Georg Friedrich Handel Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

Passacaglia in G minorGeorg Friedrich Händel50rank/position

Handel-Halvorsen – Passacaglia – Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

Passacaglia is a musical form that originated in an old Spanish dance and was widely used from the 17th to the 18th century.

Set in a gentle triple meter, it features a plaintive melody performed with expressive nuance.

It is a dramatic piece that shines with layered violin timbres.

Fantasia in C majorGeorg Friedrich Händel51rank/position

Handel: Fantasia C Major HWV 490 – Eberhard Kraus

Fantasia is translated as “fantasy” and refers to an instrumental composition freely crafted by a composer’s imagination.

From the Baroque era to the present, many composers have created fantasias, but Handel’s works, with their distilled bright and light character, are particularly captivating.

Flute Sonata in G minorGeorg Friedrich Händel52rank/position

Handel Flute Sonata / G minor / #Handel / Sonata in G minor #Flute

This is the Flute Sonata in G minor by George Frideric Handel, a German-born composer who was active in countries such as Italy and England.

It consists of four movements: a leisurely First Movement, Larghetto; a Second Movement, Andante, which conveys a sense of melancholy even amid motion; a short, roughly one-minute Third Movement, Adagio, that suggests an inner light leading to what follows; and a Fourth Movement, Presto, which bursts forth with a sense of liberation and lightness.

It is a classic masterpiece for flute that embodies the Baroque era.

MessiahGeorg Friedrich Händel53rank/position

Handel: Hallelujah Chorus from the oratorio Messiah

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The footage of an illustrated woman dancing to a psytrance-style arrangement of “Messiah” leaves a strong impact.

The background music is Handel’s “Messiah,” also known as the “Hallelujah Chorus,” a piece that most people have probably heard somewhere before.

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Messiah Pastorale Symphony “Pifa”Georg Friedrich Händel54rank/position

Boston Baroque — “Pifa” from Handel’s Messiah

Handel, a master of Baroque music, composed the oratorio Messiah in 1741, and it was premiered in Dublin in April 1742.

The instrumental interlude placed in Part I is a brief pastoral that quietly foreshadows the announcement of the Holy Night to the shepherds.

Over a sustained bass, the strings sing a gentle melody in parallel thirds, and the relaxed swell of the 12/8 meter evokes a Siciliano-like simplicity.

Eschewing brass and percussion entirely, and relying on legato strings alone to depict the stillness of night and a distant prayer without words, the piece crystallizes Handel’s gift for dramatic architecture.

Even within the full Messiah—now a staple of Christmas concert programs—this episode stands out as a scene that conjures particularly serene imagery.

Minuet in A minorGeorg Friedrich Händel55rank/position

George Frideric Handel Minuet in g minor arr Wilhelm Kempff

A minuet is a type of European dance that developed as a leisurely court dance and musical form.

This Minuet in A minor is a piece that is often performed today as a solo piano work.

Though short, it is a charming miniature whose main melody conveys a quiet shimmer.

Suite for Two HarpsichordsGeorg Friedrich Händel56rank/position

SUITE FOR TWO HARPSICHORDS IN C MOLL – HWV 446 – Handel

A dazzling piece in which the timbres of two harpsichords intertwine in a finely balanced counterpoise.

Comprising four movements (Prelude, Courante, Sarabande, and Chaconne), it presents melodies that sometimes race forward and at other times unfold with a leisurely, weighty grandeur.