The Story of Handel in words and music [sound recording]
Material type: MusicPublisher number: MMD 8506 | VoxSeries: Music master series | An Introduction to the classicsPublication details: Hauppauge, NY Vox Music Group, 1993.Description: 1 sound disc (62 min., 13 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's CD | Main Library | Children's CD | Handel, George Frideric | Available | 33111003527476 |
Water music (2:17) -- Israel in Egypt. "He gave them hailstones" (1:11) -- Organ concerto no. 16 in F major. Larghetto affetuoso (:56) -- Messiah. "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (:58) -- The faithful shepherd. Overture (:54) -- Terpsichore. Overture (:57) -- Julius Caesar. Aria of Ptolemy (:48) -- Sonata no. 1 in B-flat major for recorder and harpsichord. Finale (:36) -- Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6, no. 6. Fugue (2:48) -- Messiah. "Every valley shall be exhalted" (1:10) -- Rodelinda. Overture (1:17) -- Ezio. Overture (:45) -- Organ concerto no. 13 in F major. Larghetto (1:03) -- Water music. Hornpipe (1:10) - Fanatasia in C major (:53) -- Harmonious blacksmith (:44) -- Water music. Andante (:43) -- Julius Caesar. Finale (:53) -- Organ concerto no. 5 in F major. Allegro (:43) -- Alexander's feast. Overture (:55) -- Serse. Largo (:36) -- Israel in Egypt. "He spake the word" (:51) -- Concerto grosso in D major, op. 6, no. 5. Larghetto e staccato (1:32) -- Messiah. "Hallelujah" chorus (1:12) -- Israel in Egypt. "The horse and his rider" (:48) -- Messiah. "Why do the nations" (:58) -- Judas Maccabeus. "Hallelujah amen" (:52) -- Israel in Egypt. "And the children of Israel sighed" (:56) -- Messiah. "Hallelujah" chorus (1:00) -- Water music. Selections (23:09).
Chicago Chamber Orchestra ; Dieter Kober, conductor.
Narrated by Arthur Hannes.
Works of Handel are combined with a narrative of his life.