The Masterworks [8 CD set incls 'Giulio Cesare', 'Messiah', 'Water Music', 'Dixit Dominus', etc]

The Masterworks [8 CD set incls 'Giulio Cesare', 'Messiah', 'Water Music', 'Dixit Dominus', etc] cover $60.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks add to cart

HANDEL
The Masterworks [8 CD set incls 'Giulio Cesare', 'Messiah', 'Water Music', 'Dixit Dominus', etc]
Jennifer Larmore; Barbara Schlick; Bernarda Fink; Rene Jacobs, Richard Egarr, Andreas Schioll, Patricia Bardon, etc

[ Harmonia Mundi / 8 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Sunday 1 December 2013

This item is currently out of stock. We expect to be able to supply it to you within 2 - 4 weeks from when you place your order.

With George Frideric Handel, Portrait invites you to follow the astonishing career of a Saxon composer who, unlike his exact contemporary Johann Sebastian Bach, practised the various national styles of the late Baroque in the countries that invented them. After a particularly fruitful period of apprenticeship in Italy, he intended to stay a short time in England but ended up spending the rest of his life there, becoming a national treasure. It was in London that he composed such masterpieces as 'Messiah' and the most exciting of all opere serie, 'Giulio Cesare'. An extensive illustrated booklet contains full notes on all the works in the programme, and collectors will appreciate the elegance and sturdiness of the box sets, which will become an indispensable acquisition for curious music-lovers.

"Jacobs has the advantage of the excellent choir Rutter trained at Clare College, one of the best in the country. They sing superbly, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra also make an impressive contribution. Jacobs's solo team are excellent" Penguin Guide on Messiah

Tracks:

Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Water Music
Messiah
Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74 'Eternal source of light divine'
Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317
Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major, HWV295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'
Famous Opera Arias (Andreas Scholl)