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George Frideric Handel Top Songs
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• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - George Frideric Handel
• Water Music - George Frideric Handel
• We Praise Thee, Oh God - George Frideric Handel
• For unto us a Child is born - George Frideric Handel
• Xerxes - Largo - George Frideric Handel
• Water Music - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: Symphony - George Frideric Handel
• The Messiah - Hallelujah! - Handel
• Allegro Finale from Fireworks Music - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus) - George Frideric Handel
• Concerto Grosso in A Minor - Largo - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto) - George Frideric Handel
• Air & Variations - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: Aria and Chorus: O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto) - George Frideric Handel
• Chorus - And The Glory Of The Lord - George Frideric Handel
• Presto from Water Music - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: Majora Canamus: And without controversy (Narrator) - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: Accompanied Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor) - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto) - George Frideric Handel
• Larghetto from 'Xerxes' - George Frideric Handel
• Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 7, "Hornpipe" - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: Duet: He shall feed His flock (Alto, Soprano) - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: For unto us a child is born (Chorus) - George Frideric Handel
• Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G Minor - Saraband - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto) - George Frideric Handel
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George Frideric Handel Discography
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• Concerti Grossi Op. 3 - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah, HWV 56 - George Frideric Handel
• The Recorder Sonatas - George Frideric Handel
• Halleluja - George Frideric Handel
• Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No.11 In A Major, Hwv 329 - George Frideric Handel
• Music For The Royal Fireworks - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah: Highlights - George Frideric Handel
• Solomon/Love In Bath - George Frideric Handel
• Keyboard Suites I - George Frideric Handel
• Dolby Surround Classics - George Frideric Handel
• Heavely Handel: Arias and Duets - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah (Excerpts) - George Frideric Handel
• Italian Secular Cantatas - George Frideric Handel
• Coronation Anthems/Dixit Dominus - George Frideric Handel
• Alexander's Feast - George Frideric Handel
• Georg Friedrich Händel: Der Messias - George Frideric Handel
• Solomon - George Frideric Handel
• Cantatas - George Frideric Handel
• Serse: an Opera in Three Acts - George Frideric Handel
• Handel: Messiah Highlights - George Frideric Handel
• Heroes And Heroines - George Frideric Handel
• Water Music - George Frideric Handel
• Deidamia - George Frideric Handel
• Ode & Coronation Anthem - George Frideric Handel
• The Complete Sonatas For Flute - George Frideric Handel
• Amor e gelosia: Operatic Duets - George Frideric Handel
• Flute Sonatas - George Frideric Handel
• Esther (1718 Version) - George Frideric Handel
• Handel: Water Music Suites; Music For The Royal Fireworks - George Frideric Handel
• Israel In Egypt - George Frideric Handel
• Coronation Anthems - George Frideric Handel
• Samson/Handel - George Frideric Handel
• Handel - Oratorio Arias - George Frideric Handel
• Arcadian Duets - George Frideric Handel
• Messiah (Highlights) - George Frideric Handel
• Rodelinda - George Frideric Handel
• Royal Fireworks / Water Music - George Frideric Handel
• Nabal - George Frideric Handel
• Water Music - George Frideric Handel
• Orlando Highlights - George Frideric Handel
• La Resurrezione - George Frideric Handel
• Blind Love Cruel Beauty - George Frideric Handel
• Athalia - George Frideric Handel
• Complete Violin Sonatas - George Frideric Handel
• Beecham: Handel - Messiah - George Frideric Handel
• Dettingen To Deum - George Frideric Handel
• Sosarme - George Frideric Handel
• HANDEL: Salve Regina / Trio Sonata in G minor / Laudate pueri - George Frideric Handel
• Handel: Water Music - George Frideric Handel
• Apollo e Dafne / The Alchemist - George Frideric Handel
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George Frideric Handel Sheet Music
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Messiah
(An Oratorio) By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), edited by T. Tertius Noble. Vocal score for SATB choir (with solos) and piano accompaniment. Composed 1741. Text language English only. 252 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
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45 ARIAS from Operas and Oratorios for Voice and Piano (High)
(Volume I) By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), edited by Sergius Kagen. Collection for high voice and piano accompaniment. Text language Italian and English. 61 pages. Published by International Music Co.
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Messiah
By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), edited by Watkins Shaw. Vocal score for SATB choir and piano. Text language English. 255 pages. Published by Shawnee Press.
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Learn Handel's Messiah - Alto (CD)
By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Performance CD for alto voice. CD Only- no sheet music. Published by Theodore Presser Company.
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45 ARIAS from Operas and Oratorios for Voice and Piano (High)
(Volume II) By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), edited by Sergius Kagen. Collection for high voice and piano accompaniment. Text language Italian and English. 64 pages. Published by International Music Co.
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Seven Sonatas for Flute and Piano
By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arranged by Louis Moyse. Set of performance parts for flute and piano. 66 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
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Water Music
By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arranged by Arthur Cambell. Collection for solo piano. 14 pages. Published by C.F. Peters.
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Six Sonatas - Piano / Violin
By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arranged by Adolfo Betti. Set of performance parts for violin and piano. Schirmer Library Vol.1545. 51 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
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Aria Con Variazioni - Trumpet/Piano
(From 5th Harpsichord Suite) By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arranged by R. Bernard Fitzgerald. Set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out trumpet part) for Bb trumpet (cornet) and piano. F Major. 11 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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Passacaglia - Duo for Violin and Viola
(Score & Parts) By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935), edited by Frieda R. Davis, Leonard Davis. Set of performance parts and score for violin and viola. G Minor. 12 pages. Published by International Music Co .
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Messiah - George Frideric Handel, Dublin Version 1742 |
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Messiah lite has charms, but lacks impact
After a one-voice-to-a-part Matthew's Passion we now have an original Dublin Version Messiah, with a 12-voice chorus (less than half the number singing in Dublin, that is), and chorus-members taking all the solos. The orchestra has 15 string players, and does without the oboes, horns and bassoons found in the much more often recorded Foundling Hospital version.
Such an approach may serve different purposes. For one, it allows us to hear this legendary work more or less as it must have sounded at its very first performance. Furthermore, the small ensemble guarantees clarity and transparency. Maybe, too, doing away with `superficial' orchestral and choral spectacle is meant to suggest a deeper level of spirituality or a sense of the `sacred'. Ironically, however the deliberate intimacy can sound just as much as a contrived way of making an effect as a full orchestral panoply can.
Let me say, however, that this recording by the Dunedin Consort has much going for it. Excellent, perfectly coordinated singing and playing from all involved. Appealing lightness. An unforced, mellow approach free from the overemphatic accents or wilful aberrations found in some other versions (like that of McCreesh, which pairs moments of sheer brilliance to infuriating exaggerations). All this recorded with great clarity in the sympathetic acoustic of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh.
But. On repeated listening I was bothered by a nagging sense of monotony. The contrast between choral and solo numbers is much reduced, and the former don't have the impact I would want them to have, not even the Hallelujah, Worthy is the Lamb, or Amen (though on first hearing the close-up recording may trick you into believing otherwise). There is beauty, transparency, joy, but not grandeur or awe. The relaxed approach regarding phrasing and accents takes away a sense of drive and tension. The accompaniment, with the harpsichord much to the fore, at times sounds rather matter-of-fact (for instance, I was struck by the amount of varied expression and tenderness of Pinnock's strings in 'For unto us', compared to the rather more academic approach heard here; or compare the marvellously sinister and atmospheric 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth' in Hogwood's reading to the again far more literal approach taken here - nor is Dunedin's Matthew Brooke a match for the gloriously rounded bass of David Thomas). I find that in the end this is a perfect living-room Messiah, that can well play in the background without distracting you from your newspaper; - as opposed to one that compels you to be involved, and truly transports you to higher spheres. Pinnock [[ASIN:B0000057DB Handel - Messiah / Augér, von Otter, Chance, Crook, Tomlinson, English Concert, Pinnock]] is still my first choice for that.
Some great singing. ???s on the recording
There is some great singing here, both from the chorus, as well as the soloists. Not all will be to everyone's taste. The problems are mainly with the recording. I am sure that 99.9% of people won't even notice, but I would pay money to BET there has been some after-the-fact processing (reverb etc) added here. The tell-tale signs are a kind of distortion/blurring on sybilants, and - the kicker - a flattening-out of the sound-stage. I have first-hand experience of what these processing effects cause in terms of imaging to a recording, and this is completely one-dimensional, despite being a SACD hybrid in multichannel. Compare to some of the unfiddled recordings on Channel Classics, for example, and there is just no perspective here, no depth in the soundstage. Oh, and the soloists all have the microphone down their throats, accompanied by a 60-foot long harpsichord. I mean, OK, its a recording, and balances don't have to be like in the concert hall, but is this really necessary, or is it that the ipod generation have already won? Some people still value the highest fidelity that can be attained. The background noise and other extraneous noises (birds in the venue) are also pretty bad!
Winner of 2007 Gramophone Award
Gramophone Magazine has named this excellent CD the best baroque vocal recording of 2007, and the award is fully merited. As noted above, Scotland's Dunedin Consort has aimed to recreate the premiere performance of Messiah in Dublin in 1742. Their recording now joins two other long-time favorites at the top of my list--the 1977 Marrriner recording of the 1743 London version , and the 1981 Hogwood recording of the 1754 Foundling Hospital version (both on Decca).
The differences between the Dublin version and the "standard" version of Messiah are noticeable, but should not be shocking. Perhaps the most obvious is the inclusion of the 12/8 version of "Rejoice greatly," instead of the more common 4/4 version. You'll find more information at the Dunedin Consort's website, http://www.dunedin-consort.org.uk/messiahcd.aspx.
Among the many virtues of this recording is its clean, natural sound. And that's on my 15-year-old CD player! It has made me eager to upgrade and hear what the disc sounds like in its SACD incarnation.
The relatively small vocal forces are of the highest quality and produce a remarkable clarity without sounding undernourished. The vocal ornamentation is tasteful and not overdone. If you want a larger-scale production, however, check our Marriner.
Paul N. Van de Water
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