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The Essential Handel — Neville Marriner, Joshua Rifkin / George Frideric Handel | Classikal

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The Essential Handel

Neville Marriner · Joshua Rifkin · Iona Brown · Adrian Boult · Benjamin Britten · Christopher Hogwood · David Willcocks · Francesco Molinari-Pradelli · George Szell · Henry Lewis

Decca Music Group19952h 15m33 tracks

Composer

George Frideric Handel

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:12

02

Semele HWV 58: Act 2: "Where'er You Walk"

George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 45. “Where’er You Walk” (Jupiter)

Adrian Boult, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

4:04

03

Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: Hornpipe and Andante

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IIIb. Andante

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

8:02

04

Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: Air

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IIIa. [Allegro]

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:23

05

Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: Bourée and Hornpipe

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IIIa. [Allegro]

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

1:32

06

Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: Hornpipe

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:03

07

Rodelinda, HWV 34: Act 1: "Dove sei, amato bene?"

George Frideric Handel - Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19: Atto I, no. 12. "Dove sei, amato bene?" (Bertarido)

Raymond Leppard, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:20

08

Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 1. Larghetto

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Joshua Rifkin, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Peter Hurford

3:13

09

Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 2. Adagio

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Joshua Rifkin, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Peter Hurford

4:13

11

Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 4. Larghetto

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Joshua Rifkin, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Peter Hurford

2:41

12

Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 5. Allegro

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Joshua Rifkin, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Peter Hurford

3:11

13

Suite no. 11 in D minor, HWV 437: Sarabande

George Frideric Handel - Suite de pièce in D minor, Vol. 2 no. 4, HWV 437

Christopher Hogwood

2:54

14

Berenice, HWV 38: Act 2: Minuet from Overture

George Frideric Handel - Berenice, HWV 38: Overture

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:13

15

Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III: Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 32. Air "Waft her, angels, through the skies" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:49

17

Serse, HWV 40: Act 1: Largo

George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)

George Szell, London Symphony Orchestra

5:32

18

Coronation Anthem no. 1, HWV 258: 1. Zadok the Priest

George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258

David Willcocks, Robert Thurston Dart, English Chamber Orchestra

5:56

Disc 2

01

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Ouverture

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

7:52

02

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Bourrée

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

1:37

03

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La Paix. Largo alla siciliana

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:51

04

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

1:58

05

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuet I-II

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:59

07

Harp Concerto in B-flat, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: 1. Andante allegro

George Frideric Handel - Harp Concerto in B‐flat major, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294

Iona Brown, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:51

08

Harp Concerto in B-flat, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: 2. Larghetto

George Frideric Handel - Harp Concerto in B‐flat major, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294

Iona Brown, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:35

09

Harp Concerto in B-flat, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: 3. Allegro moderato

George Frideric Handel - Harp Concerto in B‐flat major, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294

Iona Brown, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:30

10

Samson HWV 57: Act 3: "Let The Bright Seraphim"

George Frideric Handel - Samson, HWV 57: Act III. Air: Let the bright seraphim (Israelite woman)

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

5:55

11

Concerto grosso no. 6 in D major, op. 3/6, HWV 317

George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in D major, op. 3 no. 6, HWV 317

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

6:36

12

Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: The Trumpet's Loud Clangour

George Frideric Handel - Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Peter Pears

3:54

13

Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Act 3: March & Battle

George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7b

Richard Bonynge, English Chamber Orchestra

2:36

14

Rodelinda, HWV 34: Act 3: "Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato"

George Frideric Handel - Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19: Atto III, no. 66. "Vivi, tiranno!" (Bertarido)

6:05

15

Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:35

16

Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (soprano)

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:14

17

Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 3: "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 48. Air “The trumpet shall sound” (Bass)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:01

18

Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:41