Handel greatest hits.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 (Composer)
Format: Electronic Audio
Language:English
Italian
Published: London, England : Decca Records, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • The arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon (Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
  • Selections from Water music suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348. Allegro, Andante, Allegro ; Menuet ; Air ; Menuet ; Bourrée ; Hornpipe ; Andante (English Concert ; Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord, director)
  • Selections from Water music, Suites II & III in D/G, HWV 349/350. Allegro ; Alla hornpipe ; Menuet ; Andante ; Country dance I/II (English Concert ; Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord, director)
  • Larghetto affettuoso (excerpt) from Concerto grosso in A minor, op. 6, no. 4 (Trevor Connah, violin ; Kenneth Heath, violoncello ; Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, violin, conductor)
  • Let the bright seraphim from Samson (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Harry Dilley, trumpet ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor)
  • Ombra mai fù from Serse (Anthony Way, treble ; Daniel Phillips, organ ; English Sinfonia ; Neil Page, conductor)
  • Selections from Music for the royal fireworks, Suite HWV 351. Overture ; Bourrée ; La réjouissance ; Menuet I-II (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Bernard Haitink, conductor)
  • See, the conqu'ring hero comes! from Judas Maccabaeus (John Scott, organ ; Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral ; Christopher Dearnley, director)
  • Air & variations "The harmonious blacksmith" from Harpsichord suite no. 5 in E, HWV 430 (Philips Jones Brass Ensemble)
  • Hallelujah chorus from Messiah (London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor).