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Essential Handel

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Lionel Rogg (organ), Maurice André - DO NOT USE, Maurice André (trumpet), Pamela Coburn (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone, bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Pierre Pierlot, Lily Laskine...

Essential Handel

Essential Handel

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Lionel Rogg (organ), Maurice André - DO NOT USE, Maurice André (trumpet), Pamela Coburn (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone, bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Pierre Pierlot, Lily Laskine...

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Included are many familiar pieces from the enormous output of George Frideric Handel, one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era. They range from popular choral items like the magnificent Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah and the Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest, heard in the film The Madness of King George, through extracts from Handel’s famous Water Music and several lively organ concertos including ‘The Cuckoo and the Nightingale’, to superb vocal solos such as ‘Ombra mai fu’ (also known as Handel’s Largo) and ‘Let the bright seraphim’. The set concludes with substantial extracts from Music for the Royal Fireworks conducted by one of today’s finest Handel interpreters, Sir Charles Mackerras.

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Ian Bostridge (tenor), Lionel Rogg (organ), Maurice André - DO NOT USE, Maurice André (trumpet), Pamela Coburn (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone, bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Pierre Pierlot, Lily Laskine (harp), Evelyn Rothwell (oboe), Valda Aveling (harpsichord, instruments), Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Colin Tilney (harpsichord), Simon Preston (organ), Martin Lane (contralto), Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Hallé Choir, Hallé Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Berliner Symphoniker, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Choir of King's College Cambridge, City of London Baroque Sinfonia, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Harry Bicket, Sir Charles Mackerras, Georges Armand, Alexander Briger, Jörg Faerber, Owain Arwel Hughes, Nicholas McGegan, Yehudi Menuhin, Louis Auriacombe, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Andrew Davis, Kenneth Montgomery, Karl Forster, Sir David Willcocks, Richard Hickox

Contents and tracklist

Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)
Work length2:50
Handel: Ombra mai fu (from Serse)
Work length3:22
Handel: Water Music (2001 Remastered Version), Suite No. 1 in F Major
Work length7:00
VI - Air
Track length3:54
VII - Minuet
Track length3:06
Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F ('The Cuckoo and the Nightingale') (1990 Digital Remaster): II. Allegro
Work length3:51
Organ Concerto No. 13 in F ('The Cuckoo and the Nightingale') (1990 Remastered Version): II. Allegro
Track length3:51
Handel: Sarabande from Suite in D minor, HWV437
Work length3:27
Handel: Suite in D for trumpet and strings (1987 Remastered Version)
Work length8:17
I. Overture
Track length1:53
II. Gigue (Allegro)
Track length1:45
III. Air (Minuetto)
Track length2:01
IV. Bourrée
Track length1:06
V. Marche
Track length1:32
Handel: Samson: Let the bright seraphim
Work length8:57
Handel: Water Music (2001 Digital Remaster), Suite No. 2 in D Major: XII - Alla Hornpipe
Work length3:19
Water Music (2001 Remastered Version), Suite No. 2 in D Major: XII - Alla Hornpipe
Track length3:19
Handel: Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Digital Remaster): Ev'ry valley (tenor)
Work length3:46
Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Remastered Version): Ev'ry valley (tenor)
Track length3:46
Handel: Water Music (2001 Remastered Version), Suite No. 3 in G Major
Work length3:53
XVII - Rigaudon (Presto)
Track length2:49
XVIII
Track length1:04
Handel: Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Digital Remaster): For unto us a Child is born (Chorus)
Work length4:21
Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Remastered Version): For unto us a Child is born (Chorus)
Track length4:21
Handel: Concerto Grosso in C major, 'Alexander's Feast': I. Allegro
Work length3:27
Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith': Air & Variations
Work length4:23
Handel: Solomon HWV67 (1995 Digital Remaster): From the censer curling rise (ed. Basil Lam)
Work length5:45
Solomon HWV67 (1995 Remastered Version): From the censer curling rise (ed. Basil Lam)
Track length5:45
Handel: Concerto En Si Bémol Majeur Pour Harpe Et Cordes Op.4 N°6 : I Andante - Allegro
Work length4:36
  • Louis Auriacombe - Orch De Chambre Toulouse - Lily Laskine - Pierre Pierlot, Lily Laskine (harp), Pierre Pierlot (oboe)
  • Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse
  • Louis Auriacombe
Concerto En Si Bémol Majeur Pour Harpe Et Cordes Op.4 N°6 : I Andante - Allegro (Remasterisé En 1999)
Track length4:36
Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B flat HWV301 (arr. Mackerras & Rothwell) (1991 Digital Remaster): II. Siciliana
Work length2:37
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B flat HWV301 (arr. Mackerras & Rothwell) (1991 Remastered Version): II. Siciliana
Track length2:37
Handel: Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Digital Remaster): Hallelujah (Chorus)
Work length4:03
Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Remastered Version): Hallelujah (Chorus)
Track length4:03
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest'
Work length6:05
Handel: Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4 No. 1 (ed. N. D. Boyling) (1998 Digital Remaster): First movement: Larghetto e staccato
Work length5:31
Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4 No. 1 (ed. N. D. Boyling) (1998 Remastered Version): First movement: Larghetto e staccato
Track length5:31
Handel: Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Digital Remaster): I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
Work length6:42
Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Remastered Version): I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
Track length6:42
Handel: Dead March from Saul
Work length3:16
Saul HWV53 (1977 Remastered Version): Dead March
Track length3:16
Handel: Where'er you walk (from Semele)
Work length4:49
Handel: Seht, er kommt mit Preis gekrönt and March (Judas Maccabaeus)
Work length4:35
Seht, er kommt mit Preis gekrönt and March (Judas Maccabaeus) (1988 Remastered Version)
Track length4:35
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 6 in G Minor, III. Musette: Larghetto
Work length5:05
Handel: Dixit Dominus DixitDominus;Gloria HWV232
Work length7:11
Dixit Dominus DixitDominus;Gloria HWV232 (1995 Remastered Version)
Track length7:11
Handel: Alcina HWV34, ACT 2: Verdi prati, selve amene
Work length4:23
Handel: Organ Concerto No. 9 in B flat 'Hallelujah' Op. 7 No. 3 (ed. Neville Boyling) (1998 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro
Work length5:14
Organ Concerto No. 9 in B flat 'Hallelujah' Op. 7 No. 3 (ed. Neville Boyling) (1998 Remastered Version): I. Allegro
Track length5:14
Handel: Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Digital Remaster): Why do the nations (bass)
Work length3:00
Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Remastered Version): Why do the nations (bass)
Track length3:00
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351 (2001 Remastered Version)
Work length18:35
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Overture
Track length12:50
This track is only available as an album download.
Bourrée
Track length1:40
La paix
Track length4:05
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351: La Réjouissance
Work length3:07
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