The Story Of Handel

George Frederick Handel (Composer), Dieter Kober (Conductor), Chicago Chamber Orchestra (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Chicago Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Dieter Kober
• Composer: George Frederick Handel
• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vox (Classical)
• ASIN: B000001KCX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,115 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #2 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750)
  • #3 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Reeds & Winds > Recorder
  • #16 in Music > Children's Music > Stories

Track Listings

1. Water Music Suites Nos 1-3 for orchestra, HWV 348-350: Excerpt

2. Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54: He Gave Them Hailstones

3. Organ Concerto in F major, HWV 305: Larghetto affetuoso

4. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: I Know That My Redeemer Livith

5. Faithful Shepherd, suite for orchestra (arr. by Thomas Beecham): Overture

6. Terpsichore, ballet, HWV 8b: Overture

7. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17: Aria of Ptolemy

8. Recorder Sonata in B flat major, HWV 377: Finale

9. Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op.6/6, HWV 324: Fugue

10. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

11. Rodelinda, regina de' Langobardi, opera, HWV 19: Overture

12. Ezio, opera, HWV 29: Overture

13. Organ Concerto in F major 'Cuckoo & the Nightingale' (No.13), HWV 295: Larghetto

14. Water Music Suites Nos 1-3 for orchestra, HWV 348-350: Hornpipe

15. Fantasie for keyboard in C major, HWV 490

16. Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.5 in E major ('The Harmonious Blacksmith'), HWV 430

17. Water Music Suites Nos 1-3 for orchestra, HWV 348-350: Andante

18. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17: Finale

19. Organ Concerto in F major, Op.4/5, HWV 293: Allegro

20. Alexander's Feast, ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 75: Overture

See all 39 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This hour long CD intersperses about 30 minutes narration of the composer s life with his most important pieces of music, followed by about 30 minutes of uninterrupted music. Recommended by Laura Berquist Syllabus Grade 2Author: Music Masters SeriesGrade 1 - 8 Audio CD Publisher: Vox Music MastersUPC 0-47163-85062-2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't blink, May 3, 2000

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FoggyTown (Crawley, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Story Of Handel (Audio CD)

The music on this CD is all wonderful, and it's a perfect CD toget - if you have the attention span of a soap bubble! Thisis a "sampler" with narrative and very few of thepieces listed are actually played in their entirety. Even pieces which are short to begin with are excerpted. We are given a whole minute of the Hallelujah Chorus and a rousing 45 seconds from the overture from "Ezio". This is a teaching CD which gives some fine examples to support the narration - but they are very short examples. A few bars here and there is all you get.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars Discounting Recording Problems, May 14, 2007

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This review is from: The Story Of Handel (Audio CD)

The content is terrific. This CD is one of a series of classical music masters. The only problem is that tracks 38 and later have a lot of distortion/static. I returned thinking it was a problem with the disc, but the replacement disc had the same problem. If not for that, I would have rated 5 stars.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars In Words & Music, July 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: His Story & His Music (Audio Cassette)

I have found this recording series to be a very helpful introductory teaching device for my young children. It gives a brief history of the composer and samples of the musical style.