Handel - Water Music [2CD] (1997)

Tracklist

CD1

Water Music

Horn Suite in F major
01. I. Overture: Largo - Allegro
02. II. Adagio e staccato
03. III. Allegro - Andante - Allegro
04. IV. Presto
05. V. Air
06. VI. Minuet for the French Horn
07. VII. Bourree
08. VIII. Hornpipe
09. IX. [Allegro]
10. X(F). [Allegro]
11. XI(F). Alla Hornpipe

Flute Suite in G major
12. XV. [Menuet]
13. XVI. Presto
14. XVII. Menuet
15. XVIII. [Menuet]
16. XIX. Country Dance

Trumpet Suite in D major
17. X(D). Allegro
18. XI(D). [Alla Hornpipe]
19. XII. Trumpet Minuet
20. XIII. Lentement
21. XIV. Air

The Alchymist
22. Overture
23. Prelude - Minuet
24. Saraband - Boree - Aire - Boree
25. Minuet - Aire - Jigg

CD2

The Music for the Royal Fireworks
01. I. Overture
02. II. Borree
03. III. La Paix
04. IV. La Rejouissance
05. V. Menuets 1 & 2

Concerto a due cori No. 1 in B flat major
06. I. Ouverture
07. II. Allegro ma non troppo
08. III. Allegro
09. IV. Largo
10. V. A tempo ordinario
11. VI. Alla breve moderato
12. VII. Minuet

Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F major
13. I. Pomposo
14. II. Allegro
15. III. A tempo giusto
16. IV. Largo
17. V. Allegro ma non troppo
18. VI. A tempo ordinario

Concerto a due cori No. 3 in F major
19. I. Ouverture
20. II. Allegro
21. III. Allegro ma non troppo
22. IV. Adagio
23. V. Andante larghetto
24. VI. Allegro

25. Aria 1 for wind band

26. Aria 2 for wind band

Credits
Art Direction – David Smart
Booklet Editor – Fabian Watkinson
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Christopher Hogwood
Engineer [Recording] – John Dunkerley
Liner Notes – Anthony Hicks (2)
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins (2)
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Andreas Klatt (2)
Orchestra – The Academy Of Ancient Music
Producer – Peter Wadland
Notes
Recording locations: Walthamstow Town Hall, April 1978 (Water Music); St. Jude's Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb, May 1980 (Musick For The Royal Fireworks, Arias for wind band), September 1980 (The Alchymist); Kingsway Hall, London, October 1983 (Concerti A Due Cori).