The Essential Handel

Various Artists

Release Date:

03/02/2010

Record Label:

Decca Music Group Ltd.

  1. $25.41

Disc 1 of 2

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

3:11
2

Handel: Semele HWV 58 / Act 2: "Where'er You Walk"

by Kenneth McKellar, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Adrian Boult

4:02
3

Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Hornpipe and Andante

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

8:04
4

Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Air

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

3:24
5

Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Bourée and Hornpipe

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

1:33
6

Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: Hornpipe

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

4:06
7

Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 1: "Dove sei, amato bene?"

by Bernadette Greevy, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Raymond Leppard

4:20
8

Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295: 1. Larghetto

by Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin

2:43
9

Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295: 2. Adagio

by Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin

4:13
10

Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295: 3. Organo ad libitum: Aria & Passpied (Telemann)

by Peter Hurford

4:07
11

Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 4. Larghetto

by Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin

3:14
12

Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295: 5. Allegro

by Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin

3:11
13

Handel: Suite No. 11 in D minor, HWV 437: Sarabande

by Christopher Hogwood

2:54
14

Handel: Berenice, HWV 38 / Act 2: Minuet from Overture

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

4:10
15

Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III: Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies

by Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

4:51
16

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!"

by Handel Opera Society Orchestra, Handel Opera Society Chorus, Charles Farncombe

2:59
17

Handel: Serse, HWV 40: Largo (Orch. Reinhard)

by London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

5:30
18

Handel: Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

5:53

Disc 2 of 2

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Ouverture

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

7:50
2

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Bourrée

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

1:37
3

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La Paix. Largo alla siciliana

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

2:52
4

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

1:58
5

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuet I-II

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

2:56
6

Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act I: Return, O God of Hosts

by Kathleen Ferrier, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

4:32
7

Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.6, HWV 294: 1. Andante allegro

by Marisa Robles, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown

3:51
8

Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.6, HWV 294: 2. Larghetto

by Marisa Robles, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown

4:36
9

Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.6, HWV 294: 3. Allegro moderato

by Marisa Robles, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown

2:30
10

Handel: Samson HWV 57 / Act 3: "Let The Bright Seraphim"

by Joan Sutherland, Harry Dilley, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

5:55
11

Handel: Concerto grosso No. 6 in D Major, Op. 3/6, HWV 317

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

6:31
12

Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: The Trumpet's Loud Clangour (Live In Snape / 1967)

by Peter Pears, Philip Jones, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

3:54
13

Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 3: March & Battle

by English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

2:38
14

Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 3: "Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato"

by Marilyn Horne, Vienna Cantata Orchestra, Henry Lewis

6:05
15

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

3:36
16

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)

by Elly Ameling, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

5:13
17

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3: "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

by Gwynne Howell, John Wilbraham, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

4:00
18

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

3:40
Duration:
2:26:39
Genres:
Classical
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