Water Musick

Album by George Frideric Handel & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Nicholas McGegan

Water Musick is a collection of orchestral movements by Georg Friedrich Händel, composed and first performed in 1717. The work comprises Baroque dance-suite movements scored for strings, woodwinds and brass, written for outdoor royal occasions on the River Thames and representing an important example of Handel's orchestral writing for public ceremonial performance.

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  1. 1.
    Suite in F major: Overture: [Largo] - [Allegro]
    3:01
  2. 2.
    Suite in F major: Adagio e Staccato
    1:44
  3. 3.
    Suite in F major: [Allegro] - Andante - [Allegro da capo]
    6:54
  4. 4.
    Suite in F major: [Minuet]
    3:28
  5. 5.
    Suite in F major: Air
    2:47
  6. 6.
    Suite in F major: Minuet
    2:19
  7. 7.
    Suite in F major: Bourrée
    2:05
  8. 8.
    Suite in F major: Hornpipe
    2:27
  9. 9.
    Suite in F major: [Andante]
    4:27
  10. 10.
    Suite in F major: Variation 1
    3:53
  11. 11.
    Suite in F major: Variation 2 - Alla Hornpipe
    4:21
  12. 12.
    Suite in G major: [Minuet]
    2:31
  13. 13.
    Suite in G major: Rigaudon - [Rigaudon II] - Rigaudon I da capo
    2:36
  14. 14.
    Suite in G major: Menuet - [Menuet II] - [Menuet da capo]
    3:00
  15. 15.
    Suite in G major: [Gigue] - [Gigue II] - [Gigue da capo]
    1:35
  16. 16.
    Suite in D major: [Allegro]
    1:55
  17. 17.
    Suite in D major: Alla Hornpipe
    3:45
  18. 18.
    Suite in D major: Minuet
    0:53
  19. 19.
    Suite in D major: Lentement
    1:29
  20. 20.
    Suite in D major: Bourrée
    1:19

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