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Handel George Friderich

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            George Frideric Handel, 1733     
 
 
 
Biography
 
 

George Frideric Handel (Friday, 23 February 1685 – Saturday, 14 April 1759) was a German-born Baroque composer who is famous for his operas, oratorios and concerti grossi. Born as Georg Friedrich Händel (IPA[ˈhɛndəl]) in Halle, he spent most of his adult life in England, becoming a subject of the British crown on 22 January 1727.[1] His most famous works are Messiah, an oratorio set to texts from the King James Bible; Water Music; and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the English composer Henry Purcell, his music was known to many significant composers who came after him, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

 

The house in the city of Halle (Saale), where Handel was born.
The house in the city of Halle (Saale), where Handel was born.

Handel was born in Halle in the Duchy of Magdeburg (province of Brandenburg-Prussia) to Georg and Dorothea (née Taust) Händel in 1685, the same year that both Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti were born. Handel displayed considerable musical talent at an early age; by the age of seven he was a skilful performer on the harpsichord and pipe organ, and at nine he began to compose music. However, his father, a distinguished citizen of Halle and an eminent barber-surgeon who served as valet and barber to the Courts of Saxony and Brandenburg,[2] was opposed to his son's wish to pursue a musical career, preferring him to study law. By contrast, Handel's mother, Dorothea, encouraged his musical aspirations.[3]

Handel as a boy.
Handel as a boy.

Nevertheless, the young Handel was permitted to take lessons in musical composition and keyboard technique from Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau, the organist of the Liebfrauenkirche, Halle. His aunt, Anna, had given him a spinet for his seventh birthday, which was placed in the attic so that Handel could play it whenever he could get away from his father.[4] [5]

In 1702, following his father's wishes, Handel began the study of law at the University of Halle, but after his father's death the following year, he abandoned law for music, becoming the organist at the Protestant Cathedral. In 1704, he moved to Hamburg, accepting a position as violinist and harpsichordist in the orchestra of the opera house. There, he met Johann Mattheson, Christoph Graupner and Reinhard Keiser. His first two operas, Almira and Nero, were produced in 1705. Two other early operas, Daphne and Florindo, were produced in 1708.

During 1706–09, Handel travelled to Italy on the invitation of Gian Gastone de' Medici, and met Medici's brother Ferdinando, a musician himself. While opera was temporarily banned at this time by the Pope, Handel found work as a composer of sacred music; the famous Dixit Dominus (1707) is from this era. He wrote many cantatas in operatic style for gatherings in the palace of Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal). His Rodrigo was produced in Florence in 1707, and his Agrippina at Venice in 1709. Agrippina, which ran for an unprecedented 27 performances, showed remarkable maturity and established his reputation as an opera composer. Two oratorios, La Resurrezione and Il Trionfo del Tempo, were produced in Rome in a private setting for Ruspoli and Ottoboni in 1709 and 1710, respectively.

In 1710, Handel became Kapellmeister to George, Elector of Hanover, who would soon be King George I of Great Britain. He visited Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici on his way to London in 1710, where he settled permanently in 1712, receiving a yearly income of £200 from Queen Anne. During his early years in London, one of his most important patrons was the young and wealthy Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, who showed an early love of his music.[6] Handel spend the most carefree time of his life at Cannons and laid the cornerstone for his future choral compositions in the twelve Chandos Anthems.[7] Romain Rolland states that these anthems were as important for his oratorios as the cantates for his operas. He highly estimates also Acis and Galatea, like Winton Dean, who writes the music catches breath and disturbs the memory.[8] During Handel's life time it was his most performed work.

Handel House at 25 Brook Street, London.
Handel House at 25 Brook Street, London.

In 1723 Handel moved into a newly built house at 25 Brook Street, London, which he rented until his death in 1759. This house is now the Handel House Museum, a restored Georgian house open to the public with an events programme of Baroque music. There is a blue commemorative plaque on the outside of the building. It was here that he composed Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks. (In 2000, the upper stories of 25 Brook Street were leased to the Handel House Trust, and after an extensive restoration program, the Handel House Museum opened to the public on 8 November 2001.)

In 1726 Handel's opera Scipio (Scipione) was performed for the first time, the march from which remains the regimental slow march of the British Grenadier Guards. He was naturalised a British subject in the following year.

In 1727 Handel was commissioned to write four anthems for the coronation ceremony of King George II. One of these, Zadok the Priest, has been played at every British coronation ceremony since. Handel was director of the Royal Academy of Music 1720–1728, and a partner of J.J. Heidegger in the management of the King's Theatre 1729–1734. Handel also had a long association with the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, where many of his Italian operas were premiered.[9]

In April 1737, at age 52, he suffered a stroke or some other malady which left his right arm temporarily paralysed and stopped him from performing. He also complained of difficulties in focusing his sight. Handel went to Aix-la-Chapelle, taking hot baths and playing organ for the audience. Handel gave up operatic management entirely in 1740, after he had lost a fortune in the business.

Queen's Theatre on Haymarket by William Capon.
Queen's Theatre on Haymarket by William Capon.

Following his recovery, Handel focused on composing oratorios instead of opera. Handel's Messiah was first performed in New Musick Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin on 13 April 1742, with 26 boys and five men from the combined choirs of St Patrick's and Christ Church cathedrals participating. In 1749 he composed Music for the Royal Fireworks; 12,000 people came to listen. Three people died, including one of the trumpeters on the day after.

In 1750 Handel arranged a performance of Messiah to benefit the Foundling Hospital. The performance was considered a great success and was followed by annual concerts that continued throughout his life. In recognition of his patronage, Handel was made a governor of the Hospital the day after his initial concert. He bequeathed a fair copy of Messiah to the institution upon his death. His involvement with the Foundling Hospital is today commemorated with a permanent exhibition in London's Foundling Museum, which also holds the Gerald Coke Handel Collection.

In August 1750, on a journey back from Germany to London, Handel was seriously injured in a carriage accident between The Hague and Haarlem in the Netherlands.[10] In 1751 his eyesight started to fail in one eye. The cause was unknown and progressed into his other eye as well. He died some eight years later, in 1759, in London, his last attended performance being his own Messiah. More than three thousand mourners attended his funeral, which was given full state honours, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Handel never married, and kept his personal life very private. Unlike many composers, he left a sizable estate at his death—worth £20,000 (an enormous amount for the day), the bulk of which he left to a niece in Germany—as well as gifts to his other relations, servants, friends and to favourite charities.

Works

Handel's compositions include 42 operas; 29 oratorios; more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets; numerous arias; chamber music; a large number of ecumenical pieces; odes and serenatas; and sixteen organ concerti. His most famous work, the Messiah oratorio with its "Hallelujah" chorus, is among the most popular works in choral music and has become a centerpiece of the Christmas season. Also popular are the Opus 3 and 6 Concerti Grossi, as well as "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale", in which birds are heard calling during passages played in different keys representing the vocal ranges of two birds. Also notable are his sixteen keyboard suites, especially The Harmonious Blacksmith.

Handel introduced various previously uncommon musical instruments in his works: the viola d'amore and violetta marina (Orlando), the lute (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), three trombones (Saul), clarinets or small high cornets (Tamerlano), theorbo, French horn (Water Music), lyrichord, double bassoon, viola da gamba, bell chimes, positive organ, and harp (Giulio Cesare, Alexander's Feast).[11]

Handel's works have been catalogued and are commonly referred to by a HWV number. For example, Handel's Messiah is also known as HWV 56.

Legacy

After his death, Handel's Italian operas fell into obscurity, save for selections such as the ubiquitous aria from Serse, "Ombra mai fu". His reputation throughout the 19th century and first half of the 20th century, particularly in the Anglophone countries, rested primarily on his English oratorios, which were customarily performed by enormous choruses of amateur singers on solemn occasions. These include Esther (1718); Athalia (1733); Saul (1739); Israel in Egypt (1739); Messiah (1742); Samson (1743); Judas Maccabaeus (1747); Solomon (1748); and Jephtha (1752). His best are based on a libretto by Charles Jennens.

Since the 1960s, with the revival of interest in baroque music, original instrument playing styles, and the prevalence of countertenors who could more accurately replicate castrato roles, interest has revived in Handel's Italian operas, and many have been recorded and performed onstage. Of the fifty he wrote between 1705 and 1738, Agrippina (1709), Rinaldo (1711, 1731), Orlando (1733), Alcina (1735), Ariodante (1735), and Serse (1738, also known as Xerxes) stand out and are now performed regularly in opera houses and concert halls. Arguably the finest, however, are Giulio Cesare (1724) and Rodelinda (1725), which, thanks to their superb orchestral and vocal writing, have entered the mainstream opera repertoire.

Fireworks in 1749.
Fireworks in 1749.

Also revived in recent years are a number of secular cantatas and what one might call secular oratorios or concert operas. Of the former, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1739) (set to texts of John Dryden) and Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (1713) are particularly noteworthy. For his secular oratorios, Handel turned to classical mythology for subjects, producing such works as Acis and Galatea (1719), Hercules (1745), and Semele (1744). In terms of musical style, particularly in the vocal writing for the English-language texts, these works have close kinship with the above-mentioned sacred oratorios, but they also share something of the lyrical and dramatic qualities of Handel's Italian operas. As such, they are sometimes performed onstage by small chamber ensembles. With the rediscovery of his theatrical works, Handel, in addition to his renown as instrumentalist, orchestral writer, and melodist, is now perceived as being one of opera's great musical dramatists.

Handel has generally been accorded high esteem by fellow composers, both in his own time and since. Bach apparently said "[Handel] is the only person I would wish to see before I die, and the only person I would wish to be, were I not Bach." Mozart is reputed to have said of him, "Handel understands effect better than any of us. When he chooses, he strikes like a thunder bolt"[12] and to Beethoven he was "the master of us all...the greatest composer that ever lived. I would uncover my head and kneel before his tomb."[12] The latter emphasized above all the simplicity and popular appeal of Handel's music when he said, "Go to him to learn how to achieve great effects, by such simple means."

He is commemorated as a musician in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on July 28, with Johann Sebastian Bach and Heinrich Schütz.

Handel's works were edited by Samuel Arnold (40 vols., London, 1787–1797), and by Friedrich Chrysander, for the German Händel-Gesellschaft (100 vols., Leipzig, 1858–1902).

Handel adopted the spelling "George Frideric Handel" on his naturalization as a British subject, and this spelling is generally used in English-speaking countries. The original form of his name (Georg Friedrich Händel) is generally used in Germany and elsewhere, but he is known as "Haendel" in France, which causes no small amount of grief to cataloguers everywhere. There was another composer with a similar name, Handl, who was a Slovene and is more commonly known as Jacobus Gallus.

 
 
 
 
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HANDEL    Choir  Alceste  Kirkby,Cable,Nelson,Bowman   Preston Hogwood   Choir of christ church cath oxford,Acad ancie.music

Handel     Choir  Anthem  for  the founding  hospital Kirkby,Cable,Nelson,Bowman   Preston

Hogwood    Choir of christ church cath oxford,Acad ancie.music 

 Handel    choir   Ode for the birthday of queen Anne          Kirkby,Cable,

Nelson,Bowman      Preston

Hogwood       Choir of christ church cath oxford,Acad ancie.music

 Handel     choir   Utrecht Jubilate  Kirkby,Cable,Nelson,Bowman   Preston Hogwood   Choir of christ church cath oxford,Acad ancie.music 

 Handel     choir   Utrecht Te  Deum    Kirkby,Cable,Nelson,Bowman  Preston Hogwood   Choir of christ church cath oxford,Acad ancie.music

Handel     choir   Dettingen Anthem      Varcoe, Tipping, Christophers, Pearce  Simon preston         Choir of christ church cath oxford,Acad ancie.music  

 Handel    choir   Dettingen Te   Deum   Varcoe, Tipping, Christophers, Pearce  Simon preston         Choir of christ church cath oxford,Acad ancie.music  

 Handel    choir   Carmelite Vespers Salve  regina hwv 241  Andrew parrott Taverner choir &

players         

 Handel    choir   Carmelite Vespers Dixit  dominus hwv 232  Andrew parrott   Taverner choir &

players         

 Handel    choir   Carmelite Vespers Haec  est regina virginum Hwv  235  Andrew parrott        Taverner choir & players         

 Handel    choir   Carmelite Vespers Nisi  dominus hwv 238  Andrew parrott  Taverner choir &

players         

 Handel    choir   Carmelite Vespers Te  decus virgineum Hwv 243  Andrew parrott        Taverner choir & players         

Handel     choir   Carmelite vespers Laudate  pueri .hwv 237   Andrew parrott        Taverner choir &

players         

Handel     choir   Carmelite Vespers Saeviat   tellus hwv 240  Andrew parrott  Taverner choir & players         

Handel     choir   Gloria   Emma  Kirkby    Laurens Cummings Royal Academy of MusicBaroq Orch   

Handel     choir   Dixit   dominus  Killevi Martinpelto-soprano  Anne Sofie von Otter-alto Anders Ohrwall       Stockholm Baroque Choir  Drottningholm Baroque Ense           

Handel     choir   Dixit   dominus  The scholars baroq ense  

 Handel    choir   Nisi dominus  The scholars baroq ense  

 Handel    choir   Salve  Regina  The scholars baroq ense  

 Handel    choir   Laudate    Pueri   Hardy,Sheppard,  Mark Deller  Deller  consort        

Handel     choir   Messiah  Morison,Thomas Lewis,Milligan   Sir M. Sargent   Royal Liverpool phil Orchr.         

Handel     choir   Messiah Schlick,Piau,Scholl,berg   William Chrisie   Les arts florissants           

Handel     choir  Oratorio Il triomfo del tempo e della  verita Mcfadden,Scholl,Hariades  J .c. Martini  Barokorchester Frankfurt           

Handel    choir   Coronation Anthem Zadok  the  Priest   Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze, Michael George Choir ; King'College, Cambr        Stephen Cleobury   Academy od Ancient Music orchestr.    

Handel    choir   Coronation Anthem Let  thy  hand  be strengthened  Choir ; King'College, Cambridge,  Stephen Cleobury    Academy od Ancient Music orchestr.    

 Handel    choir   Coronation Anthem The  King  shall  rejoice Choir ; King'College, Cambridge,           Stephen Cleobury   Academy od Ancient Music orchestr.          

Handel     choir   Coronation Anthem My  heart  is  inditing  Choir ; King'College, Cambridge,           Stephen Cleobury   Academy od Ancient Music orch.           

Handel     Choir,soprano, Contratenor, bass   Coronation Anthem Ode  for  the  birthday of Queen  Anne Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze, Michael George Choir ; King'College, Cambr  Stephen Cleobury   Academy od Ancient Music orchestr.    

Handel     Soprano,cemb , orch. Italian Cantata Tu  fedel ? Tu  Costante ?  Emma Kirkby, Christ. Hogwood   Christopher Hogwood    Academy of Ancient Music

 Handel    Soprano,Cemb , orch. Italian Cantata Mi  palpita  il  cor Emma Kirkby, Christ. Hogwood   Christopher Hogwood Academy of Ancient Music

Handel     Soprano,Cemb , orch. Italian Cantata Alpestre  monte   Emma Kirkby, Christ. Hogwood   Christopher Hogwood        Academy of Ancient Music

 Handel    Soprano,Cemb , orch. Italian Cantata Tra  le  fiamme    Emma Kirkby, Christ. Hogwood   Christopher Hogwood  Academy of Ancient Music

Handel    Soprano,Countertenor  Duet Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi  g.fisher j. bowman   Robert king  The king's consort 

Handel    Soprano,Countertenor  Duet A  mirarvi  io  son intento g.fisher j. bowman   Robert king  The king's consort 

Handel    Soprano,Countertenor  Duet Troppo  cruda, troppo fiera g.fisher j. bowman     Robert king  The king's consort 

Handel    Soprano,Countertenor  Duet Se  to  non  lasci  amore  fisher j. bowman   Robert king  The king's consort 

Handel   Soprano,Countertenor   Duet Conservate,  raddopiate fisher j. bowman     Robert king  The king's consort 

Handel   Soprano,Countertenor   Duet Langue,geme, sospira e si lagna g.fisher j. bowman    Robert king  The king's consort 

Handel   Soprano,Countertenor   Duet No, di voi non vo' fidarmi fisher j. bowman   Robert king  The king's consort 

Handel   Soprano,Countertenor   Duet Sono liete, fortunate fisher j. bowman  Robert king  The king's consort 

Handel   Soprano,Countertenor   Duet Fronda leggiera E  mobile fisher  bowman     Robert king  The king's consort 

 Handel  Soprano - 2   Arcadian   Duet Ahi, nelle sorte umane Dessay, Gens   Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree          

Handel  Soprano - 2   Arcadian   Duet No, di voi non vo' fidarmi Claycomb, Panzarella      Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree           

Handel  Soprano, tenor   Arcadian   Duet Caro autor di mia doglia  Petibon, Agenew     Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree          

Handel  Soprano - 2   Arcadian   Duet Quel fior che all'alba ride  Petibon,Panzarella Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree          

Handel  Soprano, contratenor  Arcadian   Duet Conservate  raddoppiate  Lascarro, Asawa     Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree          

Handel  Soprano, alto   Arcadian   Duet Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi  Claycomb,Sara  mingardo        Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree          

 Handel  Soprano - 2   Arcadian  Duet Va, speme infida  Claycomb, Panzarella  Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree          

Handel  Soprano, alto  Arcadian  Duet A mirarvi io intento Petibon, Mijanovic  Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree          

Handel  Soprano, alto  Arcadian  Duet Sono liete, fortunate  claycomb, Sara  Mingardo,        Emmanuelle Haim   Le Concert D'Astree          

Handel  soprano, instruments   Cantata Agrippa  condotta  a  morire,HWV  110   Eva Mei          Giovanni Antonini   Il Giardino Armonico         

Handel  Soprano, instruments   Cantata Armida abbandonata HWV  105 Eva Mei  Giovanni Antonini   Il Giardino Armonico         

Handel  Soprano, instruments   Cantata a  Lucrezia ,HWV  145 Eva Mei   Giovanni Antonini   Il Giardino Armonico         

Handel  Harp,Orchestra     Concerto op.4/5   Nicanor Zabaleta    Paul kuentz  Paul kuentz cham orch     

Handel  Harp,Orchestra     Concerto op.4/6   Nicanor Zabaleta    Paul kuentz  Paul kuentz cham orch     

Handel  Orchestra     Music for the royal  fireworks             Muzio Orch. Da camera di  milano           

 Handel orchestra      The water music              Muzio Orch. Da camera di  Milano         

Handel  orchestra      Music for the royal fireworks- suite  Nigel Simpson   Royal promenade

Chamber orch         

Handel    orchestra   Sinfonia for strings - suite   Vassil kazandjev     Chamber orch Sofia soloists 

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.3  No. 1    Wurttemberg cham. orch.

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.3  No. 2   Wurttemberg cham. orch.

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.3  No. 3    Wurttemberg cham. orch.

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.3  No. 4    Wurttemberg cham. orch.

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.3   No. 5  wurttemberg cham. orch.  

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.3   No. 6   Wurttemberg cham. orch.  

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 1      Camerata  Academia         

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 2      Camerata  Academia         

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 3       Camerata  Academia          

 Handel   orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 4      Camerata  Academia         

 Handel   orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 1      Pavol Bagin  Bratislava orch.     

Handel   orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 2      Pavol Bagin  Bratislava orch.     

Handel   orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No.3        Pavol Bagin  Bratislava orch.     

 Handel   orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 4      Pavol Bagin  Bratislava orch.     

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 5       Pavol Bagin  Bratislava orch.     

Handel    orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6   no. 6    Pavol Bagin  Bratislava orch.           

Handel        orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 5             Duvier            Camer Romana       
Handel        orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 6             Duvier            Camer Romana       

Handel        orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  N0. 7             Duvier            Camer Romana       

Handel        orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 8             Duvier            Camer Romana       

Handel        orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 1 Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc    

Handel        orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 2 Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc    

Handel        orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 4 Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc    

Handel        orchestra      Conc.grosso op.6  No. 6 Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc    

Handel        orchestra      The water music 3  SUITES - HWV  348-9-50   Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orchestra  Op. 7 no.1   Peter Hurford   j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch          

Handel        Organ/Orchestra   Op. 7 no.2   Peter Hurford    j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch          

Handel        Organ/Orchestra   Op. 7 no.3   Peter Hurford   j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch          

Handel        Organ/Orchestra   Op. 7 no.4   Peter Hurford    j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch          

Handel        Organ/Orchestra   Op. 7 no.5   Peter Hurford    j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch          

Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.6   Peter Hurford          j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch   

 Handel        Organ/Orch No. 15         Peter Hurford          j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch   

 Handel        Organ/Orch No. 16         Peter Hurford          j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch    
 Handel        Organ/Orch N0. 16 (append.)  Peter Hurford          j. Rifkin         Concertgebouw cham orch    

Handel        Organ/Orch No. 13         Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch No. 14         Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch No. 15         Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch No. 16         Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 1  Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 2  Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 3  Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 4  Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 5  Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 6  Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel       Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 1  Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 2  Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 3  Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 4  Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 5  Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op.4  no. 6  Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.1   Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.2   Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.3   Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.4   Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.5   Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.6   Ton Koopman           Koopman       Amst Baroq Orc      

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.1   Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.2   Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.3   Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

 Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.4   Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

Handel          Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.5   Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

Handel        Organ/Orch Op. 7 no.6   Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

Handel        Organ/Orch Concerto in F major   Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

Handel        Organ/Orch Concerto in A major  Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

Handel        Organ/Orch Concerto in D minor  Simon  Preston        Pinnock         English Conc           

Handel        Trumpet  Organ   Lewark  Portugall                          

Handel    Flute,violin, b.c.  Sonata in B minor, op. 2 no.1 HWV 386b  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel    Flute,violin, b.c.  Sonata in G minor, op. 2 no. 2 HWV 387   St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel    2 violins,b.c. Sonata in B major, op. 2, no. 3. HWV 388  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel    Recorder,violin,b.c. Sonata in F major, op. 2 no. 4. HWV 389  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel   2 violins,b.c. Sonata in G minor, op.2,no. 5.HWV 390a  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel   2 flutes,b.c.  Sonata in G minor, op.2,no. 6 HWV 391 St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel   2 violins,b.c.Sonata in F major, HWV 392     St. Martin  Fields Cham Ens.       

Handel    2 violins,b.c. Sonata in G minor,HWV 393    St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel   Oboe, b.c. Sonata in F major, op. 1, no.5 HWV 363a St. Martin in the Fields Cham.Ens.        

Handel    Oboe, b.c. Sonata In B major,HWV 357    St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel    Oboe, b.c. Sonata in C minor, op.1, no.8,HWV 366   St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel    2 violins, b.c. Trio Sonata in B major, HWV 338  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel    2 flutes, b.c  Trio Sonata in E minor HWV 395    St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel   2 recorders,b.c. Trio Sonata in F major,HWV 405    St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel    2 oboes,b.c. Trio sonata in A major, op.5, no. 1 HWV 396  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel    2 violins,b.c. Trio sonata in D major, op.5, no.2 HWV 397  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel   Flute,violin,b.c.Trio sonata in E minor, op.5, no. 3 HWV 398  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel   2 violins,b.c.Trio sonata in G major,op.5, no. 4 HWV 399  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel   2 violins,b.c. Trio sonata in G minor, op.5, no.5 HWV 400  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel   2 violins,b.c. Trio sonata in E major,HWV 394      St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.         

 Handel  2 oboes,b.c. Trio sonata in F major,op.5, no.6 HWV 401 St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  2 violins,b.c.Trio sonata in B major, op. 5, no. 7 HWV 402 St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  2 violins, b.c.   Trio sonata in C "SAUL" HWV 403  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel  Recorder,b.c.  Sonata In G minor, op.1, no. 2 HWV 360 St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Recorder,b.c. Sonata in A minor,op. 1, no.4 HWV 362  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Recorder,b.c. Sonata in C major, op. 1, no. 7 HWV 365  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Recorder,b.c. Sonata in D minor, op.1, no. 8a HWV 367a St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel  Recorder,b.c. Sonata in F major, op. 1, no. 11 HWV 369  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Recorder,b.c. Sonata in B flat HWV 377     St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c.  Sonata in A major, op.1, no. 3 HWV 361 St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c.  Sonata in G minor, op.1, no.6 HWV 364a St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c. Sonata in D minor, op.1, no. 9 HWV 367a St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c. Sonata in G minor,op. 1, no.10 HWV 368 St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c.Sonata in F major, op.1, no.12 HWV 370   St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c.Sonata in D major, op. 1,no. 13 HWV 371 St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c.Sonata in A major, op.1,no. 14  HWV 372  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel Violin, b.c.Sonata in E major, op.1, no. 15 HWV 373  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c.  Sonata in D minor HWV 359a   St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel  Violin, b.c.  Sonata in A major,HWV 406   St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

 Handel  Flute,b.c    Sonata in A minor, HWV 374  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel   Flute,b.c    Sonata in E minor HWV 375    St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel   Flute,b.c    Sonata in B minor,HWV 376   St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel   Flute,b.c    Sonata in D major, HWV 378    St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

Handel   Flute,b.c    Sonata in E minor,op.1, no. 1a HWV 379  St. Martin in the Fields Cham. Ens.        

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Selected  Recordings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Favourite Baroque Classics' (CDH55020)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Grainger: Rambles & Reflections' (CDA67279)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel/Telemann: Water Music' (CDA66967)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: 20 Sonatas, Op. 1' (CDA66921/3)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Acis and Galatea' (CDA66361/2)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Alexander Balus' (CDA67241/2)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Aminta e Fillide' (CDH55077)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Complete Flute Sonatas' (CDA67278)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Deborah' (CDA66841/2)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Dettingen Te Deum' (CDA67678)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Fireworks Music & Coronation Anthems' (CDA66350)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: German Arias' (CDA67627)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Harpsichord Suites' (CDD22045)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Il Duello Amoroso' (CDH55136)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno' (CDA67681/2)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Italian Duets' (CDH55262)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: James Bowman sings English Arias' (CDA66797)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: James Bowman sings Heroic Arias' (CDA66483)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Joseph and his Brethren' (CDA67171/3)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Joshua' (CDA66461/2)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Judas Maccabaeus' (CDA66641/2)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato' (CDA67283/4)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Messiah' (CDD22019)
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Music for Royal Occasions' (CDA66315)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Opera Arias' (CDS44271/3)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Organ Concertos' (CDD22052)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Ottone' (CDA66751/3)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Six Concerti Grossi' (CDH55075)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: St Cecilia's Day Ode' (CDA67463)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: St Cecilia's Day Ode (SACD)' (SACDA67463)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: The Choice of Hercules' (CDA67298)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: The Occasional Oratorio' (CDA66961/2)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: The Triumph of Time & Truth' (CDD22050)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Handel: Trio Sonatas' (CDH55280)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Liszt: The complete music for solo piano, Vol. 06 – Liszt at the Opera I' (CDA66371/2)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'The Coronation of King George II' (CDA67286)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'The Coronation of King George II (SACD)' (SACDA67286)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'The Emma Kirkby Collection' (CDA66227)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'The Essential Hyperion 2' (HYP20)
 
 
 
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Cover of 'The King's Consort Baroque Collection' (KING4)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'The King's Consort Collection' (KING7)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'The Maiden's Prayer' (CDA67379)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Vital Spark of Heav'nly Flame' (CDA67020)
 
Cover of '18th-century Keyboard Concertos' (CDA66700)
 
 
 
 
Cover of 'Fairest Isle' (CDA67115)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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