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Sunday Morning - Handel Week

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Iain Burnside pays tribute to Handel, and is joined by conductor Christian Curnyn to explore music by the great composer and others influenced by him. Handel: Handel Suite in B flat Andras Schiff Teldec 4509 99051-2, Trs 1-4 9.40 Tippett: Fantasia on a Theme of Handel Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Hyperion CDA67461/2 CD1 Tr 4 12.09 Beethoven: Die Weihe des Hauses, Op 124 Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) Arte Nova 578310 CD 2 Tr 5 10.13 Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah, HWV56) - orch E Goossens Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thomas Beecham (conductor) RCA 61266 Cd2, Tr 19 3.30 Handel: Con l'ali di costanza (Ariodante - Act 1) Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMU 907146.48 CD1, Tr 18 6.55 Handel: Orlando (Act 1 concluding trio) Voices tbc Les Arts Florissants William Christie (director) Erato 0630 14636-2 CD1, Tr 21 7.45 Handel: Theodora (Act 3) Susan Bickley (soprano) Gabrieli Players Paul McCreesh (conductor) DG Archiv CD3 4.30 Eccles: O Ravishing Delight (The Judgement of Paris) Benjamin Hulett (tenor) Early Opera Company Christian Curnyn (conductor) Chandos CHAN 0759, Tr 6 2.35 Handel: Sie schallt die Posaun (Messiah, HVW 56) - arr Mozart Theo Adam (bass-baritone) Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Charles Mackerras (conductor) DG 427173 cd2, Tr 23 2.25 Handel: Se tu non lasci amore Gillian Fisher (soprano) James Bowman (countertenor) The King's Consort Robert King (conductor) Helios CDH 55262 Trs 11-12 7.42 Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op 24 Andras Schiff (piano) Teldec 4509 99051-2, Tr 5 26.45.