Water Music Suites

Album by George Frideric Handel & Berliner Philharmoniker & Riccardo Muti

Water Music Suites is a collection of orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1717. Written for outdoor performance on the River Thames, the suites draw on Baroque dance forms and employ bright orchestral textures with horns, strings and continuo, representing a key example of Handel's public ceremonial music within his wider body of work.

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  1. 1.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: Overture - Maestoso - Allegro
    4:19
  2. 2.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: I. Overture - Adagio e staccato
    2:47
  3. 3.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: II. Allegro- Andante - Allegro
    7:37
  4. 4.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: III. Moderato (Minuet)
    3:50
  5. 5.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: IV. Air
    4:41
  6. 6.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: V. Minuet
    2:54
  7. 7.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: VI. Bouree
    1:59
  8. 8.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: VII. Hornpipe
    1:25
  9. 9.
    Water Music, Suite 1 in F: VIII. Allegro molto
    4:46
  10. 10.
    Water Music, Suite 2 in D: I. Allegro
    2:07
  11. 11.
    Water Music, Suite 2 in D: II. Hornpipe
    4:09
  12. 12.
    Water Music, Suite 2 in D: III. Minuet
    2:53
  13. 13.
    Water Music, Suite 2 in D: IV. Lentement
    1:49
  14. 14.
    Water Music, Suite 2 in D: V. Presto (Bouree)
    1:25
  15. 15.
    Water Music, Suite 3 in G: I. Minuet
    3:24
  16. 16.
    Water Music, Suite 3 in G: II. Rigaudon - Rigaudon II - Rigaudon da capo
    3:12
  17. 17.
    Water Music, Suite 3 in G: III. Minuet - Andante
    3:49
  18. 18.
    Water Music, Suite 3 in G: IV. Country Dance (Gigues)
    1:46

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