The Essential Handel
Neville Marriner · Joshua Rifkin · Peter Hurford · Iona Brown · Adrian Boult · Benjamin Britten · Christopher Hogwood · David Willcocks · Francesco Molinari-Pradelli · George Szell
The Essential Handel (1995), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by Neville Marriner, Joshua Rifkin, Peter Hurford, Iona Brown; 33 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 45. “Where’er You Walk” (Jupiter)
Adrian Boult, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kenneth McKellar
Water Music Suite: 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, Colin Tilney
George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IIIa. [Allegro]
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Colin Tilney
Water Music Suite: 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, Colin Tilney
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, Colin Tilney
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, Bernadette Greevy
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F “Cuckoo and Nightingale”: I. Larghetto
George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Joshua Rifkin, Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F “Cuckoo and Nightingale”: II. Adagio
George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Joshua Rifkin, Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F “Cuckoo and Nightingale”: IV. Larghetto
George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Joshua Rifkin, Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F “Cuckoo and Nightingale”: V. Allegro
George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Joshua Rifkin, Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Sarabande (Suite no. 11 in D minor)
George Frideric Handel - Suite de pièce in D minor, Vol. 2 no. 4, HWV 437
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, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Disc 2
Music for the Royal Fireworks: I. Ouverture
George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Colin Tilney
Music for the Royal Fireworks: II. Bourrée
George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Colin Tilney
Music for the Royal Fireworks: III. La paix
George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Colin Tilney
Music for the Royal Fireworks: IV. La réjoussance
George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Colin Tilney
Music for the Royal Fireworks: V. Menuet I - II
George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Colin Tilney
Harp Concerto, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: I. 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, Marisa Robles
Harp Concerto, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: II. 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, Marisa Robles
Harp Concerto, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: III. 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, Marisa Robles
Let the bright seraphim (Samson)
George Frideric Handel - Samson, HWV 57: Act III. Air: Let the bright seraphim (Israelite woman)
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Joan Sutherland
Concerto grosso in D major, op. 3 no. 6
George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in D major, op. 3 no. 6, HWV 317
The trumpet's loud clangor (Ode for St Cecilia's Day)
George Frideric Handel - Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19: Atto III, no. 66. "Vivi, tiranno!" (Bertarido)
For unto us a child is born (Messiah)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
I know that my redeemer liveth (Messiah)
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, Elly Ameling