George Frideric Handel who died in 1759 was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas and organ concertos.
George Frideric Handel who died in 1759 was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas and organ concertos.
Balthasar Denner

Handel with Care (I) (revised) #9324

…A selective survey of the unique contributions to the organists' repertoire by the man who invented the organ concerto, George Frideric Handel.

G.F. HANDEL: Organ Concerto in B-flat, Op. 4, No. 2  Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus; Herbert Tachezi (Ahrend trunk organ)

G.F. HANDEL: Fugue in D  E. Power Briggs

G.F. HANDEL: Organ Concerto in d, Op. 7, No. 4  London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult; E. Power Briggs performing upon a chamber instrument by Richard Bridge, presumed to have been designed and played by Handel

G.F. HANDEL: Organ Sonata in C  Edgar Krapp (1664 Reichel organ at the Market Church, Halle)

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (attributed): Voluntary in C  Nicholas Jackson (1670 Bernard Smith organ at Adlington Hall)

G.F. HANDEL: Organ Concerto in B-flat, Op. 7, No. 1 (selected movements)  Daniel Chorzempa (Dutch early 19th century intstrument)

G.F. HANDEL: 2 Duets from Messiah  Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, trumpet; Barbara Harbach

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: March (based on Handel's Lift up your heads, from Messiah), Op. 15  Christopher Herrick

This program was originally issued as #85-73 on February 18, 1985.