Description
Handel - Water Music, Music For The Royal Fireworks / London Classical Players, Roger Norrington / The Classics / Virgin Classics Audio CD 2007
UPC 094639133420
The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I's request for a concert on the River Thames.
The Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) is a suite in D major 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. The music celebrates the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in 1748. The work was very popular when first performed and following Handel's death. Mozart called the work a "spectacle of English pride and joy".
| Label: | Virgin Classics – 094639133420 |
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| Series: | The Classics |
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: | 2007 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque |
Tracklist:
| Water Music: Suite In F Major / En Fa Majeur / F-Dur | |||
| 1 | Ouverture | 3:17 | |
| 2 | Adagio E Staccato | 2:19 | |
| 3 | Allegro-Andante-Allegro | 7:25 | |
| 4 | Menuet | 2:36 | |
| 5 | Air | 3:32 | |
| 6 | Minuet | 2:43 | |
| 7 | Bourrée | 1:34 | |
| 8 | Hornpipe | 1:36 | |
| 9 | Finale | 2:43 | |
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Water Music: Suite In D Major / En Ré Majeur / D-Dur |
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| 10 | Overture | 2:05 | |
| 11 | Alla Hornpipe | 3:12 | |
| 12 | Menuet | 2:58 | |
| 13 | Rigaudon 1 & 2 | 2:37 | |
| 14 | Lentement | 2:15 | |
| 15 | Bourrée | 1:19 | |
| 16 | Menuet 1 & 2 | 3:46 | |
| 17 | Country Dance 1 & 2 | 1:28 | |
| 18 |
Menuet | 3:06 | |
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Music For The Royal Fireworks |
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| 19 | Ouverture | 7:53 | |
| 20 | Bourrée | 1:39 | |
| 21 | La Paix | 2:52 | |
| 22 | La Réjouissance | 2:08 | |
| 23 | Menuet 1 & 2 | 3:29 |
- Composed By – George Frideric Handel
- Conductor – Roger Norrington
- Edited By – Caroline Haigh
- Engineer [Balance] – Mike Clements
- Orchestra – London Classical Players
- Producer – Simon Woods
