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Handel: The Essentials

Wolfgang Meyer (harpsichord), Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), Edward Brewer (harpsichord), Randall Wolfgang (oboe), Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Trevor Pinnock (director & harpsichord), Kenneth Sillito (leader), Russell Burgess (chorus master), John Alldis, Jakub Haufa (violin), Monika Razynska...

  • Release Date: 1st Sep 2017
  • Catalogue No: 4798393
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 92 minutes

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Contents

Excerpt, Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350

Work length4:29
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  • Wolfgang Meyer (harpsichord)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Rafael Kubelik
  • Recorded: 1963-03-27
  • Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Alla Hornpipe

Track length4:29
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Excerpt, Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351

Work length5:58
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  • Wolfgang Meyer (harpsichord)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Rafael Kubelik
  • Recorded: 1963-03-25
  • Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

La Paix

Track length3:59
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La Réjouissance

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, HWV 294 - Arr. for Harp

Work length13:39
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  • Nicanor Zabaleta (harp)
  • Orchestre de Chambre Paul Kuentz
  • Paul Kuentz
  • Recorded: 1966-10-21
  • Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

1. Andante Allegro

Track length5:42
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2. Larghetto

Track length5:12
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3. Allegro moderato

Track length2:45
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Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1

Work length2:56
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  • Edward Brewer (harpsichord), Randall Wolfgang (oboe)
  • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1989-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Performing Arts Center, State University Of New York, Purchase

"Ombra mai fu" (Arr. for Oboe)

Track length2:56
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Handel: Solomon, HWV 67 / Act 3

Work length3:00
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  • Edward Brewer (harpsichord)
  • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1989-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Performing Arts Center, State University Of New York, Purchase

The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba

Track length3:00
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Excerpt, Handel: Joshua, HWV 64

Work length2:28
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  • Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano)
  • Venice Baroque Orchestra
  • Andrea Marcon
  • Recorded: 2006-03-30
  • Recording Venue: Toblach, Kulturzentrum Grand Hotel, Gustav Mahler Saal

O Had I Jubal's Lyre

Track length2:28
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Excerpt, Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV348

Work length3:05
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  • Trevor Pinnock (director & harpsichord)
  • The English Concert
  • Recorded: 1983-04-21
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

V. Air

Track length3:05
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3

Work length3:40
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  • Kenneth Sillito (leader)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Sir Charles Mackerras
  • Recorded: 1972-05-21
  • Recording Venue: Town Hall (Victoria Hall), Leeds

77. March

Track length3:40
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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3

Work length4:38
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  • Russell Burgess (chorus master)
  • English Chamber Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
  • Sir Charles Mackerras
  • Recorded: 1976-04-12
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

58. "See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes!..See, The Godlike Youth Advance!...See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes!"

Track length2:49
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59. March

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1

Work length7:35
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  • John Alldis (chorus master)
  • John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Karl Richter
  • Recorded: 1972-11-15
  • Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London

Symphony

Track length3:24
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No. 12 "For Unto Us A Child Is Born"

Track length4:11
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2

Work length4:04
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  • John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Karl Richter
  • Recorded: 1972-11-15
  • Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London

No. 42 "Hallelujah"

Track length4:04
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Handel: Concerto for Flute, English Horn, Strings and B.c. "Amabile baltà"

Work length3:08
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  • Albrecht Mayer (english horn), Matthieu Gauci-Ancelin (flute), Jakub Haufa (violin), Monika Razynska (harpsichord)
  • Sinfonia Varsovia
  • Albrecht Mayer
  • Recorded: 2006
  • Recording Venue: Lutoslawski-Halle des Polnischen Rundfunks, Warsaw

3. Largo ("Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures" From Oratorio 'Alexander's Feast', HWV 75)

Track length3:08
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Excerpt, Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122

Work length2:36
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  • Anna Prohaska (soprano)
  • Arcangelo
  • Jonathan Cohen
  • Recorded: 2012-04-21
  • Recording Venue: Church Of St.John, Hackney, London

Felicissima quest'alma

Track length2:36
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Handel: Ariodante, HWV 33 / Act 3

Work length4:33
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  • Lynne Dawson (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
  • Les Musiciens du Louvre
  • Marc Minkowski
  • Recorded: 1997-01
  • Recording Venue: Theatre, Salle Molière, Poissy

"Bramo aver mille vite..."

Track length4:33
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Handel: "Will the Sun Forget to Streak" from Oratorio 'Solomon', HWV 67 (Arr. for Oboe, Violin, Harpsichord and Orchestra)

Work length4:32
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  • Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Jakub Haufa (violin), Monika Razynska (harpsichord)
  • Sinfonia Varsovia
  • Albrecht Mayer
  • Recorded: 2006-01
  • Recording Venue: Lutoslawski-Halle des Polnischen Rundfunks, Warsaw

Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 / Atto terzo

Work length4:21
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  • Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Marijana Mijanovic (mezzo-soprano)
  • Les Musiciens du Louvre
  • Marc Minkowski
  • Recorded: 2002-11-26
  • Recording Venue: Vienna, Konzerthaus, Grosser Saal

No. 39 Duetto "Caro, più amabile beltà"

Track length4:21
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3

Work length6:08
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  • Lynne Dawson (soprano)
  • Les Musiciens du Louvre
  • Marc Minkowski
  • Recorded: 1997-10
  • Recording Venue: Opéra Bastille, Salle Debussy, Paris

43. Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Track length6:08
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Excerpt, Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351

Work length1:31
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  • The English Concert
  • Trevor Pinnock
  • Recorded: 1984-08-15
  • Recording Venue: St. John's Smith Square, London

V. Menuet I

Track length1:31
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Handel: Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi HWV 233

Work length4:42
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  • Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Christoph Spering (chorus master)
  • Musica Antiqua Köln, Chorus
  • Reinhard Goebel
  • Recorded: 1993-03-24
  • Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Deutschlandfunk, Köln

Aria con coro: "Maria, salute e speme"

Track length4:42
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Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest'

Work length5:16
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  • Trevor Pinnock (organ)
  • The English Concert, Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Simon Preston
  • Recorded: 1981-10-29
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

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