV. Andante Hans Martin Linde & Linde Consort 4:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 67 Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 - la Paix Academy Of St. Christopher Orchestra 3:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: And the Glory of the Lord London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 69 Dixit Dominus: Dixit Dominus Scholars Baroque Ensemble 5:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 70 Organ Concerto In F, Op. 4 No. 5 - Presto Leopold Hager & Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra 2:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 71 Serse: Largo "Ombra mai fu" George Szell & London Symphony Orchestra 5:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 72 An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 3. Chorus: From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony King's Consort Choir, Robert King & The King's Consort 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 73 Ode for Queen Anne's birthday: Eternal Source of Light Devine London Baroque 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 74 Flute Sonata in E Minor, HWV 359b Op. 1 No. 1: II. Allegro Lisa Beznosiuk, Paul Nicholson & Richard Tunnicliffe 1:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 75 Recorder Sonata in D Minor, HWV 367a: I. Largo Pamela Thorby & Richard Egarr 2:14 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 75 Songs
