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Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel

Wolfgang Glüxam (soloist), Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (vocalist, soprano (voice)), Alfred Deller (vocalist), Orchestra of the Bach Cantata Club, Choir of the Bach Cantata Club, London, Gradus ad Parnassum, Ensemble Lorenzo da Ponte, Concerto Stella Matutina, Kammerchor Feldkirch, The Handel Festival...

Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel

Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel

Wolfgang Glüxam (soloist), Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (vocalist, soprano (voice)), Alfred Deller (vocalist), Orchestra of the Bach Cantata Club, Choir of the Bach Cantata Club, London, Gradus ad Parnassum, Ensemble Lorenzo da Ponte, Concerto Stella Matutina, Kammerchor Feldkirch, The Handel Festival...

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  • Release date: 3rd Apr 2026
  • Label: Fra Bernardo
  • Catalogue number: 2618495
  • Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Handel: Concerto grosso in G Major, HWV 314: I. Largo e Staccato - Allegro
Work length2:57
William Coxe: Anecdotes of George frederick Handel
Work length6:23
  • Fra Bernardo (spoken word)
Title
Track length0:22
It has been a long received opinion
Track length0:37
Handel was born
Track length0:26
Few instances occur
Track length0:56
It is the property of Genius
Track length0:43
His father, purposing to visit
Track length0:47
At the Duke's court
Track length0:49
He represented it as a crime
Track length0:45
At his return to Hall
Track length0:58
Handel: Capriccio in G minor, HWV483
Work length1:39
William Coxe: Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel
Work length11:26
  • Fra Bernardo (spoken word)
Having exhausted his source
Track length0:39
Buononcini, therefore, in order to try his skill
Track length0:32
But the display of congenial powers
Track length0:38
Proud to patronize
Track length0:39
Though Handel perfectly acquiesced
Track length0:45
But it was the effect of a principle
Track length0:49
There is a received account of a contest
Track length0:44
But Handel was not of a disposition
Track length0:37
In addition to the profits
Track length0:57
During his residence at Hamburgh
Track length0:40
At this period the Prince of Tuscany
Track length0:46
But his visit was only postponed
Track length0:46
Anno 1709
Track length1:04
From Venice he went to Rome
Track length1:03
From Rome he proceeded to Naples
Track length0:47
Handel: Silete venti, HWV 242: Aria "Date serta, date flores"
Work length9:36
William Coxe: Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel
Work length13:55
  • Fra Bernardo (spoken word)
After his return to Germany
Track length0:41
This liberal offer Handel accepted
Track length0:40
At Dusseldorf he had a flattering reception
Track length0:58
Aaron Hill, who was manager of the opera
Track length1:00
Having staid in England near a twelvemonth
Track length1:08
In that composition
Track length0:39
In 1714 Queen Anne died
Track length1:01
The King inquiring who was the composer
Track length0:55
In the course of the summer
Track length0:50
He heard the performances of Handel
Track length0:45
During the last year 1720
Track length1:04
The great success of Handel
Track length0:43
Buononcini set the first act
Track length0:57
It is true, indeed
Track length0:58
If Handel was little disposed
Track length0:29
When Cuzzoni had refused to sing
Track length0:46
But their quarrels with Handel had little effect
Track length0:21
Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena)
Work length4:50
William Coxe: Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel
Work length7:32
  • Fra Bernardo (spoken word)
In this interval
Track length0:55
These imprudent measures
Track length0:45
It is not intended to describe the progress
Track length1:00
On the contrary, his band was always numerous
Track length0:35
In the days of his prosperity
Track length1:04
Nor had his enemies any cause to exult
Track length0:39
The publical ways sided with Handel
Track length0:50
Handel could not complain
Track length1:11
It may be alleged
Track length0:33
Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus "The many rend the skies"
Work length4:11
William Coxe: Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel
Work length6:20
  • Fra Bernardo (spoken word)
At length (1741) Handel determined
Track length0:43
He was received at Dublin
Track length0:58
As from this period Handel
Track length0:42
This novel species of entertainment
Track length0:51
After his return from Ireland
Track length0:34
Some years before his death (1751)
Track length0:35
It was a most affecting spectacle
Track length0:59
It is curious, though painful
Track length0:58
Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act I, Scene 1
Work length4:18
"Frondi tenera e belle" (Serse)
Track length0:55
"Ombra mai fu" (Serse)
Track length3:23
William Coxe: Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel
Work length4:09
  • Fra Bernardo (spoken word)
Nature at last became exhausted
Track length0:32
He was buried in Westminster Abbey
Track length0:34
George Frederick Handel
Track length1:00
He was averse to all restraint
Track length0:53
His chief foible
Track length0:41
His great delight was derived
Track length0:29
Handel: Solomon, HMV 67, Act I, Scene 2: "May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours" (Chorus)
Work length3:22
  • Orchestra of the Bach Cantata Club, Choir of the Bach Cantata Club, London
  • Kennedy Scott
William Coxe: Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel
Work length11:41
  • Fra Bernardo (spoken word)
From the same motive
Track length0:23
Handel contracted few intimacies
Track length1:03
After the death of the mother
Track length0:35
Handels religious disposition
Track length0:35
He was no less bountiful to the Foundling Hospital
Track length0:56
There is not any circumstance
Track length0:48
To the literary world he owed little obligation
Track length0:48
He frequently presided
Track length0:34
His own death deprived him
Track length0:25
In the same Abbey where his body lies interred
Track length0:28
The genius and abilities of Handel
Track length0:44
Different minds Incline to different objects
Track length0:46
The distinction due to Shakspeare
Track length1:18
Words are, in relation to music
Track length0:37
The prejudice of fashion
Track length0:34
To specify Handel's claims
Track length0:39
Such is the force and effect of his productions
Track length0:28
Handel: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op.6 No.7, HWV 325
Work length14:49
I. Largo
Track length1:27
II. Allegro
Track length3:18
III. Largo e piano
Track length2:43
IV. Andante
Track length3:50
V. Hornpipe
Track length3:31
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