Hallelujah - Handel, Haydn, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart / Famous Arias and Choruses = Beruhmte Arien und Chore / Belart Audio CD Stereo / 461 059-2

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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ˈhændəl/; baptised Georg Friederich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩]; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-born Baroque composer becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque.

Franz Joseph Haydn (/ˈhaɪdən/; German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩]; 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio. His contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

Ludwig van Beethoven (/ˈlʊdvɪɡvænˈbeɪtoʊvən/); German: [ˈluːtvɪç fan ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩]; baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire. His works span the transition from the classical period to the romantic era in classical music. His career has conventionally been divided into early, middle, and late periods. The "early" period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his "middle" period showed an individual development from the "classical" styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized as "heroic". During this time, he began to suffer increasingly from deafness. In his "late" period from 1812 to his death in 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.

Tracklist:

1.  Hallelujah (Messiah)   3:43

2.  Gloria in excelsis deo (Mass in B minor - h-moll)   6:50

3.  See the conquering hero comes (Judas Maccabaeus)   3:01

4.  Die Himmel erzahlen (Die Schépfung - The Creation)   4:14

5.  Et incarnatus est (Mass in C minor - c-moll)   7:25

6.  Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Ein deutsches Requiem)   6:01

7.  Gloria in excelsis deo (Missa solemnis)   5:01

8.  Ave Maria   2:42

9.  Kommt ihr Tochter helft mir klagen (Matthaus Passion)   9:42

10. Laudate dominum (Vesperae solennes K. 339)   4:53

11. Ave verum corpus K. 618   3:50

12. Alleluja (Exsultate Jubilate K. 165)   2:37

13. Ave Maria   4:28

14. Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man’s desiring)   7:28