George Frideric Handel Raymond Leppard Andre Rieu - Greatest Hits HANDEL Water Music Largo etc (22 tracks) +Album Reviews

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George Frideric Handel, Raymond Leppard, Andre Rieu
Greatest Hits HANDEL ~ Water Music, Largo, etc..
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
2. Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: (Excerpts)
3. Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: (Excerpts)
4. Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: (Excerpts)
5. Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: (Excerpts)
6. Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: (Excerpts)
7. Largo in F major, instrumental arrangement ('Ombra mai fu' from the opera Serse)
8. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: (Excerpts)
9. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: (Excerpts)
10. Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.5 in E major ('The Harmonious Blacksmith'), HWV 430: Air and Variations in E The Harmo
11. Samson, oratorio, HWV 57: Let the Bright Seraphim
12. Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.2, No.4 in D minor, HWV 437: Sarabande
13. Water Music Suite No.2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349: Allegro
14. Water Music Suite No.2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349: Alla Hornpipe.
15. Water Music Suite No.2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349: Menuet
16. Water Music Suite No.2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349: Lentement
17. Water Music Suite No.2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349: Bouree
18. Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, opera, HWV 38: Minuet
19. Organ Concerto in F major 'Cuckoo & the Nightingale' (No.13), HWV 295: Mvt 2, Allegro
20. Judas Maccabaeus, oratorio, HWV 63: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Come
21. Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (Eternal Source of Light Divine), HWV 74: Eternal Source of Light Divine
22. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

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CD Details

All Artists: George Frideric Handel, Raymond Leppard, Andre Rieu, Eugene Ormandy, Hartmut Haenchen, Pierre Boulez, Charles Groves, Richard P. Condie, Edita Gruberova, Wynton Marsalis, Igor Kipnis, English Chamber Orchestra, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Albert de Klerk
Title: Greatest Hits HANDEL ~ Water Music, Largo, etc..
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Label: Sony
Original Release Date: 1/1/1994
Re-Release Date: 8/9/1994
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Suites, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 074646406625

CD Reviews

A Great Starter Collection

04/01/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Handel is my favorite classical composer. He had a wonderful knack for melody and interesting counterpoint. This was the first Handel CD I bought, and it was a great place to start. I was not sure that I would like baroque music at the time, but this CD convinced me otherwise. There are some wonderful, fast orchestral pieces (such as the "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"), which are balanced by slower selections (such as the exerpt from "Xerxes" and "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Come"). "Eternal Source of Light Divine" is an extremely beautiful vocal piece. My only problem with this CD is that it made me want to buy other CD's of Handel's work which overlapped with some of the material on this collection. For example, this CD has exerpts from Handel's famous "Music for the Royal Fireworks" and "Water Music." In order to experience these works in their whole forms, I had to buy a CD that overlapped with the material on this one. However, this is an excellent Handel primer. It is the perfect collection to introduce a listener to one of the best and most accessible of the baroque composers."

All Handel's Greatest Hits are not created equal.

Patrizia Cioffi | montclair, new jersey United States | 02/25/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Nothing else tops this unusually gorgeous rendering. Leppard's is the finest conducting of Handel to this reviewers ears. Especially the Xerxes Largo and the Watermusic
Hornpipes and Fireworks Oveurture tempi, legato and orchestration is full of warmth and energy. A true chiara scuro interpretation. Fabulous!!!!"

Handel's Greatest Hits

Clyde Dollimount | 02/26/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I found this recording disappointing in many respects. The sound quality was much lower than expected, especially on track 7 "Largo" which on the origional, Ormandy had created such a quiet grandeur. In trach 11 "Let the Bright Seraphim" Wynton Marsalis overpowered the singing of Edita Gruberova, whereas the music should always be the backup of the singer, and not vice versa. I don't know what happened to the "Hallelujah Chorus," but it didn't come off very well at all.

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