George Frideric Handel - Handel Edition: Box Set 65CDs (2015)

Brilliant Classics continues its famous Composer Edition series with one of the giants of the Baroque, George Frideric Handel, the celebrated German who settled in London. Having absorbed the German and Italian styles of his time he formed his own distinctive musical language, which, while following the current fashions and audience preferences, retained his own deep humanity and inner power.
Handel embraced all musical genres of his time, and this Edition, while not “Complete”, presents a substantial and representative oeuvre: 12 complete oratorios, cantatas, Odes, Anthems, Arias, Duets, the complete chamber music, the complete keyboard works, the complete organ concertos, oboe concertos, the complete Concerti Grossi, the Water Music and Fireworks Music: a musical feast of grandeur and intimacy, of joy and sorrow, of pomp and grace, of instrumental and vocal brilliance and of every emotion a human being is capable of.

Tracklist:

CD1 Water Music
Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV348
Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV349
Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV350
Concerto Köln, Anton Steck conductor, recorded 13-16 May 2007, Studio Stolberger Straße, Cologne

CD2
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Helmut Koch conductor, recorded March 1974, SKR Berlin
Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, HWV339
Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, HWV347
Concerto Köln, Anton Steck conductor, recorded 13-16 May 2007, Studio Stolberger Straße, Cologne

CD3-7 Concerti Grossi
Concerti grossi, Op. 3, HWV312 – 318
Concerti grossi, Op. 6, HWV319 - 322
Concerti grossi, Op. 6, HWV323 - 326
Concerti grossi, Op. 6, HWV327 – 330
Concerto a due cori, HWV332 - 334
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Max Pommer conductor, recorded 1983, Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig

CD8-12 Organ and Harp Concertos
Organ Concertos Nos. 1 - 5, HWV289 - 293
Harp Concerto, HWV294
Organ Concerto No. 6, HWV294
Organ Concerto No. 7, HWV306
Organ Concertos No. 8 - 11, HWV307 - 310
Organ Concertos Nos. 12 - 15, HWV311, 295, 296a, 304
Organ Concerto No. 16, HWV305
Fugues, HWV605, 607, 608, 610
Christian Schmitt, organ; Charlotte Balzereit, harp; Juliane Heutjer, Elodie Wiemer, recorder Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Nicol Matt conductor, recorded Summer/Autumn 2004, Evangelische Schlosskapelle Solitude, Stuttgart

CD13
Oboe Concerto in G Minor, HWV287
Oboe Concerto in B- Flat Major, HWV302a
Airand Rondo, after HWV466
Suite, HWV432
Overture to Otho, from HWV15
Anthony Camden, oboe; Julie Girdwood, oboe (Suite, Overture)
City of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Ward conductor, recorded 24 & 27 April 1995, All Saints Church, East Finchley, UK

CD14-18 Instrumental Sonatas
Flute Sonatas, Op. 1, HWV379, 374 - 376, 378, 363b, 359b
Violin Sonatas, HWV361, HWV364a
Oboe Sonata, HWV357
Violin Sonata, HWV359a
Oboe Sonata, HWV366
Andante, HWV412
Allegro, HWV408
Oboe Sonata, HWV363a
Violin Sonata, HWV371
Trio Sonatas, HWV386b, 387 – 391, 396 – 402
Sinfonia, HWV339
Trio Sonatas, HWV392, 386a, 393, 403, 394
L'École d'Orphée: David Reichenberg, oboe; Stephen Preston, flute; Philip Pickett, recorder; John Holloway, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Alison Bury, violin; Susan Sheppard, cello; John Toll, Robert Woolley and Lucy Carolan, harpsichord; recorded 1991

CD19
Recorder Sonatas, HWV365, 367a, 360, 377, 362, 369, 358
Erik Bosgraaf, recorders; Francesco Corti, harpsichord; recorded June, 2008, Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, Rhoon, The Netherlands

CD20-23 Harpsichord Suites
Suites, HWV426 – 433 (‘Great’), HWV434-441
Preludio
Vo' far guerra from Rinaldo
Michael Borgstede, harpsichord; recorded January, 2008, Remonstrantse Doopsgezinde Church, Deventer, The Netherlands

CD24-27 Harpsichord Music
Suites, Partitas, Preludes, Fugues, Sonatinas and miscellaneous keyboard pieces, HWV443, 450, 563, 571, 453, 564, 472, 485, 448, 449, 581, 478,611, 486, 444, 445, 576, 467, 586, 583, 580, 487, 471, 567, 568, 573, 566, 466, 470, 494, 465, 475, 489, 442, 605-610, 577, 481, 574, 490, 447, 452, 483, 446, 477, 476, 492, 562, 582, 585, 570, 468, 578, 575, 496, 454, 572, 579
Roberto Loreggian, harpsichord, recorded 2015 at Abbazia di Santa, Maria delle Carceri d'Este, Padua, Italy

CD28 Romantic Organ Transcriptions
The Occasional Oratorio, HWV62
Suite, HWV434
Serse HWV40 - Largo (“Ombra mai fu”)
Saul, HWV53, Act I: Symphony
Messiah, HWV56: "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
Messiah, HWV56: "Hallelujah"
Prelude and Fugue, HWV433
Zadok the priest, HWV258
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV63, Act III: See the conqu'ring hero comes
Messiah, HWV56: "Lift up your heads"
Massimo Gabba, organ, recorded September 2012 at the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Alessandria, Italy

CD29 Nine German Arias
German Arias: I - IX, HWV202 – 210
Arleen Auger, soprano, recorded April 1980, Paul-Gerhard-Kirche, Leipzig, Germany

CD30 Cantatas for Soprano I-IV
Da quel giorno fatale, HWV99
Ditemi, o piante, HWV107
Care selve, aure grate, HWV88
Allor ch'io dissi addio HWV80
Un'alma innamorata, HWV173
O lucenti, o sereni occhi, HWV144
Aure soavi e liete, HWV84
Tra le fiamme, HWV170
Aminta e Fillide, HWV83
Clori, mia bella Clori, HWV92
Sans y penser (Cantate française), HWV155
Clori, vezzosa Clori HWV95
Pensieri notturni di Filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio), HWV134
Lungi n'andò Fileno, HWV128
Stefanie True, soprano, Klaartje van Veldhoven, soprano; Marco Vitale, harpsichord and conducting Contrasto Armonico, recorded 2009-10 at the Oud Katholieke Kerk, Delft, The Netherlands

CD34 Cantatas for Soprano V
Mira Lilla gentile, cantata à canto solo con violino obbligato
La caduta di Icaro, cantata a canto solo con violini
Mira Lilla gentile, cantata à canto solo con violoncello obbligato
Tra le fiamme (Il consiglio), HWV170
Valentina Varriale, soprano, Mvsica Perdvta, conducted by Renato Criscuolo, recorded November 2010 at Millenium Recording Studio, Rome, and December 2011 and May 2012 at the Oratorio dei Padri Barnabiti, Rome

CD35 Italian Duets
Sonata in B Major
Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV154
Preludio in D Minor
Và, và, speme infida, pur, HWV199
Prelude
Amor gioie mi porge, HWV180
Entreé
Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV181a
Toccata
Ahi, nelle sorti umane, HWV179
Prelude
No, di voi non vò fidarmi, HWV189
Gemma Bertagnoli, Susanne Rydén, soprano; Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio, conductor, recorded July 2009 at Vereinshaus, Lengmoos, Süd-Tirol

CD36
Incidental music to The Alchemist, HWV43
Apollo e Dafne (La terra è liberata), HWV122
Musica ad Rhenum, directed by Jed Wentz, recorded in 2006

CD37&38
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV72
Stefanie True, soprano, Luciana Mancini, mezzo-soprano, Mitchell Sandler, bass; Marco Vitale conducting Contrasto Armonico, recorded October 2007 at the Oud Katholieke Kerk, Delft, The Netherlands

CD39&40
Alexander's Feast, HWV75,
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anna, HWV74
Soloists including Alfred and Mark Deller, Oriana Concert Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna Symphony conducted by Alfred Deller; recorded in 1963 at the Konzerthaus, Vienna and in 1964 at the Baumgarten, Vienna

CD41
Zadok the Priest, HWV258
My Heart is Inditing, HWV261 (Sir David Willcocks conducts the Holland Boys' Choir)
The King Shall Rejoice, HWV260 (Sir David Willcocks conducts the Holland Boys' Choir)
Organ Concerto in B- Flat Major, HWV306
Dutch Baroque Orchestra conducted by Sir David Willcocks; recorded in 1996
MusicWeb International review

CD42
Dettingen Te Deum, HWV283
Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Helmut Koch
MusicWeb International review

CD43
Friedensode (Ode für den Geburtstag der Königin Anna), HWV74
Utrecht Te Deum, HWV278
Kammerorchester Berlin conducted by Dietrich Knothe
MusicWeb International review

CD44
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV76
Händel-Festspielorchester Halle conducted by Christian Kluttig
MusicWeb International review

CD45&46
Messiah, HWV56
Brandenburg Consort and Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Cleobury
MusicWeb International review

CD47&48
La resurrezione, HWV47
Contrasto Armonico conducted by Marco Vitale
MusicWeb International review

CD49 - 51
Jephtha, HWV70
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin conducted by Marcus Creed
MusicWeb International review

CD52&53
Israel in Egypt, HWV54
Orchester der Deutschen Händel-Solisten conducted by Anthony Bramall; recorded in February 2006 at Radisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany

CD54&55
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV63
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Johannes Somary
MusicWeb International review

CD56&57
Samson, HWV57
Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel; recorded in 1963

CD58&59
Theodora, HWV68
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Johannes Somary
MusicWeb International review

CD60&61
Saul, HWV53
Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mogens Wöldike; recorded in 1972

CD62&63
Solomon, HWV67
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Johannes Somary; recorded in 1974

CD64&65
Semele, HWV58
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Johannes Somary
MusicWeb International review

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