Handel, G.: Water Music

Title: Water Music
Artist: Handel, G.
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3149020221624
Genre: Classical

Handel's Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites. It was premiered on July 17, 1717 after King George I requested a concert on the river Thames. This timeless collection is brought to life by Baroque specialists the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, whose critical achievements include a GRAMMY® Award, a Diapason d'Or, the Cannes Classical Award, a Gramophone Award, an Edison Award and a German Record Critics' Award.

Tracks:
1.1 Suite No.1 I. Overture : Largo - Allegro 3 12
1.2 II. Adagio E Staccato 2 08
1.3 III. [Allegro] 2 08
1.4 IV. Andante - III. [Allegro] Da Capo 4 30
1.5 V. Allegro 2 47
1.6 VI. Air 3 11
1.7 VII. Minuet 2 23
1.8 VIII. Bourrée 1 10
1.9 IX. Hornpipe 1 30
1.10 X. [Allegro Moderato] 3 41
1.11 Suite No.2 XI. [Allegro] 2 00
1.12 XII. [Alla Hornpipe] 3 43
1.13 XIII. [Minuet] 2 49
1.14 XIV. [Rigaudon 1] 1 07
1.15 XV. [Rigaudon 2] - XIV. [Rigaudon 1] 1 28
1.16 Suite No.3 XVI. Lentement 1 59
1.17 XVII. [Bourrée] 1 14
1.18 XVIII. Menuet [1] 0 56
1.19 XIX. [Menuet 2] 1 36
1.20 XX. [Gigue 1] - XXI. [Gigue 2] Da Capo 2 11
1.21 XXII. Menuet (Coro) 2 39