Handel, George Frideric > Bass Viola da gamba

London's Flautists - works by Loeillet, Oswald, Weideman, Arne, Handel, and traditional Irish, Scottish & Welsh tunes / Nancy Hadden, flute

1 CD / CRD Records / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Sonata for flute & basso continuo in E minor, Op. 3/7; James Oswald: Scots Lament, for violin (or flute) & continuo; Greensleeves, folk song setting for chamber ensemble; Nanc...
Performers: Bicknell, Susan; Browder, Risa; Carolan, Lucy; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Mackintosh, Catherine

In early 18th-century England the popularity of the flute was matched by the prodigious publication of music. Often the music was written by professional flautists,...continue...
Recording information: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London....continue...

Air - The most beautiful Baroque melodies

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D mino...
Performers: Ahlgrimm, Isolde; Biggs, E. Power; Haupt, Eckart; Pank, Siegfried; Pischner, Hans; Tast, Werner
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Orchestra

Handel: Solo Cantatas, Arias / Kowalski, Max, Kohler, Arman, et al

3 CD / Phoenix Edition / 2009-05-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Splende l'alba in oriente, cantata, for alto & orchestra, HWV 166; Figli del mesto cor, cantata for alto & continuo, HWV 112; Dolc' e pur d'amor l'affanno, cantata, HWV 109a;...
Performers: Alpermann, Raphael; Mate, Balazs; Pank, Siegfried; Schumann, Anne; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: ; Max, Hermann; Arman, Howard
Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin ; Das Kleine Konzert; Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle

Handel: Messiah / Christophers, Sampson, Padmore, The Sixteen, et al

3 CD / Coro / 2008-09-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Solomon; Esther, oratorio, HWV 50b; Pensieri notturni di filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio), cantata for soprano, recorder & continuo, HWV 134; Concerto for Harp in B ...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bircher, Katy; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Dawson, Lynne; Evans, Robert; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Purve...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

This brand new recording by one of the most celebrated ensembles in the world features distinguished soloists revered for their performances of Handel....continue...

Oboe - Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Vivaldi, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major, BWV 1055; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Oboe in C major, H. 7g/C1 ...
Performers: Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Gerbeth, Klaus; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Goritzki, Ingo; Krause, Horst; Mahn, Kurt; Pank, Siegfried; Rosel, Peter; Schornsheim, Christine; Sonstevold, Knut [Bassoon...
Conductors: ; Blomstedt, Herbert; Rögner, Heinz; Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: ; Mitteldeutscher Bach Konvent; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

Here is a new series from Berlin Classics featuring portraits of the most important instruments from a selection of solo, chamber and orchestral works. The...continue...

Handel: Italian Solo Cantatas / Adele Stolte, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Crudel Tiranno Amor, cantata, HWV 97; Ah che troppo ineguali (O del ciel Maria regina), solo cantata, HWV 230; Tra le fiamme, HWV 170
Performers: Notzold, Wolfgang; Pank, Siegfried
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas
Ensemble: Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle

Handel was already in his early twenties, having spent four years in Hamburg, when he arrived in Italy, and the short period he spent there...continue...

Baroque Favourites

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-Übung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7); George Frederick Handel: Sonata for...
Performers: Ahlgrimm, Isolde; Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Pank, Siegfried; Suske, Karl; Tast, Werner

Simply Handel

4 CD / Simply / 2007-07-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, HWV 361/Op. 1 no 3; Sonata for Flute and Basso Continuo in G major, HWV 363b/Op. 1 no 5; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo...
Performers: Bates, David; Franklin-Kitchen, Elisabeth; Fujiwara, Mari; Jaccottet, Christiane; Lyon, Edward; Nicolet, Aurele; Rousset, Christophe [Harpsichord/Conductor]; Ruzickova, Zuzanna; Suk, Josef; Suzuki, H...
Conductors: Füri, Thomas; Krcek, Jaroslav; Summerly, Jeremy; Manze, Andrew

The Sixteen Edition - Handel: Alexander's Feast

2 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/1, HWV 289
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

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Alexander's Feast, an ode to St Cecilia by the longdead John Dryden, was set by Handel in 1736 and revised many times....continue...