G. F. Handel - 4 Concerti Grossi From Op.6 / Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, Budapest / Conducted by János Rolla / Hungaroton White Label Audio CD 1989

HRC 133

MADE IN HUNGARY

TOTAL TIME: 61:59

UPC 5998168501093

Tracklist:

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 6 in G minor, HWV324

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 9 in F major, HWV327

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 4 in A minor, HWV322

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 11 in A major, HWV329

Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla

János Rolla violin I, Kálmán Kostyál Violin II,

Mária Frank - Cello, Zsuzsa Pertis organ, harpsichord

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ˈhændəl/; born Georg Friederich 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-upon-Saale 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.