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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 length00:22
It has been a long received opinion
Track length00:37
Handel was born
Track length00:26
Few instances occur
Track length00:56
It is the property of Genius
Track length00:43
His father, purposing to visit
Track length00:47
At the Duke's court
Track length00:49
He represented it as a crime
Track length00:45
At his return to Hall
Track length00:58
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 length00:39
Buononcini, therefore, in order to try his skill
Track length00:32
But the display of congenial powers
Track length00:38
Proud to patronize
Track length00:39
Though Handel perfectly acquiesced
Track length00:45
But it was the effect of a principle
Track length00:49
There is a received account of a contest
Track length00:44
But Handel was not of a disposition
Track length00:37
In addition to the profits
Track length00:57
During his residence at Hamburgh
Track length00:40
At this period the Prince of Tuscany
Track length00:46
But his visit was only postponed
Track length00:46
Anno 1709
Track length1:04
From Venice he went to Rome
Track length1:03
From Rome he proceeded to Naples
Track length00:47
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 length00:41
This liberal offer Handel accepted
Track length00:40
At Dusseldorf he had a flattering reception
Track length00:58
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 length00:39
In 1714 Queen Anne died
Track length1:01
The King inquiring who was the composer
Track length00:55
In the course of the summer
Track length00:50
He heard the performances of Handel
Track length00:45
During the last year 1720
Track length1:04
The great success of Handel
Track length00:43
Buononcini set the first act
Track length00:57
It is true, indeed
Track length00:58
If Handel was little disposed
Track length00:29
When Cuzzoni had refused to sing
Track length00:46
But their quarrels with Handel had little effect
Track length00:21
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 length00:55
These imprudent measures
Track length00:45
It is not intended to describe the progress
Track length1:00
On the contrary, his band was always numerous
Track length00:35
In the days of his prosperity
Track length1:04
Nor had his enemies any cause to exult
Track length00:39
The publical ways sided with Handel
Track length00:50
Handel could not complain
Track length1:11
It may be alleged
Track length00:33
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 length00:43
He was received at Dublin
Track length00:58
As from this period Handel
Track length00:42
This novel species of entertainment
Track length00:51
After his return from Ireland
Track length00:34
Some years before his death (1751)
Track length00:35
It was a most affecting spectacle
Track length00:59
It is curious, though painful
Track length00:58
Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act I, Scene 1
Work length4:18
"Frondi tenera e belle" (Serse)
Track length00:55
"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 length00:32
He was buried in Westminster Abbey
Track length00:34
George Frederick Handel
Track length1:00
He was averse to all restraint
Track length00:53
His chief foible
Track length00:41
His great delight was derived
Track length00:29
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 length00:23
Handel contracted few intimacies
Track length1:03
After the death of the mother
Track length00:35
Handels religious disposition
Track length00:35
He was no less bountiful to the Foundling Hospital
Track length00:56
There is not any circumstance
Track length00:48
To the literary world he owed little obligation
Track length00:48
He frequently presided
Track length00:34
His own death deprived him
Track length00:25
In the same Abbey where his body lies interred
Track length00:28
The genius and abilities of Handel
Track length00:44
Different minds Incline to different objects
Track length00:46
The distinction due to Shakspeare
Track length1:18
Words are, in relation to music
Track length00:37
The prejudice of fashion
Track length00:34
To specify Handel's claims
Track length00:39
Such is the force and effect of his productions
Track length00:28
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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