1749
Donald Macleod introduces Handel's life in 1749, year of his Music for the Royal Fireworks.
By 1749, Handel had assumed the position of supreme impresario on the London stage. In this last exploration of a "year in the life" of the composer, presenter Donald Macleod explores the story behind Handel's Music For The Royal Fireworks - with an extract played in Leopold Stokowski's full orchestral arrangement - and introduces a rarity: Handel's incidental music to Tobias Smollett's play "Alceste".
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George Frideric Handel
Susanna
Performer: Part 2: Aria 鈥� The Torrent That Sweeps In Its Course Performer: David Thomas (Second Elder, bass) Performer: Chamber Chorus Of The University Of California, Berkeley; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMU90703032.
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George Frideric Handel
Susanna
Performer: Part 3: Bless鈥檇 Be The Day That Gave Susanna Birth! Performer: Guilt Trembling Spoke My Doom Performer: Lorraine Hunt (Susanna, soprano) Performer: Chamber Chorus Of The University Of California, Berkeley; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMU90703032.
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George Frideric Handel
Music For The Royal Fireworks, arr. Stokowski
Performer: Bourr茅e Performer: La Rejouissance 鈥� Allegro Performer: Menuet I & II 鈥� Andante Performer: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski
- RCA 09026612072.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in B Flat, Op.7 no.6聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
Performer: Simon Preston (organ) Performer: The English Consort / Trevor Kinnock
- ARCHIV 4132682.
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George Frideric Handel
Alceste, HWV45
Performer: Grand Entr茅e Performer: Ye Happy People Performer: Triumph, Hymen, In The Pair Performer: Still Caressing, And Caress鈥檇 Performer: Ye Swift Minutes As We Fly Performer: O Bless, Ye Powers Above Performer: Gentle Morpheus, Son Of Night Performer: Emma Kirkby, Christina Pound, Judith Nelson (sopranos) Performer: Margaret Cable, Catherine Denly (mezzos) Performer: Paul Elliott, Rogers Covey-Crump (tenors) Performer: David Thomas, Christopher Keyte (basses) Performer: The Academy Of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
- OISEAU LYRE 4214792.
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