Description
Handel - Arias = Arien = Airs - Kathleen Battle, Academy Of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner / EMI Digital Audio CD 1990 Stereo / CDC 7 49179 2
UPC 077774917926
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ˈhændəl/; baptised Georg Friedrich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩]; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer 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. In turn, Handel's music forms one of the peaks of the "high baroque" style, bringing Italian opera to its highest development, creating the genres of English oratorio and organ concerto, and introducing a new style into English church music. He is consistently recognized as one of the greatest composers of his age.
| Label: | EMI Digital – CDC 7 49179 2 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
|
| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1990 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque |
Tracklist:
| Acis And Galatea |
| 1 | Oh Didst Thou Know...As When The Dove (Galatea) | 7:23 | |
|
Giulio Cesare |
| 2 | E Pur Cosi In Un Giorno...Piangero La Sorte Mia (Cleopatra) | 6:27 | |
|
Joshua |
| 3 | Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre (Achsas) | 2:43 | |
|
L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato |
| 4 | Sweet Bird (Peneroso) |
|
11:45 |
||
| Messiah |
| 5 | Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion! | 4:12 | |
|
Solomon |
| 6 | Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold (Queen Of Sheba) | 4:35 |
| 7 | May Peace In Salem...Will The Sun Forget To Streak (Queen Of Sheba) | 5:31 | |
|
Alcina |
| 8 | Ah! Mio Cor! (Alcina) | 11:12 |
| 9 | Tornami A Vagheggiar (Morgana) | 4:35 |
- Composed By – George Frideric Handel
- Conductor – Sir Neville Marriner
- Engineer – Mark Vigars
- Liner Notes – Alan Blyth
- Orchestra – The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- Photography By – Christian Steiner (6)
- Producer – John Fraser
- Soprano Vocals – Kathleen Battle
