No work of western classical music is more closely associated with the Christmas season than German-born composer George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, which premiered in 1742. This was in the wake of ...

“A VIEW of the FIRE-WORKES and ILLUMINATIONS at his GRACE the Duke of RICHMOND’S at WHITEHALL and on the River Thames on Monday 15 May 1749. Performed by the direction of Charles Fredrick Esq.” The ...

My knowledge of classical music was mostly derived from Saturday morning cartoons, until I became a mom and discovered classical music packaged for kids. In the Baby Einstein years, those soothing ...

Handel's eight keyboard suites, which he published himself in 1720, don't get a lot of attention these days. Pianist Lisa Smirnova studied these colorful pieces for five years before launching into ...

‘I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God Himself.’ George Frideric Handel This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of ...

In his liner notes for this delightful account of Handel's six Op. 4 Organ Concertos, soloist and Academy of Ancient Music conductor Richard Egarr grants that he may have "overgilded the lily" with ...

One of the giants of Western music died 250 years ago Tuesday. George Frideric Handel, for his time, lived a good, long life. He was 74. Handel has been called the first classical music superstar. His ...

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Overture. Largo - Allegro Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Adagio e staccato Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Allegro - Andante - ...