George Frideric Handel

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George Frideric Handel, gedoopt als Georg Friedrich Händel, was een Duits-Britse barokcomponist die bekendstaat om zijn opera's, oratoria, hymnen, concerti grossi en orgelconcerten. Hij werd in 1685 geboren in Halle, hetzelfde jaar als Johann Sebastian Bach en Domenico Scarlatti, en overleed op 14 april 1759. Zijn vader was een vooraanstaand barbier-chirurg aan het hof. Handel bracht zijn jonge jaren door in Hamburg en Italië en vestigde zich in 1712 in Londen, waar hij in 1727 Brits staatsburger werd.

Muziek en doorbraak

Hij werd sterk beïnvloed door de Midden-Duitse meerstemmige koortraditie en door de Italiaanse barok. In Londen startte hij drie commerciële operagezelschappen om de Engelse adel van Italiaanse opera te voorzien. In 1737 kreeg hij een lichamelijke inzinking, veranderde van koers en richtte zich met Engelstalige koorwerken op de middenklasse. Na zijn succes met Messiah in 1742 schreef hij nooit meer een Italiaanse opera. Water Music en Music for the Royal Fireworks blijven populair. Zadok the Priest, een van zijn vier kroningshymnen, klinkt sinds 1727 bij elke Britse kroning.

Invloed

Handel bracht de Italiaanse opera tot haar hoogste ontwikkeling en schiep het Engelse oratorium en het orgelconcert. Hij overleed als gerespecteerd en rijk man en kreeg een staatsbegrafenis in Westminster Abbey. Haydn, Mozart en Beethoven bewonderden zijn muziek, en sinds het midden van de twintigste eeuw is de belangstelling gegroeid. Musicoloog Winton Dean noemde hem een groot componist en een dramatisch genie van de eerste orde.

Luisteren

Discografie

Studioalbums

• 1951Wassermusik / Feuerwerksmusik
• 1952Six Violin Sonatas (Remastered 2024)
• 1953Water Music / Casse-Noisette Suite
• 1956Messiah
• 1956Messiah
• 1958Handel's Messiah
• 1959Messiah
• 1959Organ Concertos, Vol. 1: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4
• 1959The Art of Song
• 1959Water Music Suite / Music for the Royal Fireworks
• 1960Acis & Galatea
• 1960Messiah - Christmas Excerpts by George Frideric Handel
• 1960Organ Concertos, Vol. 3: Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12
• 1962Musick For The Royal Fireworks (Feuerwerksmusik) / Concerti A Due Cori Nr 2 Und 3 F-Dur
• 1963Quatre Concerti Grossi
• 1963Water Music (complete)
• 1964Arias from Baroque Operas
• 1964Silete Venti
• 1965Concertos For Oboe And Strings
• 1966Messiah (Selections)
• 1966Quattro Concerti Per L'Organo
• 1967Concertos pour orgue: opus IV n° 4; opus VII n° 4; n° 16
• 1967Harfenkonzerte
• 1967Harpsicord Music of Handel and Couperin
• 1967Julius Caesar
• 1967Quattro Concerti Per L'organo Ed Altri Stromenti
• 1967Werke für Harfe und Orchester
• 1968Concertos pour orgue: opus IV n° 1, n° 2, N° 13, opus VII n° 6, N° 15
• 1968Concertos pour orgue: opus VII n° 3, opus IV n° 3, opus VII n° 5, XIV
• 1969Oboensonaten
• 19704 Concerti pour orgue et orchestre
• 1971Wassermusik
• 1971Wassermusik
• 1971Water Music
• 1972Music for the Royal Fireworks / Water Music
• 1972Suites for Harpsichord nos. 1‐4
• 1973Messiah
• 1973Water Music / Fireworks Music
• 1974Telemann: Suite in A minor / Sammartini: Concerto in F / Handel: Concerto in B flat
• 1974Wassermusik / Feuerwerksmusik / Concerto F-dur
• 1975Concertos for Lute and Orchestra
• 1975Le Messie
• 1975Sämtliche Orgelkonzerte, op. 4 & op. 7
• 1976Barock
• 1976Messiah
• 1977Family Library of Great Music - Handel
• 1977Les Concertos pour Orgue Vol. 1
• 1978Acis and Galatea
• 1979Handel Edition Volume 6 - Belshazzar, Jephtha
• 1980Concerti a due Cori
• 1980Harp Concertos
• 1980Music For The Royal Fireworks / Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" / Ouverture in D
• 1980Water Music
• 1981Messiah: A Sacred Oratorio (highlights)
• 1981Ouverture & Danses de Rodrigo / Il pastor fido
• 1982Classic Premium Vol.5
• 1982Concerti grossi, op. 6 nos. 9-12
• 1982Coronation Anthems
• 1982George Frideric Handel: 6 Violin Sonatas / Arcangelo Corelli: La Folia
• 1982Les Concerti Grossi op. VI (vol. 1)
• 1982Les Concerti Grossi op. VI (vol. 2)
• 1982Messiah
• 1982Messiah
• 1982Messiah: Highlights
• 1982Organ Concertos
• 1982Sonatas for Recorder and Continuo
• 1982Water Music
• 1983Anne Sofie von Otter
• 1983Canon & Gigue
• 1983Chaconne HWV435, Klavier Suiten HWV436, HWV438, HWV434, HWV441
• 1983Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
• 1983Händel, Babell, Baston: Recorder Concertos / Jacob: Suite for Recorder
• 1983Messiah (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)
• 1983Music For The Royal Fireworks
• 1983Pachelbel: Canon / Handel / Vivaldi / Gluck
• 1983Recorder Concertos
• 1983The Water Music Complete
• 1983Trio Sonatas
• 1983Wassermusik / Feuerwerksmusik
• 1983Water Music
• 1983Water Music
• 19846 Concerti Grossi, op. 3
• 19846 Organ Concertos
• 19846 Recorder Sonatas
• 19846 Sonatas for Flute & Continuo
• 1984Alexander's Feast
• 1984Aminta e Fillide
• 1984Concerti grossi, op. 6 nos. 1–4
• 1984Concertos
• 1984Concertos pour orgue
• 1984Der Messias
• 1984Der Messias Auszüge in deutscher Sprache
• 1984Dettingen Te Deum / Dettingen Anthem
• 1984Handel: Lucrezia; Va tacito e nascosto / Mozart: Il tenero momento; Parto, parto; Lungi da te, mio bene
• 1984Israel in Egyprt
• 1984Messiah
• 1984Messiah (The Complete Oratorio)
• 1984Messiah: Favorite Choruses & Arias
• 1984Messiah: Highlights
• 1984Music for the Royal Fireworks / 2 Concerti a due cori
• 1984Organ Concertos op. 4
• 1984The Cuckoo and the Nightingale: 4 Organ Concertos
• 1984The Great "Messiah" Choruses
• 1984The Harmonious Blacksmit / 4 Suites for Harpsichord
• 1984Water Music
• 1985Alcina / Il pastor fido / Terpsichore
• 1985Concerti Grossi, Op. 3, Nr. 1 - 6
• 1985Concerti grossi, op. 6 nos. 5-8
• 1985Concerto Grosso »Alexander's Feast« / 3 Oboe Concertos / Sonata a cinque
• 1985Coronation Anthems
• 1985Esther
• 1985German Arias
• 1985Italian Cantatas
• 1985Laudate Pueri / Nisi Dominus
• 1985Messiah
• 1985Messiah
• 1985Messiah Highlights
• 1985Music for the Royal Fireworks / Concerti a due cori
• 1985Sämtliche Bläsersonaten für Blockflöte, Traversflöte/Oboe
• 1985Solomon
• 1985Tamerlano
• 1985Trio Sonatas
• 1985Utrecht Te Deum / Jubilate
• 1985Water & Fireworks Music
• 1985Water Music
• 1985Water Music
• 19868 suites pour clavecin
• 1986Alcina
• 1986Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound: Music for Trumpets and Organ
• 1986Brockes Passion
• 1986Complete Sonatas for Recorder
• 1986Concertos pour orgue
• 1986Dixit Dominus / Concerto Grosso in g minor Op. 6:6
• 1986German Recorder Sonatas
• 1986Kanon and other Baroque masterpieces
• 1986Messiah: Arias & Choruses
• 1986Music for the Royal Fireworks / Concerto a due cori no. 2
• 1986Neun Deutsche Arien (Nine German Arias)
• 1986Organ Concertos, op. 4
• 1986Overtures
• 1986Saul
• 1986The Complete Recorder Sonatas
• 1986The Music for the Royal Fireworks / Amaryllis Suite / Suite from The Water Music
• 1986Water Music
• 1987A celebration
• 1987Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (Serenata a tre, 1708)
• 1987Arias for Senesino
• 1987Arien
• 1987Baroque Oboe Concertos
• 1987Feuerwerksmusik / Wassermusik-Suiten Nr. 1-3
• 1987Handel: The Water Music Suites
• 1987Italian Cantatas
• 1987Messiah
• 1987Messiah
• 1987Messiah (Arias and Choruses)
• 1987Messiah (Highlights)
• 1987Messiah: Great Choruses
• 1987Orgelkonzerte Volume 1 (Karl Richter)
• 1987St John Passion
• 1987The Messiah
• 1987The Messiah (The Original Manuscript)
• 1987The Water Music (Complete)
• 1987The World of the Classics: Georg Friedrich Händel
• 1987Violin Sonatas
• 1987Water Music
• 1987Water Music
• 1987Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks
• 19883 concertos pour harpe
• 19888 sonates pour flûte et clavecin
• 1988A Baroque Festival
• 1988Acis and Galatea
• 1988Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
• 1988Arias for Soprano and Trumpet
• 1988CBS Great Performances, Volume 89: Handel: Messiah Highlights
• 1988Chandos Anthems, Volume 1: Nos. 1, 2 & 3
• 1988Dixit Dominus / Laudate pueri Dominum
• 1988Dixit Dominus / Nisi Dominus / Salve Regina
• 1988Famous Organ Concertos
• 1988Fireworks Music / Water Music
• 1988Great European Organs, No. 6: Keith John Plays the Organ of L'Eglise Notre Dame des Neiges a L'Alpe D'Huez
• 1988Händel / Schubert / Schumann
• 1988Handel in Italy: Italian Solo Contatas
• 1988Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Dissinganno
• 1988Julius Caesar
• 1988La Resurrezione (1708)
• 1988Learn Handel's Messiah - Bass Enhanced
• 1988Messiah
• 1988Messiah
• 1988Messiah: Arias and Choruses
• 1988Messiah: Arias and Choruses
• 1988Music For The Royal Fireworks / Concerto Grosso op 6, Nos 3 & 4
• 1988Music for the Royal Fireworks / Water Music
• 1988Music for the Royal Fireworks / Water Music
• 1988Organ Concertos
• 1988Organ Encores
• 1988Stradivari: Soundtrack From the Film
• 1988The Great Choruses From Messiah
• 1988Water Music
• 1988Water Music (Suite in F major) / Concerto Grosso, op. 6 nos. 1 & 2
• 1988Water Music / Concerto in F for Organ
• 1988Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks
• 1988Water Musick
• 198912 Concerti Grossi Op. 6, nos. 1-4
• 1989Alceste / Comus
• 1989Bach: Concerto in D minor / Vivaldi: Concerto grosso in D minor / Händel: Concerto in G minor / Telemann: Concerto in E major
• 1989Carmelite Vespers
• 1989Celebrated Baroque Pieces
• 1989Chandos Anthems, Volume 2: Nos. 4, 5 & 6
• 1989Chandos Anthems, Volume 3: Nos. 7, 8 & 9
• 1989Concerti A Due Cori
• 1989Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 5-8
• 1989Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 8, 10 and 12
• 1989Concerti Grossi op. 6, nos. 9-12
• 1989Concerti grossi, op. 3
• 1989Concerti Grossi: Op. 3, no. 3 / Op. 6, nos. 4-6
• 1989Der Messias
• 1989Handel Water Music Suites 1-3
• 1989Jephtha
• 1989Le Messie
• 1989Messiah
• 1989Music for Royal Occasions
• 1989Musick for the Royal Fireworks / Four Coronation Anthems
• 1989Oboe Concertos, Concerto Grosso, More - English Chamber Orchestra
• 1989Oboe Sonatas
• 1989Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne / Anthem for the Foundling Hospital
• 1989Susanna
• 1989The Classic Euphonium
• 1989The Water Music / Two Arias for Wind Band
• 1989Water Music
• 1989Water Music
• 1989Water Music: Suites 1, 2, 3
• 199012 Concerti grossi, op. 6
• 199012 Concerti Grossi, op.6
• 1990Acis and Galatea / Look down, harmonious saint
• 1990Alessandro
• 1990Arias
• 1990Arias for Montagnana
• 1990Baroque Oboe Concertos
• 1990Belshazzar
• 1990Chandos Anthems, Volume 4: Nos. 10 & 11
• 1990Concerti Grossi Op. 6
• 1990Concerti Grossi, op. 3
• 1990Concerti Grossi, op. 3
• 1990Concerti grossi, op. 6, 1-4
• 1990Der Messias (Messiah)
• 1990Die Orgelkonzerte
• 1990El Mesías (selección)
• 1990Feuerwerksmusik / Violinkonzert / Doppelchöriges Orchesterkonzert
• 1990Flavio
• 1990Haendel / Mozart / Schumann / Kalliwoda
• 1990Handel: Concerti a due cori
• 1990Harp Concertos
• 1990Harpsichord Suites nos. 1 - 5
• 1990Harpsichord Suites nos. 6 - 8
• 1990Israel in Egypt
• 1990Israel in Egypt
• 1990Italian Duets
• 1990Janet Baker sings Handel: Largo: Ombra mai fù / Cantata « Lucrezia »
• 1990Jephtha
• 1990L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
• 1990La Resurrezione
• 1990Love in Bath / The Gods Go A'Beggin' / Amaryllis Suite (excerpts)
• 1990Messiah
• 1990Messiah - Charles Mackerras
• 1990Messiah (Highlights)
• 1990Music For The Royal Fireworks / Feuerwerksmusik
• 1990Musique pour les feux d'artifices royaux
• 1990Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
• 1990Organ Concertos, op. 4 no. 1-2-3
• 1990Purcell / Neruda / Scarlatti / Vivaldi / Haendel / Torelli / Gerber
• 1990Rachmaninov Plays
• 1990The Great Composers, Volume 29: Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks & Water Music Suites in F, G and D
• 1990The Messiah (highlights)
• 1990The Messiah: Choruses
• 19915 Organ Concertos
• 19917 Trio Sonatas, Op. 5 (La Stravaganza Salzburg)
• 1991Acis and Galatea
• 1991Alexander's Feast
• 1991Athalia
• 1991Baroque Inventions
• 1991Concerti Grossi op. 6 Nr 5-7
• 1991Concerti Grossi, op. 3
• 1991Concerti grossi, op. 6
• 1991Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 No's 1, 2, 3, 4
• 1991Der Messias (Auszüge)
• 1991Die Orgelkonzerte Op. 4
• 1991Favourite Handel Arias
• 1991Floridante
• 1991Floridante
• 1991Flute Sonatas
• 1991Giulio Cesare
• 1991Great Handel Choruses
• 1991Haydn: Concertos for Organ and Orchestra nos. 1, 2 & 3 / Handel: Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"
• 1991Heroic Arias
• 1991Horn Concerti
• 1991Intégrale des sonates pour flûte à bec & basse continue
• 1991Joshua
• 1991Messiah
• 1991Messiah
• 1991Messiah
• 1991Messiah (Complete)
• 1991Orgelkonzerte
• 1991Orgelkonzerte / Suite G-Dur (Münchner Kammerorchester feat. conductor: Georg Hlinka, organ: Johann Biber, harpsichord: Eberhard Kraus)
• 1991Orlando
• 1991Recorder Sonatas
• 1991Sämtliche Bläsersonaten Volume II
• 1991Ten Overtures
• 1991The Chamber Music
• 1991The Essential Harpsichord
• 1991The Harpsichord Suites
• 1991The Italian Years
• 1991The Messiah: Highlights (Chamber Choir of Stockholm feat. conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt)
• 1991Wassermusik / Feuerwerksmusik
• 1991Wassermusik I-III
• 1991Water Music
• 1991Water Music
• 1991Water Music / Music For The Royal Fireworks
• 1991Water Music / Royal Fireworks Music
• 1991Water Works / Fire Works
• 199218th Century English Theatre Music
• 1992Acis und Galatea
• 1992Agrippina
• 1992Alcina / Giulio Cesare: Highlights
• 1992Arias for Durastanti
• 1992Bach, Handel Arias
• 1992Cantatas (Il Seminario Musicale)
• 1992Clori, Tirsi e Fileno
• 1992Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nr. 5-8
• 1992Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
• 1992Concerti Grossi, op. 6, nos. 1-6
• 1992Concerti Grossi, op.6 nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 10
• 1992Die großen Meister der Musik
• 1992Feuerwerksmusik u.a.
• 1992Flute Concertos & Sonatas
• 1992Handel's 1720 Harpsichord: Handel Suites 1–5
• 1992Highlights From "The Messiah"
• 1992Judas Maccabaeus
• 1992Judas Maccabeus
• 1992La Resurrezione (The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, feat. conductor: Ton Koopman, singers: Argenta, Schlick, Laurens, De Mey, Mertens)
• 1992Messiah
• 1992Messiah
• 1992Messiah
• 1992Messiah
• 1992Messiah
• 1992Messiah
• 1992Messiah, HWV 56 (Highlights)
• 1992Music for the Royal Fireworks / Orchestral Works
• 1992Opera Arias
• 1992Teseo
• 1992The Eight Great Suites for the Harpsichord
• 1992The Messiah
• 1992The Messiah
• 1992Theodora
• 1992Water Music / Concerto Grosso «Alexander’s Feast»
• 1992Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks
• 1992Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks / Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 5 / Xerxes: Largo
• 19933 Concerti Grossi - Feuerwerksmusik
• 1993Acis und Galatea / Baroque Arias
• 1993Arias
• 1993Atalanta
• 1993Concerti Grossi, op. 3, 1-6
• 1993Concerti Grossi, op. 6
• 1993Concerti per organo
• 1993Concerto Grosso, op. 3
• 1993Deborah
• 1993Exsultate jubilate
• 1993Gloria / Magnificat / Zadok the Priest / My heart is inditing
• 1993Handel: Coronations Anthem / Blow: Anthems
• 1993Handel: Dixit Dominus, J. S. Bach: Magnificat
• 1993Handel's Messiah
• 1993Highlights From Handel's Messiah
• 1993Highlights From Handel's Messiah
• 1993Judas Maccabaeus
• 1993Messiah
• 1993Messiah
• 1993Messiah
• 1993Messiah (Highlights)
• 1993Messiah and Nutcracker Highlights
• 1993Messiah: Highlights
• 1993Musick for the Royal Fireworks and other Orchestral Masterpieces
• 1993Recorder Sonatas, op. 1 nos. 1, 2, 4, 7 and 11
• 1993Samson
• 1993Samson (Lodon Voices & English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Raymond Leppard)
• 1993Semele
• 1993Semele
• 1993sonate & triosonate
• 1993Suite 5 "L'Harmonieux Forgeron", Suites 6/7 "La Grande Passacaille", Suite 8
• 1993Water Music / Fireworks Music
• 1993Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks
• 1993Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks
• 1993Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks
• 1993Water Music Suites 1, 2 & 3
• 1994Concerti Grossi / Oboe Concerti
• 1994Marian Cantatas & Arias
• 1994Messiah
• 1994Messiah
• 1994Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 & Concerti a Due Cori, HWV 332-334
• 1994Radamisto