Handel and His Royal Masters
Donald Macleod presents music associated with the various monarchs who reigned during Handel's time in England.
Donald Macleod introduces music associated with the various monarchs who reigned during Handel's time in England, including an orchestral suite famously performed on the River Thames for King George I, the best loved of all his anthems, performed at the coronation of his son George II, and an oratorio written to celebrate the Hanoverian victory over the second Jacobite Rebellion.
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George Frideric Handel
Eternal source of light - birthday ode for Queen Anne
Conductor: Stephen CLEOBURY Performer: Michael GEORGE - Bass Performer: Robin BLAZE - Counter-tenor Performer: Academy Of Ancient Music Performer: King's College Cambridge Choir
- EMI.
- CDC 5-57140-2.
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George Frideric Handel
Water music - suite in D major HWV.349
Performer: Herve NIQUET - Director
- Glossa:.
- GCDSA 9216161.
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the priest - coronation anthem no. 1 HWV.258
Conductor: Robert KING Performer: The KING'S CONSORT
- HYPERION.
- CDAX-67286.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto in B flat major Op.4`6 vers. for organ and orchestra
Performer: Bob van ASPEREN - Harpsichord Performer: Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
- VIRGIN VERITAS.
- 545174-2.
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George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabaeus
Conductor: Nicholas MCGEGAN Performer: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Performer: U Of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMU-907077.78.
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George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabaeus
Conductor: Nicholas MCGEGAN Performer: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Performer: U Of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMU-907077.78.
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- Thu 22 Dec 201112:00BBC Radio 3
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