Water music / Concerti grossi, op.3 / Israel in Egypt / The ways of Zion do mourn / Semele

Album by George Frideric Handel & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Water Music Suite Variation No. 1 in F major, HWV 331/1
    4:13
  2. 2.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: I. Ouverture (Largo - Allegro)
    3:11
  3. 3.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: II. Adagio e staccato
    2:03
  4. 4.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: III. Allegro
    2:13
  5. 5.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IV. Andante
    2:18
  6. 6.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: III. (da capo)
    2:18
  7. 7.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: V. Presto
    3:19
  8. 8.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VI. Air
    3:50
  9. 9.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VII. Minuet
    2:19
  10. 10.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VIII. Bourrée / IX. Hornpipe
    2:20
  11. 11.
    Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: X.
    3:35
  12. 12.
    Water Music Suite Variation No. 2 in F major, HWV 331/2
    4:38
  13. 13.
    Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major, HWV 350: I.
    2:51
  14. 14.
    Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major, HWV 350: II. Rigaudon - III.
    3:05
  15. 15.
    Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major, HWV 350: IV. Menuet - V.
    4:23
  16. 16.
    Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major, HWV 350: VI. - VII.
    1:37
  17. 17.
    Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: I. Allegro
    2:01
  18. 18.
    Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
    4:02
  19. 19.
    Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: III. Minuet
    1:22
  20. 20.
    Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: IV. Lentement
    2:02
  21. 21.
    Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: V. Bourrée
    1:05

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Largo - Allegro
    5:48
  2. 3.
    Andante
    2:10
  3. 4.
    Allegro
    1:26
  4. 5.
    Menuet. Alternat: Allegro
    3:16
  5. 6.
    Largo
    1:40
  6. 7.
    Allegro
    2:17
  7. 8.
    Adagio
    1:41
  8. 9.
    Allegro Ma Non Troppo
    1:34
  9. 10.
    Allegro
    3:00
  10. 11.
    Vivace
    2:35
  11. 12.
    Allegro
    4:19
  12. 13.
    Vivace
    1:52
  13. 14.
    Largo
    2:59
  14. 15.
    Allegro
    1:58
  15. 16.
    Minuet
    1:48
  16. 17.
    Gavotte
    3:19
  17. 18.
    Largo E Staccato - Allegro
    3:07
  18. 19.
    Adagio - Allegro
    4:34
  19. 20.
    Allegro
    2:32
  20. 21.
    Largo
    4:44
  21. 22.
    Allegro
    2:38

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Israel in Egypt: Ouverture
    2:14
  2. 4.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: Now here arose
    0:25
  3. 5.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: And the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage
    3:55
  4. 6.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: Then sent He Moses
    0:33
  5. 7.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: They loathed to drink
    2:18
  6. 8.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: Their land brought
    2:17
  7. 9.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He spake the word
    2:08
  8. 10.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He gave them hailstones
    2:13
  9. 11.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He sent a thick darkness
    3:19
  10. 12.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He smote all the first born
    2:27
  11. 13.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: But as for His people
    4:09
  12. 14.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: Egypt was glad
    3:03
  13. 15.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He rebuked the Red Sea
    0:46
  14. 16.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He led them
    1:25
  15. 17.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: But the waters
    1:03
  16. 18.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: And Israel saw
    0:58
  17. 19.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: And believed the Lord
    3:42
  18. 20.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Moses, and the children
    0:57
  19. 21.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: I will sing
    2:37
  20. 22.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The Lord is my strength
    4:36
  21. 23.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: He is my God
    0:51
  22. 24.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: And I will exalt him
    2:55
  23. 25.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The Lord is a man of war
    5:46
  24. 26.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The depths have covered them
    2:49
  25. 27.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thy right hand
    1:27
  26. 28.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: And in the greatness
    0:37
  27. 29.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thou sentest forth
    2:02
  28. 30.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: And with the blast
    3:02
  29. 31.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The enemy said
    2:27
  30. 32.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thou didst blow
    2:24

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Who is like unto Thee
    1:35
  2. 5.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The earth swallowed them
    1:11
  3. 6.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thou is thy mercy
    4:26
  4. 7.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The people shall hear
    7:33
  5. 8.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thou shalt bring
    3:54
  6. 9.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The Lord shall reign
    0:42
  7. 10.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: For the horse of Pharoah
    0:25
  8. 11.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The Lord shall reign
    0:40
  9. 12.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: And Mirian the prophetess
    0:23
  10. 13.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously! The Lord shall reign...
    3:41
  11. 14.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: Sinfonia
    2:05
  12. 15.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: The ways of Zion
    6:32
  13. 16.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: How are the mighty fall'n!
    2:35
  14. 17.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: She put on righteousness
    2:47
  15. 18.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: When the ear heard her
    3:22
  16. 19.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: How are the mighty fall'n!
    0:56
  17. 20.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: She deliver'd the poor
    5:48
  18. 21.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: How are the mighty fall'n!
    0:55
  19. 22.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: The righteous shall be had
    4:04
  20. 23.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: Their bodies are buried in peace
    5:05
  21. 24.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: The people will tell
    2:06
  22. 25.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: They shall receive a glorious kingdom
    3:51
  23. 26.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: The merciful goodness of the Lord
    3:45

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Semele: Overture
    7:17
  2. 6.
    Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Behold! Auspicious flashes rise" (Priest)
    1:46
  3. 7.
    Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Lucky omens bless our rites" (Chorus)
    4:38
  4. 8.
    Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Ah, me!" (Semele)
    3:52
  5. 9.
    Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" (Cadmus)
    3:23
  6. 10.
    Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Avert these omens" (Chorus of Priests)
    3:04
  7. 11.
    Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Cease, cease your vows" (Chorus of Priests)
    0:33
  8. 12.
    Semele: Act I, Scene II. "Oh, Athamas; what torture hast thou borne!" (Athamas)
    0:56
  9. 13.
    Semele: Act I, Scene II. "You've undone me" (Ino)
    3:07
  10. 14.
    Semele: Act I, Scene III. "Ah, wretched prince" (Cadmus)
    1:48
  11. 15.
    Semele: Act I, Scene IV. "See, see!" (Cadmus)
    2:06
  12. 16.
    Semele: Act I, Scene IV. "Endless pleasure" (Semele)
    2:51
  13. 17.
    Semele: Act I, Scene IV. "Endless pleasure" (Chorus)
    1:46
  14. 18.
    Semele: Act II. Sinfonia / Scene I. "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno)
    1:58
  15. 19.
    Semele: Act II, Scene I. "Look, where Cithaeron proudly stands" (Iris)
    6:49
  16. 20.
    Semele: Act II, Scene I. "Hence, Iris, hence away!" (Juno)
    3:38
  17. 21.
    Semele: Act II, Scene II. "Come, Zephyrs, come" (Cupid)
    6:30
  18. 22.
    Semele: Act II, Scene III. "Let me not another moment" (Semele)
    3:26
  19. 23.
    Semele: Act II, Scene III. "Lay your doubts" (Jupiter)
    3:32
  20. 24.
    Semele: Act II, Scene III. "With fond desiring" (Semele)
    3:28
  21. 25.
    Semele: Act II, Scene III. "How engaging" (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
    4:45
  22. 26.
    Semele: Act II, Scene III. "Too well I read her meaning" (Jupiter)
    4:15
  23. 27.
    Semele: Act II, Scene III. "Now Love" (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
    2:27

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Semele: Act II, Scene III. "By my command" (Jupiter)
    0:28
  2. 7.
    Semele: Act II, Scene III. "See, she appears" (Jupiter)
    5:56
  3. 8.
    Semele: Act II, Scene IV. "Dear sister, how was your journey hither?" (Semele)
    2:53
  4. 9.
    Semele: Act II, Scene IV. "Prepare then, ye immortal choir!" (Semele & Ino)
    1:57
  5. 10.
    Semele: Act II, Scene IV. "Bless the glad earth" (Chorus)
    2:46
  6. 11.
    Semele: Act III, Scene I. "Somnus, awake!" (Juno)
    2:25
  7. 12.
    Semele: Act III, Scene I. "Leave me, loathsome light!" (Somnus)
    4:32
  8. 13.
    Semele: Act III, Scene I. "More sweet is that name" (Somnus)
    4:14
  9. 14.
    Semele: Act III, Scene I. "Obey my will" (Juno)
    2:17
  10. 15.
    Semele: Act III, Scene II. "My racking thoughts" (Semele)
    2:52
  11. 16.
    Semele: Act III, Scene III. "Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno)
    1:38
  12. 17.
    Semele: Act III, Scene III. "O ecstasy of happiness!" (Semele)
    8:07
  13. 18.
    Semele: Act III, Scene III. "Conjure him by his oath" (Juno)
    1:21
  14. 19.
    Semele: Act III, Scene III. "Thus let my thanks be pay'd" (Semele)
    3:14
  15. 20.
    Semele: Act III, Scene IV. "Come to my arms" (Jupiter)
    2:51
  16. 21.
    Semele: Act III, Scene IV. "I ever am granting" (Semele)
    3:10
  17. 22.
    Semele: Act III, Scene IV. "Ah, take heed what you press!" (Jupiter)
    1:13
  18. 23.
    Semele: Act III, Scene IV. "No, no, I'll take no less" (Semele)
    5:11
  19. 24.
    Semele: Act III, Scene V. "Ah, whither is she gone!" (Jupiter)
    3:21
  20. 25.
    Semele: Act III, Scene VI. "Above measure is the pleasure" (Juno)
    2:27
  21. 26.
    Semele: Act III, Scene VII. "Ah, me! too late I now repent" (Semele)
    3:22
  22. 27.
    Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. "Of my ill-boding dream" (Ino)
    4:11
  23. 28.
    Semele: Act III, Scene the last. "See from above the bellying clouds descend" (Cadmus)
    2:31
  24. 29.
    Semele: Act III, Scene the last. "Happy, happy shall we be" (Chorus)
    3:14

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