Description
Georg Friedrich Händel - Feuerwerksmusik Wassermusik Suiten Nr. 1-3 / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger / DECCA Audio CD / 458 647-2
UPC 028945864723
Label: The Decca Record Company Limited – 458 6472
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Germany
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque
The Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) is a suite for wind instruments composed by George Frideric Handel in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for the fireworks in London's Green Park on 27 April 1749. It was to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in 1748.
Tracklist:
| Feuerwerksmusik | ||
| 1 | Ouvertüre | 7:46 |
| 2 | Bourrée | 1:09 |
| 3 | La Paix | 3:23 |
| 4 | La Réjouissance | 1:21 |
| 5 | Menuet 1 - 2 | 2:28 |
|
Wassermusik |
||
| Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur | ||
| 6 | Ouvertüre. Largo - Adagio | 3:47 |
| 7 | Adagio E Staccato | 2:41 |
| 8 | Allegro - Andante | 9:02 |
| 9 | Presto | 2:41 |
| 10 | Air | 4:11 |
| 11 | Minuet | 2:54 |
| 12 | Bourrée - Hornpipe | 1:28 |
| 13 | Allegro | 3:21 |
|
Suite Nr. 2 G-dur |
||
| 14 | Minuet | 2:15 |
| 15 | Rigaudon | 2:55 |
| 16 | Minuet 1 - Minuet 2 Country Dance | 5:19 |
|
Suite Nr. 3 D-dur |
||
| 17 | Allegro | 2:04 |
| 18 | Hornpipe | 3:00 |
| 19 | Minuet | 1:19 |
| 20 | Lentement | 1:47 |
| 21 | Bourrée | 0:30 |
Salomon
22 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 3:14
Concerto grosso g-moll op. 6 Nr. 6
23 Musette 6:49
- Conductor – Karl Münchinger
- Graphics – Kapitel 1, Bremen
- Orchestra – Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
- Photography – Dynamic Graphics Group
