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Handel - Royal Fireworks Music · Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" · Overtures / The English Concert · Pinnock

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert
Handel - Royal Fireworks Music · Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" · Overtures / The English Concert · Pinnock
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: 1. Overture (Adagio - Allegro - Lentement - Allegro)
2. Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: 2. Bourree
3. Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: 3. La Paix
4. Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: 4. La Rejouissance
5. Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: 5. Menuet I
6. Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: 6. Menuet II
7. Concerto Grosso In C Major 'Alexander's Feast': 1. Allegro
8. Concerto Grosso In C Major 'Alexander's Feast': 2. Largo
9. Concerto Grosso In C Major 'Alexander's Feast': 3. Allegro
10. Concerto Grosso In C Major 'Alexander's Feast': 4. Andante Ma Non Presto
11. The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba HWV 67
12. Belshazzar, HWV 61 - (Maestoso - Allegro)
13. Alceste, HWV 45 Act I: Grand' Entree - Maestoso
14. Saul, HWV 53: Act I Sinfonia: Allegro
15. Saul, HWV 53: Act I Sinfonia: Larghetto - Adagio
16. Saul, HWV 53: Act I Sinfonia: Allegro
17. Saul, HWV 53: Act I Sinfonia: Andante Larghetto
18. Samson, HWV 57: Act I - Sinfonia: Andante - Adagio
19. Samson, HWV 57: Act I - Sinfonia: Allegro
20. Samson, HWV 57: Act I - Sinfonia: Menuetto

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CD Details

All Artists: George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford
Title: Handel - Royal Fireworks Music · Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" · Overtures / The English Concert · Pinnock
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Archiv Produktion
Release Date: 8/15/1995
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Suites, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028944727920

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Trevor Pinnock recently recorded Handel's Fireworks Music in its original version for lots and lots of winds and percussion, but there's good reason to prefer this performance of Handel's alternate version, which includes string parts. Pinnock has always had a keen ear for Handelian pomp, and this version has just that extra bit of sparkle and brilliance. The coupled overtures make a welcome bonus. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

A Rousing Performance

01/25/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Trevor Pinnock again demonstrates that he is the leading interpreter of Baroque music. This performance of "Music for the Royal Fireworks" is easily the most powerful and exciting available. I have heard other recordings which in comparison sound like music for the royal naptime. If you have not heard this version, you have not really heard the piece."

The Pinnock-le of English Baroque

09/20/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There's no doubt in my mind: Trevor Pinnock is the world's greatest interpreter of baroque music, period. Here, he is at his very finest, in the more enjoyable version of Royal Fireworks ( with strings, that is ), as well as in the concerto grosso and overtures on this album. In fact, not only is the instrumentation easier to listen to than the original wind-only, but Pinnock plays much more charmingly on this recording than on his wind-only version. The amazon.com reviewer has in bang-on when he says that this one has more sparkle. One can hear in the very first bars, as the shorter intervals are played more quickly on this recording, as opposed to the dragging articulation you get in the other recording. This is a must for Handel fans."

Unforgettable performance !

Hiram Gomez Pardo | Valencia, Venezuela | 10/28/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The peak of this CD is the colossal recording of the Royal Fireworks . Majesty with fierceness ; frehness and virility ; passion and intellect ; sublime and expressive ; lyricism and honesty are some of the adjectives which deserves this artistic triumph of Mr. Trevor Pinnock."