Handel/ Christ Church Cathedral Choir - Choice of HerculesThis recording from the 2018 Gttingen Handel Festival presents two rarely heard works by George Frideric Handel: "The Choice of Hercules" and the "Te Deum for the Victory of Dettingen". In "The Choice of Hercules" from 1751, Handel musically processes the mythical theme of Hercules at the crossroads, whereby Hercules' vacillation between virtue and lust is ideal for the back and forth in the search for the right path in life. The "Dettingen Te Deum"

and with his brother Thomas formed Waring's Pennsylvanians

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The regard in which he was held by his peers is underlined by the litany of jazz greats with whom he performs on many of these recordings

A departure from his previous method of writing and recording quickly

but who very much had his roots in Cajun music and was able to integrate Cajun style into his performances and recordings

including Janitsch

"Ivory Tower" and "Dark Moon"

It's a substantial and entertaining showcase for one of the most important orchestras of the times

It is essentially "Bruckner on the way to Bruckner"

son of Duke Ellington

Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 movie starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh

Bonnie Guitar Early Years: The Singles & Albums Collection 1951-62 She made excellent records across the pop and country spectrum