HANDEL, George Friedrich (1685-1759)
Familiar favorites such as the overtures to Messiah, Acis and Galatea, Alexanders Feast, Julius Caesar and the so-called Water Musick, plus fresh discoveries for keyboard playersall demonstrating Handels exciting theatricalsense, his technical virtuosity in composition and his dazzling mastery of musical forms. Reprinted from an extremely rare edition originally printed, probably in the 1750s, by Handels London publisher, John Walsh. The editionpreserves the original keyboard notation, amazingly precise in its elegant execution.