The Essential Handel

Tracklist

• 1
  Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance
  3:08
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah
  3:44
• 3
  Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 “Alexander’s Feast”: III. Allegro
  3:25
• 4
  Keyboard Suite no. 5 in E major, HWV 430: IV. Air mit 5 variationen “Harmonious Blacksmith”
  4:43
• 5
  Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
  3:04
• 6
  Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II Scene 4: Aria. Lascia ch’io pianga (Almirena)
  6:03
• 7
  Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: See here the conqu’ring hero comes
  3:08
• 8
  Concerto Grosso in G major, op. 3, no. 3, HWV 314: II. Allegro
  2:32
• 9
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, For unto Us a Child Is Born
  3:44
• 10
  Oboe Concerto no. 3 in G minor, HWV 287: III. Sarabande
  3:05
• 11
  Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria. Love sounds th’alarm
  5:20
• 12
  Recorder Sonata in F major, op. 1 no. 11, HWV 369: I. Larghetto
  2:14
• 13
  Zadok the Priest, HWV 258: Zadok the Priest
  2:00
• 14
  Let God arise, HWV 265b: Blessed be God. Alleluja (chorus)
  2:06
• 15
  Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “the Cuckoo and the Nightingale”: Allegro
  3:21
• 16
  Serse, HWV 40: Larghetto
  3:43
• 17
  Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus Domino meo
  5:36
• 18
  Concerto Grosso in A minor, op. 6, no. 4, HWV 322: I. Larghetto affettuoso
  2:48
• 19
  Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
  3:30
• 20
  Flute Sonata in B minor, op. 1 no. 9, HWV 367b: II. Vivace
  2:15
• 21
  Keyboard Suite no. 7 (Set I) in G minor, HWV 432: IV. Sarabande
  3:45
• 22
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
  5:49
• 23
  Violin Sonata no. 5 in G minor, op. 1 no. 10 HWV 368: IV. Gigue
  2:10
• 24
  Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VI. Air
  2:34
• 25
  Concerti Grossi, op. 6, no. 5 in D major: Allegro
  2:13
• 26
  Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell
  8:18
• 27
  Blockflötenkonzert d‐moll, HWV 367a: Trumpet Concerto in D minor: Vivace
  2:48
• 28
  Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La paix
  3:27
• 29
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53, Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
  7:48
• 30
  Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: Symphony
  2:18
• 31
  Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Let the Bright Seraphim
  5:28
• 32
  Violin Sonata No. 7 in D major, op. 1 no. 13, HWV 371: III. Larghetto
  3:38
• 33
  Concerti Grossi, op. 6, no. 6 in G minor: Larghetto e affettuoso
  3:29
• 34
  I will magnify Thee, O God, HWV 250b: My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord (bass, alto, chorus)
  3:10
• 35
  Recorder Sonata in A minor, op. 1 no. 4, HWV 362: II. Allegro
  3:13
• 36
  Keyboard Suite No. 2 (Set I) in F major, HWV 427: I. Adagio
  3:01
• 37
  Dettingen Te Deum in D major, HWV 283: Vouchsafe, O Lord, to Keep Us This Day
  2:16
• 38
  Messiah, HWV 56: Pastoral Symphony
  3:08
• 39
  Water Piece in D major, HWV 341: V. March
  1:09
• 40
  As pants the hart, HWV 251d: As pants the hart for cooling streams (sextet, chorus)
  2:48

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Release credits

• Aradia Ensemble
  performing orchestra [1, 24]
• Bonnie Silver
  editor [1, 24], producer [1, 24]
• Kevin Mallon
  conductor [1, 24]
• Norbert Kraft
  engineer [1, 24], producer [1, 24]

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  5 October 2025