100 Best Handel – Georg Friedrich Händel

1

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: Aria. "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena)

Kirk Trevor & George Frideric Handel

4:24

2

Ariodante, HWV 33, Act 2: Aria. "Scherza infida!" (Ariodante) (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée)

Philippe Jaroussky & George Frideric Handel

9:50

3

Radamisto, HWV 12a, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "Ombra caro di mia sposa" (Radamisto) (feat. Joyce DiDonato)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

7:19

4

Orlando, HWV 31, Act 2: Aria. "Verdi allori" (Medoro)

Max Emanuel Cencic, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti & George Frideric Handel

5:57

5

Rodrigo, HWV 5, Act 2, Scene 6: Aria. "Empio fato e fiera sorte" (Esilena) (feat. Sandrine Piau)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

3:17

6

Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2: Aria. "Pena tiranna" (Dardano)

Max Emanuel Cencic, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti & George Frideric Handel

5:18

7

Arminio, HWV 36, Act 2: Aria. "Duri lacci, voi non siete" (Arminio) (feat. Il Complesso Barocco & Vivica Genaux)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

3:10

8

Alcina, HWV 34, Act 1: Aria. "Tornami a vagheggiar" (Morgana) (feat. Eiddwen Harrhy)

Richard Hickox & George Frideric Handel

4:41

9

Alcina, HWV 34, Act 2, Scene 13: Aria. "Ombre pallide" (Alcina) (feat. Arleen Augér)

Richard Hickox & George Frideric Handel

6:37

10

Alcina, HWV 34, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria. "Sta nell'Ircana" (Ruggiero) (feat. Della Jones)

Richard Hickox & George Frideric Handel

5:31

11

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Duetto. "Son nata a lagrimar" (Cornelia, Sesto) (feat. David Daniels & Emmanuelle Haïm)

Stephanie Blythe & George Frideric Handel

7:52

12

Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)

Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale & George Frideric Handel

2:39

13

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Cara speme, questo core" (Sesto)

David Daniels, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington & George Frideric Handel

4:51

14

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2: Aria. "L'angue offeso mai riposa" (Sesto)

David Daniels, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington & George Frideric Handel

5:04

15

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Va tacito e nascosto" (Cesare) (feat. Roger Montgomery)

David Daniels & George Frideric Handel

6:06

16

Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 3: Aria. "Come nube che fugge dal vento" (Nerone)

Max Emanuel Cencic, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti & George Frideric Handel

4:13

17

Arianna in Creta, HWV 32, Act 3: Recitativo. "Ove son" - Aria. "Qui ti sfido" (Teseo) (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée)

Philippe Jaroussky & George Frideric Handel

3:59

18

Teseo, HWV 9, Act 2: Aria. "Dolce riposo!" (Medea) (feat. Les Talens Lyriques)

Joyce DiDonato & Georg Friedrich Händel

3:15

19

Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 2, Scene 1: Arioso. "Padre, germano, e sposo" (Elvida) (feat. Il Complesso Barocco & Veronica Cangemi)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

2:11

20

Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 3: Aria. "Sincero affetto dolce preghiere" (Sancio) (feat. Il Complesso Barocco & Max Emanuel Cenčić)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

5:19

21

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: Aria. "Venti, turbini, prestate" (Rinaldo)

David Daniels, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington & George Frideric Handel

3:43

22

Deidamia, HWV 42, Act 3, Scene 7: Duetto. "Ama: nell'armi, e nell'amar" (Deidamia, Ulisse)

Simone Kermes/Dominique Labelle/Anna Maria Panzarella/Anna Bonitatibus/Furio Zanasi/Antonio Abete/Coro del Complesso Barocco/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

6:33

23

Admeto, HWV 22, Act 1: Aria. "Luci care, addio, posate!" (Alceste)

René Jacobs, Rachel Yakar & Ulrik Cold

5:12

24

Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Ah, sì, morrò" (Admeto)

René Jacobs, Rachel Yakar & Ulrik Cold

5:57

25

Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede) (feat. Il Complesso Barocco & James Bowman)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

2:35

26

Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act 3, Scene 4: Aria. "Se'l mio duol non è si forte" (Rodelinda)

Sophie Daneman/Daniel Taylor/Adrian Thompson/Catherine Robbin/Robin Blaze/Christopher Purves/Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer & George Frideric Handel

6:42

27

Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Orch. Hale)

Alexander Briger & George Frideric Handel

3:28

28

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

3:24

29

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:09

30

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:32

31

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:32

32

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:12

33

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:38

34

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

3:09

35

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

4:03

36

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

1:10

37

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

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

1:22

38

Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: IV. Menuet II

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

1:13

39

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

Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:21

40

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

Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:50

41

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

Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:49

42

Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: I. Vivace

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:03

43

Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: II. Largo

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:33

44

Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: III. Allegro

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:23

45

Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: II. Andante

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

2:37

46

Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: III. Allegro

Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & George Frideric Handel

1:38

47

Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4, HWV 322: I. Larghetto affettuoso

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Nicholas McGegan & George Frideric Handel

2:44

48

Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4, HWV 322: II. Allegro

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Nicholas McGegan & George Frideric Handel

2:38

49

Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4, HWV 322: III. Largo e piano

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Nicholas McGegan & George Frideric Handel

2:25

50

Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4, HWV 322: IV. Allegro

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Nicholas McGegan & George Frideric Handel

2:38

51

Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: II. A tempo ordinario

Il Seminario Musicale & George Frideric Handel

3:58

52

Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" (feat. Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

2:48

53

Arminio, HWV 36, Act 1: Overture (feat. Il Complesso Barocco)

Vivica Genaux/Geraldine McGreevy/Dominique Labelle/Manuela Custer/Luigi Petroni/Sytse Buwalda/Riccardo Ristori/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

3:16

54

Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: I. Affettuoso (feat. Hiro Kurosaki)

William Christie & George Frideric Handel

3:08

55

Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: II. Allegro (feat. Hiro Kurosaki)

William Christie & George Frideric Handel

2:42

56

Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: III. Larghetto

Hiro Kurosaki/William Christie & George Frideric Handel

3:12

57

Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: IV. Allegro

Hiro Kurosaki/William Christie & George Frideric Handel

3:31

58

Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4, HWV 309: I. Adagio

Bob Van Asperen & George Frideric Handel

4:29

59

Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4, HWV 309: II. Allegro

Bob Van Asperen & George Frideric Handel

4:56

60

Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4, HWV 309: III. Organo ad libitum

Bob Van Asperen & George Frideric Handel

3:06

61

Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4, HWV 309: IV. Allegro

Bob Van Asperen & George Frideric Handel

3:27

62

Keyboard Suite in E Minor, HWV 429: IV. Sarabande

Andrei Gavrilov & George Frideric Handel

4:52

63

Keyboard Suite in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air and Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

Sviatoslav Richter & George Frideric Handel

4:24

64

Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4 No. 6, HWV 294: I. Andante - Allegro (feat. Lily Laskine & Pierre Pierlot)

Louis Auriacombe & George Frideric Handel

4:37

65

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus. "The List'ning Crowd Admire the Lofty Sound"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & George Frideric Handel

2:03

66

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "He Choose a Mournful Muse" (feat. Helen Donath)

Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Thomas Allen/Robert Tear/Sally Burgess/Helen Donath & George Frideric Handel

1:28

67

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "He Sung Darius, Great and Good" (feat. Helen Donath)

Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Thomas Allen/Robert Tear/Sally Burgess/Helen Donath & George Frideric Handel

3:07

68

Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger & George Frideric Handel

6:08

69

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia (feat. Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

3:37

70

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye My People" (feat. Joseph Cornwell & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

3:21

71

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" (feat. Joseph Cornwell & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

3:46

72

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born" (feat. Taverner Choir & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

4:12

73

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men" (feat. Margaret Cable & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

11:47

74

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah" (feat. Taverner Choir & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

4:00

75

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: Aria. "The Trumpet Shall Sound" (feat. David Thomas & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

8:52

76

Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: Symphony

Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

2:18

77

Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: Chorus. "The sons of Israel do mourn" (feat. Taverner Choir & Taverner Players)

Emily Van Evera/Timothy Wilson/Anthony Rolfe Johnson/David Thomas/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

6:27

78

La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Pt. 1: Aria. "Così la tortorella" (San Giovanni) (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée & Toby Spence)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

4:16

79

La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Pt. 2: Aria. "Per me già di morire" (Maddalena) (feat. Kate Royal & Le Concert d'Astrée)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

5:53

80

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "Total eclipse!" (Samson)

Ian Bostridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket & George Frideric Handel

3:38

81

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 3: Air. "Waft her, angels" (Jephtha)

Ian Bostridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket & George Frideric Handel

4:40

82

Joshua, HWV 64, Act 3: Air. "Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre" (Achsah)

Kathleen Battle, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel

2:46

83

Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus, Domino meo (feat. Karine Deshayes, Le Chœur d'Astrée & Natalie Dessay)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

5:18

84

Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VII. De torrente in via bibet (feat. Karine Deshayes, Le Concert d'Astrée & Natalie Dessay)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

3:21

85

Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99: Aria. "Per te lasciai la luce"

Natalie Dessay, Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

9:39

86

La Lucrezia, HWV 145: Aria. "Il suol che preme" (feat. Les Basses Réunies)

Véronique Gens/Les Basses Réunies & George Frideric Handel

2:54

87

Armida abbandonata, HWV 105: Siciliana. "In tanti affanni miei" (feat. Les Basses Réunies)

Véronique Gens/Les Basses Réunies & George Frideric Handel

3:51

88

Agrippina condotta a morire, HWV 110: Arioso e recitativo. "Come, o Dio! Bramo la morte" (feat. Les Basses Réunies)

Véronique Gens/Les Basses Réunies & George Frideric Handel

6:14

89

Conservate, raddopiate, HWV 185: I. Conservate, raddoppiate (feat. Brian Asawa, Brian Feehan & Le Concert d'Astrée)

Juanita Lascarro/Brian Asawa/Le Concert d`Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

1:51

90

Conservate, raddopiate, HWV 185: II. Nodi voi, che gli stringeste (feat. Brian Asawa, Brian Feehan, Juanita Lascarro & Le Concert d'Astrée)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

2:38

91

Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV 182: I. Caro autor di mia doglia (feat. Brian Feehan, Le Concert d'Astrée, Patricia Petibon & Paul Agnew)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

2:20

92

Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV 182: II. No, che d'altrui che di te (feat. Brian Feehan, Le Concert d'Astrée, Patricia Petibon & Paul Agnew)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

2:04

93

Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV 182: III. Dagli amori flagellata (feat. Brian Feehan, Le Concert d'Astrée, Patricia Petibon & Paul Agnew)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

3:57

94

Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72: XXIII. Aria. "Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori" (Polifemo)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée, Sandrine Piau & Sara Mingardo

6:09

95

Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Hence, Iris hence away" (Juno) (feat. Les Talens Lyriques)

Joyce DiDonato & Georg Friedrich Händel

3:40

96

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act 1: Duett. "Happy we!" (Acis, Galatea) (feat. Kate Royal)

Ian Bostridge/Kate Royal/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket & George Frideric Handel

2:42

97

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Yet Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay" (Hercules) (feat. James Bowman)

Philip Ledger & George Frideric Handel

3:42

98

Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Pt. 1: Duetto. "Il voler nel fior degl'anni" (Bellezza, Piacere) (feat. Ann Hallenberg & Le Concert d'Astrée)

Natalie Dessay/Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée & George Frideric Handel

5:02

99

Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Pt. 1: Aria. "Un pensiero nemico di pace" (Bellezza) (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée)

Natalie Dessay/Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée & George Frideric Handel

3:59

100

Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Pt. 2: Aria. "Lascia la spina cogli la rosa" (Piacere) (feat. Ann Hallenberg)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée & George Frideric Handel

6:30