George Frederick Handel: A Birthday Celebration
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Composer or Director: George Frideric Handel
Magazine Review Date: 5/1985
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: ABM767
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Solomon, Movement: ~ |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer John Lubbock, Conductor St John's Smith Square Orchestra |
| Water Music |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
English Chamber Orchestra George Frideric Handel, Composer George Malcolm, Conductor |
| Suite, Movement: Overture |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Crispian Steele-Perkins, Trumpet George Frideric Handel, Composer Gerald Gifford, Harpsichord |
| Suite, Movement: Aire (Menuetto) |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Crispian Steele-Perkins, Trumpet George Frideric Handel, Composer Gerald Gifford, Harpsichord |
| Alexander's Feast, Movement: Overture |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Alexander Gibson, Conductor George Frideric Handel, Composer Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| (3) Concertos for Oboe and Strings |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer |
| (6) Concerti grossi, Movement: No 2, B flat |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer George Malcolm, Conductor Northern Sinfonia |
| (6) Concerti grossi, Movement: ~ |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer George Malcolm, Conductor Northern Sinfonia |
| Music for the Royal Fireworks, Movement: La paix |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Alexander Gibson, Conductor George Frideric Handel, Composer Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Movement: Overture |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
English Chamber Orchestra George Frideric Handel, Composer Philip Ledger, Conductor |
| Acis and Galatea, Movement: Sinfonia |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Alexander Gibson, Conductor George Frideric Handel, Composer Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
Composer or Director: George Frideric Handel
Magazine Review Date: 5/1985
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: ZCABM767
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Solomon, Movement: ~ |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer John Lubbock, Conductor St John's Smith Square Orchestra |
| Water Music |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
English Chamber Orchestra George Frideric Handel, Composer George Malcolm, Conductor |
| Suite, Movement: Overture |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Crispian Steele-Perkins, Trumpet George Frideric Handel, Composer Gerald Gifford, Harpsichord |
| Suite, Movement: Aire (Menuetto) |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Crispian Steele-Perkins, Trumpet George Frideric Handel, Composer Gerald Gifford, Harpsichord |
| Alexander's Feast, Movement: Overture |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Alexander Gibson, Conductor George Frideric Handel, Composer Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| (3) Concertos for Oboe and Strings |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer |
| (6) Concerti grossi, Movement: No 2, B flat |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer George Malcolm, Conductor Northern Sinfonia |
| (6) Concerti grossi, Movement: ~ |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer George Malcolm, Conductor Northern Sinfonia |
| Music for the Royal Fireworks, Movement: La paix |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Alexander Gibson, Conductor George Frideric Handel, Composer Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Movement: Overture |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
English Chamber Orchestra George Frideric Handel, Composer Philip Ledger, Conductor |
| Acis and Galatea, Movement: Sinfonia |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Alexander Gibson, Conductor George Frideric Handel, Composer Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
Author:
The above heading says it all. Umpteen pretty pieces shorn from their context so that Handel's birthday is not celebrated too seriously, nicely played in a variety of approximations to baroque style, and well enough recorded. Ideal for casual listening.'
George Frederick Handel: A Birthday Celebration
George Frederick Handel: A Birthday Celebration
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