Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set) [BOX SET]

Gunther Burzynski (Performer), Istvan Gati (Performer), Jozsef Moldvai (Performer), Alastair Miles (Performer), Gunther Beyer (Performer), Hermann-Christian Polster (Performer), Jan Opalach (Performer), Michael George (Performer), Gunter Klier (Performer), Matthias Pfaender (Performer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Bohdan Warchal (Conductor), David Willcocks (Conductor), Dietrich Knothe (Conductor), Iona Brown (Conductor), John Fisher (Conductor), Marcus Creed (Conductor), Max Pommer (Conductor), Neville Marriner (Conductor), Nicholas McGegan (Conductor)

Product Details

• Performer: Gunther Burzynski, Istvan Gati, Jozsef Moldvai, Alastair Miles, Gunther Beyer, et al.
• Conductor: Bohdan Warchal, David Willcocks, Dietrich Knothe, Iona Brown, John Fisher, et al.
• Composer: George Frederick Handel
• Audio CD (November 30, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Brilliant Classics
• ASIN: B00062FLI8
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #160,131 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "Minor Works" is more like it, September 9, 2008

By	Perfectionist (Long Branch, NJ,USA) - See all my reviews

Both Amazon and Brilliant Classics' own site neglect to specify the contents. Most instrumental works are here (except keyboard suites) but of over 20 English oratorios, the crown of Handel's work, only 3 (Messiah, Jephtha, and Belshazzar - the last sung in German!)and of 44 Italian operas only 3 (Imeneo, Faramondo, and Rinaldo). More than half the CDs have less than 60 minutes of music, and there are no texts for the 25 CDs of vocal music. Performers, mostly obscure, are identified by name only, no background information. Final six CDs are the Complete Chamber Music, available in a separate box set from Brilliant.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Handel's Music, November 27, 2007

By	Stephen A. Kulick "SAK" (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Good performances, good fidelity and recordings, good selection but not comprehensive. No Samson & Delilah, no Solomon, no Julius Caesar etc.
SAK