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George Fredric Handel
When George Fredric Handel needed to draw crowds to performances of his new oratorios, he discovered that they’d come to see HIM play the organ. Now that’s star-power. And although the ravages of time have been less kind to some of his contemporaries, Handel’s concertos, and specifically those written for the organ, are still among the most delightful concert works ever devised from that period.
HANDEL: Concerto a due cori in F –German Natural Horn Soloists; Franz Raml (1785 Holzhey/Saint Verena Parish Church, Rot-an-der-Rot, Germany) MD&G CD-6050762
HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 8 in A, Op. 7, no. 2 –Concerto Amsterdam/Jaap Schröder, conductor; Daniel Chorzempa (1780 Künckel/Church of Saints Ann and Mary, Haarlem, The Netherlands) Musical Heritage CD-522466
HANDEL (?): Aria –Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Herbert Tachezi (1991 Mander/Saint Giles Church, Cripplegate, England, London, UK) Teldec CD-77308
HANDEL: 4 Pieces for Musical Clock –Olivier Latry (1745 Stumm/Pauluskirche, Kirchheimbolanden, Germany) BNL CD-112792
HANDEL: Minuet, from Berenice –Herman van Vliet (1845 Naber/Sint Joriskerk, Amersfoort, The Netherlands) Festivo CD-118
HANDEL: Rinaldo Overture –Pastor de Lasala (1882 Forster & Andrews/Sacred Heart Church, Mosman, Australia) MOA CD-002
HANDEL: March, fr The Occasional Oratorio –Richard Cummins (1926 Skinner; 1980 Möller/Greene Memorial United Methodist Church, Roanoke, VA) GMUMC CD-25198
HANDEL: Organ Concerto in g, Op. 7, no. 5 –Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman, conductor; Paul Nicholson (1994 Goetze & Gwynn/Saint Lawrence, Whitchurch, Edgware, England, UK) Hyperion CD-67291/2
HANDEL: Royal Fireworks Suite –Collegium Antiquum/Mary Jane Newman; Anthony Newman (Berkshire; 1993 Russell additions/Presbyterian Church of Mount Kisco, NY) Becker Classics CD-9401