This is a Handel year, the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. We remember George Frideric Handel primarily for his oratorio, "Messiah," one of the greatest masterpieces in the classical canon.
(SOUNDBITE OF HANDEL'S "LA RESURREZIONE (1708), HWV 47 / PARTE PRIMA: 'DISSERRATEVI, O PORTE D'AVERNO'") GROSS: Sometimes we can overlook something that's right under our noses. Classical music critic ...
Imeneo, Movements: Se potessero i sospir' miei Philippe Jaroussky, Director, Countertenor George Frideric Handel, Composer Ensemble Artaserse Riccardo Primo, Re di Inghilterra, Movements: Agitato da ...
Before turning to the choral compositions such as Messiah, for which he is best known today, a musicologist produced a string of Italian-language operas that vied for audiences in the ...
Siroe, Re di Persia, Movements: Ouverture Concerto Italiano George Frideric Handel, Composer Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor Siroe, Re di Persia, Movements: ~ George Frideric Handel, Composer Concerto ...