Water Music

Album by George Frideric Handel & The Virtuosi of England & Arthur Davison

Water Music is an orchestral suite by Georg Friedrich Händel, first performed in 1717. The suite is in the Baroque style with lively dance movements scored for a relatively large ensemble and it was written for outdoor performance on the River Thames during Händel's early London years.

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  1. 1.
    Suite in F major: No. 1 Ouverture: (a) Largo
    2:12
  2. 2.
    Suite in F major: No. 1 Ouverture: (b) Allegro
    2:18
  3. 3.
    Suite in F major: No. 2 Adagio e staccato
    2:24
  4. 4.
    Suite in F major: No. 3 & No. 4: (a) Allegro
    2:32
  5. 5.
    Suite in F major: No. 3 & No. 4: (b) Andante
    2:45
  6. 6.
    Suite in F major: No. 3 & No. 4: (c) Allegro
    2:33
  7. 7.
    Suite in F major: No. 5 Tempo ordinario
    2:53
  8. 8.
    Suite in F major: No. 6 Air
    4:09
  9. 9.
    Suite in F major: No. 7 Minuet
    3:08
  10. 10.
    Suite in F major: No. 8 Bourée
    2:24
  11. 11.
    Suite in F major: No. 9 Hornpipe
    2:36
  12. 12.
    Suite in F major: No. 10 Tempo ordinario
    2:53
  13. 13.
    Suite in D major: No. 11 Maestoso
    2:08
  14. 14.
    Suite in D major: No. 12 Hornpipe
    3:17
  15. 15.
    Suite in D major: No. 13 Minuet
    1:07
  16. 16.
    Suite in D major: No. 14 Lentement
    1:40
  17. 17.
    Suite in D major: No. 15 Bourée
    1:34
  18. 18.
    Suite in G major: No. 16 Minuet
    2:34
  19. 19.
    Suite in G major: No. 17 & No. 18 Rigaudon-Allegro-Rigaudon
    2:49
  20. 20.
    Suite in G major: No. 19 Minuet
    1:11
  21. 21.
    Suite in G major: No. 20 Minuet II
    2:07
  22. 22.
    Suite in G major: No. 21 Tempo ordinario
    0:35
  23. 23.
    Suite in G major: No. 22 Andante
    0:40

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