Handel in High Definition: Water Music, Royal Fireworks, Messiah and Oboe Concertos

1

Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Anna Briggs, Mary Jane Newman, Sato Moughalian & George Frideric Handel

3:14

2

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: I. Overture: Grave - Allegro

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

4:09

3

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: II. Adagio e staccato

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:45

4

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. Allegro

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:42

5

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: IV. Andante - Allegro

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:12

6

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: V. A tempo di minueto

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

3:28

7

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air

Bohdon Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

3:04

8

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VII. Minuet

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:30

9

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VIII. Bourrée

Bohdan Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

1:48

10

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: IX. Hornpipe

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:11

11

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: X. Allegro moderato

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

4:41

12

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: I. Andante - Allegro

Bohdan Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

2:53

13

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

4:11

14

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: III. Coro

Bohdan Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

1:12

15

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: IV. Lorne

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:03

16

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: V. Bourrée

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

1:20

17

Water Music Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: I. Minuet

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:04

18

Water Music Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: II. Rigaudon I

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

1:08

19

Water Music Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: III. Rigaudon II

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:05

20

Water Music Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: IV. Minuet I

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

1:00

21

Water Music Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: V. Minuet II

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

1:48

22

Water Music Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: VI. Affetuoso

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

1:03

23

Water Music Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: VII. Cantabile

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

1:06

24

Suite de Pièce No. 4 in D Minor: Sarabande, "La Folia"

Bohdan Warchal, Ivan Sokol, Slovak Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

1:38

25

Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 302a: I. Vivace

Ensemble Collegium Musicum, Victoria Anderson & George Frideric Handel

2:06

26

Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 302a: II. Fugue: Allegro

Ensemble Collegium Musicum, Victoria Anderson & George Frideric Handel

2:06

27

Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 302a: III. Andante

Bohdan Warchal, Ivan Sokol, Slovak Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

6:03

28

Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 302a: IV. Allegro

Ensemble Collegium Musicum, Victoria Anderson & George Frideric Handel

1:45

29

Concerto No. 3 in G Minor for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 287: I. Grave

Victoria Anderson, Ensemble Collegium Musicum & George Frideric Handel

3:12

30

Concerto No. 3 in G Minor for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 287: II. Allegro

Victoria Anderson, Ensemble Collegium Musicum & George Frideric Handel

2:03

31

Concerto No. 3 in G Minor for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 287: III. Sarabande: Largo

Bohdan Warchal, Jiri Krejci, Slovak Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

3:19

32

Concerto No. 3 in G Minor for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 287: IV. Allegro

Victoria Anderson, Ensemble Collegium Musicum & George Frideric Handel

2:00

33

Xerxes, HWV 40, Act 1: Largo (Ombra mai fu)

Renaissance Chamber Orchestra, Leo Korkhin & George Frideric Handel

4:03

34

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture: Adagio - Allegro - Lentement - Allegro

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

9:00

35

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Bourrée

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

1:12

36

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La paix: Largo alla siciliana

Bohdan Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

3:10

37

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La réjouissance: Allegro

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:15

38

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Minuet I

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

0:50

39

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: VI. Minuet II

Stanislav Gorkovenko & George Frideric Handel

2:06

40

Suite de Pièce No. 7 in G Minor: Passacaglia

Pavlovsk Symphony Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

5:41

41

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": I. Sinfonia

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

3:16

42

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": II. Accompagnato: "Comfort ye, my people"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

2:40

43

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": III. Aria: "Every valley shall be exalted"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

3:43

44

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": IV. Chorus: "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

2:38

45

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": V. Aria (O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion)

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

3:51

46

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": VI. Chorus: "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

1:42

47

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": VII. Chorus: "For unto us a child is born"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

4:13

48

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": VIII. Pifa (Pastoral Sinfonia): Larghetto

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

2:59

49

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": IX. Recitativo accompagnato: "There were shepherds abiding in the field"

Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Imants Kokars, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

1:59

50

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": X. Chorus: "Glory to God in the Highest"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

2:05

51

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 1, "The Birth": XI. Duetto: "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

4:58

52

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 2, "The Passion": I. Chorus: "And with His stripes"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

4:01

53

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 2, "The Passion": II. Accompagnato: "Thy rebuke has broken His heart"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

1:53

54

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 2, "The Passion": III. Arioso: "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow"

Walter Susskind, Wilfred Brown, London Philharmonic Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

1:43

55

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 2, "The Passion": IV. Chorus: "The Lord gave the word"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

1:11

56

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 2, "The Passion": V. Aria: "Why do the nations"

Imants Kokars, José van Dam, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra & Ave Sol Chamber Choir

3:02

57

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 2, "The Passion": VI. Chorus: "Halleluja!"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

3:44

58

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 3, "The Aftermath": I. Aria: "I know that my redeemer liveth"

Walter Susskind, April Cantello, London Philharmonic Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

8:09

59

The Messiah, HWV 56 - Part 3, "The Aftermath": II. Chorus: "Amen"

Imants Kokars, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ave Sol Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

4:07