Handel in the Ascendant
Donald Macleod focuses on what happened after Handel took the helm of the Royal Academy of Music: he created a string of highly-regarded operatic masterpieces.
This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their reigns.
Today, Handel takes the helm of the newly founded Royal Academy of Music; is appointed Composer for his Majesty's Chapel Royal and Music Master to the royal princesses; creates a string of highly-regarded operatic masterpieces; and makes a seriously upmarket house-move ? right next door to Jimi Hendrix.
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George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto - Act 3 Final scene, Sinfonia
Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI : 901385-87.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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George Frideric Handel
Radamisto - act 3 Deggio dunque, o Doa lasciarti
Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Singer: Juliana Gondek.- HARMONIA MUNDI : 907111-13.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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George Frideric Handel
I will magnify thee, O God - Chapel Royal anthem HWV.250b [no.5b in the complet
Choir: Chapelle Royale Chorus. Ensemble: Musicians Extra-Ordinary. Conductor: Andrew Gant.- NAXOS : 8557935.
- NAXOS.
- 5.
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George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto - Act 2 scene 2
Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Singer: Barbara Schlick. Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Singer: Dominique Visse.- GABUSSI - Duettino: La rimembranza.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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George Frideric Handel
Admeto, re di Tessaglia - opera in 3 acts
Singer: Jill Gomez. Singer: René Jacobs. Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Director: Alan Curtis.- Virgin: 5613692.
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- Tue 22 Apr 201412:00BBC Radio 3
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