Water Music

Album by George Frideric Handel & Haydn Sinfonietta Wien & Manfred Huss

Water Music is a set of orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel, first performed on the River Thames in 1717. Cast in the Baroque style, the music comprises lively dance movements and contrasting textures between strings and brass intended for outdoor ceremonial performance, and it exemplifies Handel's contribution to early 18th-century public orchestral repertoire.
First released: August 2013

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Water Music: 1. Ouverture. Allegro, HWV 348/1
    3:09
  2. 2.
    Water Music: 2. Adagio e staccato, HWV 348/2
    1:44
  3. 3.
    Water Music: 3. [no indication], HWV 348/3
    2:27
  4. 4.
    Water Music: 4. Andante, HWV 348/4
    2:11
  5. 5.
    Water Music: no. 3 da capo
    2:32
  6. 6.
    Water Music: 5. Allegro, HWV 348/5
    3:18
  7. 7.
    Water Music: 6. Air, HWV 348/6
    2:45
  8. 8.
    Water Music: 7. Minuet, HWV 348/7
    3:13
  9. 9.
    Water Music: 8. Bourré, HWV 348/8
    2:05
  10. 10.
    Water Music: 9. Hornpipe, HWV 348/9
    2:21
  11. 11.
    Water Music: 10. [Andante], HWV 348/10
    2:42
  12. 12.
    Water Music: 11. [Allegro, ‘Water Piece’], HWV 349/11
    1:52
  13. 13.
    Water Music: 12. [Hornpipe], HWV 349/12
    4:56
  14. 14.
    Water Music: 13. [Menuet], HWV 350/16
    2:36
  15. 15.
    Water Music: 14/15. [Rigaudon I] – [Rigaudon II] – [Rigaudon I], HWV 350/17–18
    3:06
  16. 16.
    Water Music: 16. Lentement [‘Marche’], HWV 349/14
    2:14
  17. 17.
    Water Music: 17. [Bourrée], HWV 349/15
    1:09
  18. 18.
    Water Music: 18/19. Menuet [I] – [Menuet II] – Menuet [I], HWV 350/19–20
    3:22
  19. 19.
    Water Music: 20/21. [Gigue I] – [Gigue II], HWV 350/21–22
    1:26
  20. 20.
    Water Music: 22. Menuet (Coro) [‘Trumpet Minuet’], HWV 349/13
    3:30
  21. 21.
    Ouverture from the Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: [Introduction] – Allegro –
    4:58
  22. 22.
    Ouverture from the Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Adagio –
    1:52
  23. 23.
    Ouverture from the Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Marche
    1:22

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