Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by CLASSICAL MUSIC: TUNING UP By Paul Griffiths Correction Appended HANDEL'S "Orlando," which opens at the New York City Opera this afternoon, is opera ...

Poetry, video and dance overwhelm one crowded Messiah, while Manchester Collective embrace danger, jeopardy and the new The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy ...

Modern attempts to update classical masterpieces are in an age-old tradition – and the music has always survived Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include ...

Slimmed-down Brahms is more common than it used to be, and geeks will probably cherish a pioneering set recorded in the 1990s by Sir Charles Mackerras with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Robin ...

There are glorious and nuanced performances in a new recording of this lesser-known Handel opera, courtesy of Christian Curnyn and his Early Opera Company It’s odd that Handel’s Amadigi isn’t better ...

Boston's Handel and Haydn Society is one of the oldest continuously running performing arts organizations in the country. To celebrate its bicentennial this season, the group made a new recording of a ...

‘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 ...

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...

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 ...

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