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 ...

The scope of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio ISRAEL IN EGYPT is the Passover story. Handel premiered it in three sections: The Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph, Exodus and Moses ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

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 ...

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 ...