George Fredrich Handel needed filler to entertain audiences for his operas and oratorios and he invented a completely new genre of classical music.
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Title: Concerto no. 6 in B-flat
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: E Power Biggs
Album: Mighty Organs Sony – A2 30680
Organ: IV/84 Nicohlson St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick, England
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Organ Concerto no. 16 in F
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: Thomas Trotter
Album: Restored To Glory Regent – REGCD265
Organ: V/112 Hill/Mander Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham, England
Title: Concerto in F major ‘The Cuckoo and the Nightingale’ (HWV 295)
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: Simon Preston
Album: Handel Complete Organ Concertos Arkiv – 289 469 358-2
Organ: III/29 Green/Bird St.John the Baptist, Armitage, England
Title: Organ Concerto in F major, op. 4 no. 5
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: Richard Egarr, Academy of Ancient Music
Album: Handel Organ Concertos op. 4 Harmonia Mundi – HMU807446
Organ: I/4 Jennings Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
Title: Organ Concerto in B-flat major, op. 4
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: Wolfgang Rübsam
Album: The University of Chicago Centennial Celebration Musical Offerings Vol 1
Organ: IV/132 EM Skinner/Schantz University of Chicago, Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
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Title: Concerto in ré mineur no. 15 (HWV 304) – Adagio
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: Peter Eilander
Album: Peter Eilander speelt Alexandre Guilmant Vol 1 Clairon – CL 2104
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Organ: IV/82 Cavaillé-Coll Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France