The Essential Handel

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

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

Where'er you walk (Semele)

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

Adrian Boult, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

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

Water Music Suite: 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

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

Water Music Suite: 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

Dove sei (Rodelinda)

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

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, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Peter Hurford

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, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Peter Hurford

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, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Peter Hurford

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, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Peter Hurford

Sarabande (Suite no. 11 in D minor)

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

Christopher Hogwood

Minuet (Overture to Berenice)

George Frideric Handel - Berenice, HWV 38: Overture

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Waft her, angels (Jephtha)

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

Largo (Xerxes, arr. Reinhard)

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

George Szell, London Symphony Orchestra

Zadok the Priest

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

David Willcocks, Robert Thurston Dart, English Chamber Orchestra

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Concerto grosso in D major, op. 3 no. 6

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The trumpet's loud clangor (Ode for St Cecilia's Day)

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

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Peter Pears

March and Battle (Rinaldo)

George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7b

Richard Bonynge, English Chamber Orchestra

Vivi tiranno (Rodelinda)

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

Henry Lewis

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”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

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

The trumpet shall sound (Messiah)

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

Hellelujah (Messiah)

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

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