The Water Music Complete

Album by George Frideric Handel & Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra & Gerard Schwarz

The Water Music Complete is a collection of orchestral suites by Georg Friedrich Händel, composed and first performed in 1717. The music exemplifies Baroque orchestration with lively dance movements and bright horn and string textures suited to outdoor performance on the River Thames, and serves as a representative example of Handel's ceremonial and orchestral writing in his career.
First released: 1983

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Suite I in F: Ouverture
    3:49
  2. 2.
    Suite I in F: Adagio e staccato
    2:09
  3. 3.
    Suite I in F: (Allegro) Andante / (Allegro da capo)
    7:09
  4. 4.
    Suite I in F: (Allegro)
    4:24
  5. 5.
    Suite I in F: Air
    2:58
  6. 6.
    Suite I in F: Minuet
    3:15
  7. 7.
    Suite I in F: Bourrée
    2:07
  8. 8.
    Suite I in F: Hornpipe
    2:26
  9. 9.
    Suite I in F: (Allegro)
    3:56
  10. 10.
    Suite II in D: (Allegro)
    2:11
  11. 11.
    Suite II in D: Alla Hornpipe
    3:42
  12. 12.
    Suite II in D: Minuet
    2:06
  13. 13.
    Suite II in D: Lentement
    2:01
  14. 14.
    Suite II in D: Bourrée
    1:12
  15. 15.
    Suite III in G: Sarabande
    2:45
  16. 16.
    Suite III in G: Rigaudon / (Rigaudon II) / Rigaudon (da capo)
    2:51
  17. 17.
    Suite III in G: Minuet / (Minuet II)
    3:43
  18. 18.
    Suite III in G: (Gigue) / (Gigue II) / (Gigue da capo)
    1:23

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