The Essential Handel – George Frideric Handel & Benjamin Britten

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Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

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

3:12

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Handel: Semele HWV 58 / Act 2: "Where'er You Walk"

Kenneth McKellar, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

4:02

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Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Hornpipe and Andante

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

8:05

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

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

3:25

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Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Bourée and Hornpipe

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

1:33

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

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

4:07

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Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 1: "Dove sei, amato bene?"

Bernadette Greevy, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Raymond Leppard & George Frideric Handel

4:21

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295: 1. Larghetto

Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin & George Frideric Handel

2:44

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295: 2. Adagio

Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin & George Frideric Handel

4:14

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295: 3. Organo ad libitum: Aria & Passpied (Telemann)

Peter Hurford & George Frideric Handel

4:07

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": 4. Larghetto

Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin & George Frideric Handel

3:14

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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295: 5. Allegro

Peter Hurford, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin & George Frideric Handel

3:12

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Handel: Suite No. 11 in D minor, HWV 437: Sarabande

Christopher Hogwood & George Frideric Handel

2:55

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Handel: Berenice, HWV 38 / Act 2: Minuet from Overture

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

4:11

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Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III: Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel

4:52

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!"

Handel Opera Society Orchestra, Charles Farncombe & George Frideric Handel

2:59

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Handel: Serse, HWV 40: Largo (Orch. Reinhard)

London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell & George Frideric Handel

5:31

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Handel: Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258

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

5:54

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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Ouverture

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

7:50

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

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

1:37

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

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

2:52

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

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

1:59

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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuet I-II

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

2:56

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act I: Return, O God of Hosts

Kathleen Ferrier, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

4:33

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Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.6, HWV 294: 1. Andante allegro

Marisa Robles, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown & George Frideric Handel

3:52

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Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.6, HWV 294: 2. Larghetto

Marisa Robles, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown & George Frideric Handel

4:36

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Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.6, HWV 294: 3. Allegro moderato

Marisa Robles, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown & George Frideric Handel

2:31

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Handel: Samson HWV 57 / Act 3: "Let The Bright Seraphim"

Joan Sutherland, Harry Dilley, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

5:55

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Handel: Concerto grosso No. 6 in D Major, Op. 3/6, HWV 317

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

6:32

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: The Trumpet's Loud Clangour

Peter Pears, Philip Jones, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

3:54

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Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 3: March & Battle

English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge & George Frideric Handel

2:38

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Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 3: "Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato"

Marilyn Horne, Vienna Cantata Orchestra, Henry Lewis & George Frideric Handel

6:06

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born

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

3:37

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)

Elly Ameling, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel

5:14

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3: "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

Gwynne Howell, John Wilbraham, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner

4:00

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth

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

3:41