简介:  专辑介绍: 亨德尔可以说是音乐史上少数始终一直受到欢迎的作曲家。不像巴哈、韦瓦第、莫札特、贝多芬等人,在过世后都曾为世人遗忘,韩德尔的作品,从他生前一直到现代,都一直受到包括作曲家、音乐家和业餘爱乐者的喜好。贝多芬称他是最伟大的作曲家、布拉姆斯在世时收集大量韩德尔的作品,并以他的作品为变奏曲的对象,也和贝多芬一样,在创作时参考韩德尔的曲风和配器。莫札特也改编多部韩德尔的神剧,以供当时的人演出。 生前,韩德尔是位有著精明生意头脑的作曲家,他一方面创作大量的神剧、歌剧,一方面又筹设自己的歌剧公司,从票房中获取大量的收入。在创作上他的音乐融合了德国、义大利和英国音乐的特长,展现了丰富的国际观和对於听眾音乐品味的尊重,但却能够避免因为时代品味的变迁,而失去他受到喜爱的特色。 Composer: George Frideric Handel Audio CD (3 Oct 2005) SPARS Code: DDD Number of Discs: 2 Format: CD Label: Naxos ASIN: B000B6N64U 5.0 out of 5 stars Handel's Top of the Pops 16 Nov 2009 By T. G. Evans Format:Audio CD I bought this as an easy-listening compilation and enjoy it very much. This is the collection you would hear when listening to UK radio's Classic FM - fragments of most of Handel's popular classics on 2 CDs. The sleeve notes have the usual track listing,a potted biography,an introduction to Handel's genres such as church music,orchestral,chamber music, keyboard music, operas and oratorios and, helpfully, pointers to some complete works by the composer under the Naxos label. The inside back cover has a glossary of useful terms so the beginner will understand the sleeve notes better (What's an oratorio?). The performers are credited on the inside back cover. How does it sound? Firstly, the sound quality is better than adequate to my unpractised ear. Secondly, the performances you would expect from (inter alia) the Tallis Chamber Choir, the Scholars Baroque Ensemble, the Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble and Wolfgang Heibich do reflect the stately, some would say austere style of Handel's North German Baroque adapted to the early eighteenth century English ear. I liked the performances. The performers play as if they mean it - not just playing the notes.
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