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Essential Handel

by Various Artists
38 SONGS
Jul 2010
Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
Sir Neville Marriner
Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)
Ian Bostridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Harry Bicket
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VII. Air
Sir Charles Mackerras & Prague Chamber Orchestra
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VIII. Minuet
Sir Charles Mackerras & Prague Chamber Orchestra
Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": II. Allegro
Lionel Rogg, Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse & Georges Armand
Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Orch. Hale)
Alexander Briger
Suite in D Major, HWV 341 "Water Piece": I. Overture
Maurice André, Jörg Faerber & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Suite in D Major, HWV 341 "Water Piece": II. Gigue. Allegro
Maurice André, Jörg Faerber & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Suite in D Major, HWV 341 "Water Piece": III. Air
Maurice André, Jörg Faerber & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Suite in D Major, HWV 341 "Water Piece": IV. Bourrée
Maurice André, Jörg Faerber & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Suite in D Major, HWV 341 "Water Piece": V. Marche
Maurice André, Jörg Faerber & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria. "Let the bright Seraphim" (Israelite Woman)
Pamela Coburn/Hallé Choir/Hallé Orchestra/Owain Arwel Hughes
Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
Sir Charles Mackerras & Prague Chamber Orchestra
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"
Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Elizabeth Harwood, Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx & Robert Tear
Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: II. Rigaudon I
Sir Charles Mackerras & Prague Chamber Orchestra
Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: III. Rigaudon II
Sir Charles Mackerras & Prague Chamber Orchestra
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Elizabeth Harwood, Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx & Robert Tear
Concerto grosso in C Major for "Alexander's Feast", HWV 318: I. Allegro
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Nicholas McGegan
Keyboard Suite in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air and Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
Sviatoslav Richter
Solomon, HWV 67, Act 2: Chorus. "From the Censer Curling Rise"
Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra & Yehudi Menuhin
Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4 No. 6, HWV 294: I. Andante - Allegro (feat. Lily Laskine & Pierre Pierlot)
Louis Auriacombe
Oboe Concerto No. 2a in B-Flat Major, HWV 301: III. Siciliano (Arr. Mackerras & Rothwell)
Evelyn Rothwell, Valda Aveling, Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"
Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Elizabeth Harwood, Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx & Robert Tear
Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest" (feat. Royal Choral Society)
Andrew Davis
Organ Concerto in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 1, HWV 289: I. Larghetto e staccato
Yehudi Menuhin, Simon Preston, Menuhin Festival Orchestra & Colin Tilney
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Elizabeth Harwood, Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx & Robert Tear
Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Dead March
Bournemouth Sinfonietta & Kenneth Montgomery
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Where'er your walk, cool gales shall fan the glade" (Jupiter)
Ian Bostridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Harry Bicket
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Chorus. "Seht, er kommt mit Preis gekrönt" - March
Berliner Symphoniker, Karl Forster & Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin
Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6, HWV 324: III. Musette
Yehudi Menuhin & Bath Festival Orchestra
Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus, Domino meo (feat. Martin Lane)
Sir David Willcocks, Janet Baker, Teresa Zylis-Gara, Robert Tear, Choir of King's College, Cambridge & English Chamber Orchestra
Alcina, HWV 34, Act 2: Aria. "Verdi prati, selve amene" (Ruggiero)
Della Jones, City of London Baroque Sinfonia & Richard Hickox
Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 3, HWV 308: I. Allegro
Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Simon Preston & Valda Aveling
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: Aria. "Why Do the Nations"
Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Elizabeth Harwood, Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx & Robert Tear
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture
Sir Charles Mackerras
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Bourrée
Sir Charles Mackerras & London Symphony Orchestra
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La paix
Sir Charles Mackerras & London Symphony Orchestra
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La réjouissance
Sir Charles Mackerras & London Symphony Orchestra