The Essential Handel

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
  3:11
• 2
  Semele HWV 58: Act 2: "Where'er You Walk"
  4:02
• 3
  Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: Hornpipe and Andante
  8:04
• 4
  Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: Air
  3:24
• 5
  Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: Bourée and Hornpipe
  1:33
• 6
  Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: Hornpipe
  4:06
• 7
  Rodelinda, HWV 34: Act 1: "Dove sei, amato bene?"
  4:20
• 8
  Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 1. Larghetto
  2:43
• 9
  Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 2. Adagio
  4:13
• 10
  Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 3. Organo ad libitum: Aria & Passpied (Telemann)
  4:07
• 11
  Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 4. Larghetto
  3:14
• 12
  Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 5. Allegro
  3:11
• 13
  Suite no. 11 in D minor, HWV 437: Sarabande
  2:54
• 14
  Berenice, HWV 38: Act 2: Minuet from Overture
  4:10
• 15
  Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III: Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies
  4:51
• 16
  Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!"
  2:59
• 17
  Serse, HWV 40: Act 1: Largo
  5:30
• 18
  Coronation Anthem no. 1, HWV 258: 1. Zadok the Priest
  5:53
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Ouverture
  7:50
• 2
  Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Bourrée
  1:37
• 3
  Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La Paix. Largo alla siciliana
  2:52
• 4
  Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance
  1:58
• 5
  Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuet I-II
  2:56
• 6
  Samson, HWV 57: Act I: Return, O God of Hosts
  4:32
• 7
  Harp Concerto in B-flat, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: 1. Andante allegro
  3:51
• 8
  Harp Concerto in B-flat, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: 2. Larghetto
  4:36
• 9
  Harp Concerto in B-flat, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: 3. Allegro moderato
  2:30
• 10
  Samson HWV 57: Act 3: "Let The Bright Seraphim"
  5:55
• 11
  Concerto grosso no. 6 in D major, op. 3/6, HWV 317
  6:31
• 12
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: The Trumpet's Loud Clangour
  3:54
• 13
  Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Act 3: March & Battle
  2:38
• 14
  Rodelinda, HWV 34: Act 3: "Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato"
  6:05
• 15
  Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
  3:36
• 16
  Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (soprano)
  5:13
• 17
  Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 3: "The Trumpet Shall Sound"
  4:00
• 18
  Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth
  3:40

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Händel Variations

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Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo

Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo 2018

Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Basso Continuo

Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Basso Continuo 2016

Trio Sonatas, Op. 2

Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 2013

Dixit Dominus

Dixit Dominus 2013

Release credits

• Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  performing orchestra [1.1, 1.3-7, 1.14-15, 2.1-5, 2.7-9, 2.11, 2.15-18]
• Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
  choir vocals [15, 18]
• Andrew Raeburn
  producer [1.18, 2.11]
• Anthony Rolfe Johnson
  tenor vocals [15]
• August Reinhard
  orchestrator [17]
• Benjamin Britten
  conductor [12]
• Bernadette Greevy
  mezzo-soprano vocals [7]
• Charles Farncombe
  conductor [16]
• Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
  choir vocals [18]
• Chorus of East Anglian Choirs
  choir vocals [12]
• Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  choir vocals [10]
• Chris Hazell
  producer [1.15, 2.7-9, 2.15-18]
• Christopher Hogwood
  harpsichord [13]
• Colin Tilney
  harpsichord [2.1-5, 1.3-6]
• Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
  performing orchestra [8-12]
• Elly Ameling
  soprano vocals [16]
• Emanuel Hurwitz
  concertmaster [18]
• English Chamber Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.12-13, 1.18]
• Francesco Molinari‐Pradelli
  conductor [10]
• George Szell
  conductor [17]
• Gordon Parry
  recording [18]
• Gwynne Howell
  bass [17]
• Handel Opera Society Chorus
  choir vocals [16]
• Handel Opera Society Orchestra
  performing orchestra [16]
• Harry Dilley
  trumpet [10]
• Henry Lewis
  conductor [14]
• Iona Brown
  conductor [7-9]
• James Walker
  producer [10]
• Joan Sutherland
  soprano vocals [10]
• John Culshaw
  producer [17]
• John Langdon
  organ [18]
• John Wilbraham
  trumpet [17]
• Joshua Rifkin
  conductor [8-12]
• Kathleen Ferrier
  contralto vocals [6]
• Kenneth McKellar
  tenor vocals [2]
• Kenneth Wilkinson
  balance [2.11, 1.1, 1.17], engineer [7-10]
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6]
• London Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [17]
• László Heltay
  chorus master [18]
• Marilyn Horne
  mezzo-soprano vocals [14]
• Marisa Robles
  harp [7-9]
• Martin Atkinson
  recording [15]
• Michael Bremner
  producer [2.1-5, 1.1, 1.3-6]
• Michael Dobson
  oboe [11]
• Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  performing orchestra [2.10, 1.2]
• Peter Hurford
  organ [8-12]
• Peter Pears
  tenor vocals [12]
• Raymond Leppard
  conductor [7]
• Richard Bonynge
  conductor [13]
• Roger Lord
  oboe [11]
• Simon Eadon
  balance [15-16, 18], engineer [18]
• Sir Adrian Boult
  conductor [1.2, 2.6]
• Sir David Willcocks
  conductor [18]
• Sir Neville Marriner
  conductor [1.1, 1.3-6, 1.14-15, 2.1-5, 2.11, 2.15-18]
• Stanley Goodall
  balance [4, 6], engineer [15-18], recording [15], sound [2.1-5, 1.3-6]
• Thurston Dart
  harpsichord [18], other instruments [18]
• Vienna Cantata Orchestra
  performing orchestra [14]
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Issues

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  The Essential Handel

  2x Digital Media
  1 January 1995
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  The Essential Handel

  2x CD
  3 July 1995