Rise of the Oratorio
Donald Macleod recounts how Handel's rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility drove the composer to produce his own glorious season of opera and oratorio.
Donald Macleod recounts how Handels rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility drove the composer to produce his own glorious season of opera and oratorio.
Overture: Deborah:
The King's Consort
Robert King, conductor
Alcina (extract from Act 2)
Joyce DiDonato, soprano (Alcina)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis, conductor
Organ Concerto in G major, Op 4 No 1
Paul Nicholson, organ
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Sweet bird, that shuns't the noise of folly (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Gillian Webster, soprano
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh, conductor.
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George Frideric Handel
Deborah - Overture
Performer: The King's Consort. Conductor: Robert King.- Hyperion: A66841.
- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Deborah - Overture
Performer: The King's Consort. Conductor: Robert King.- Hyperion: A66841.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Alcina - Act 2 Sc VIII- ScX
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Director: Alan Curtis.- Deutsche Grammophon: 477 7374.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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George Frideric Handel
Alcina - Act 2 Sc VIII- ScX
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Director: Alan Curtis.- Deutsche Grammophon: 477 7374.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto No 1 In G Minor Op 4`1
Performer: Paul Nicholson. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- COLLINS CLASSICS : --70162.
- COLLINS CLASSICS.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto No 1 In G Minor Op 4`1
Performer: Paul Nicholson. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- COLLINS CLASSICS : --70162.
- COLLINS CLASSICS.
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George Frideric Handel
L' Allegro, Il Penseroso, Ed Il Moderato - Air sweet bird, that shuns’t the noise of folly
Singer: Gillian Webster. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.- Winged Lion/Signum SIGCD 392.
- Winged Lion/Signum.
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George Frideric Handel
L' Allegro, Il Penseroso, Ed Il Moderato - Air sweet bird, that shuns’t the noise of folly
Singer: Gillian Webster. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.- Winged Lion/Signum SIGCD 392.
- Winged Lion/Signum.
- 17.
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- Thu 26 Nov 201512:00BBC Radio 3
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