Water Music

Album by George Frideric Handel & City of London Sinfonia & Richard Hickox

Water Music is a collection of orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1717. The work exemplifies Baroque orchestral and dance-suite writing, featuring fanfares, stately dances and lively rhythmic movements composed for outdoor performance on the River Thames, and it stands as a key ceremonial composition in Handel's London-era output.

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  1. 1.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: Ouverture
    3:13
  2. 2.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: Adagio staccato
    1:50
  3. 3.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: (Allegro)- Andante - (Allegro da capo)
    7:04
  4. 4.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: (Menuet)
    3:05
  5. 5.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: Air
    3:20
  6. 6.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: Bouree
    1:56
  7. 7.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: Hornpipe
    2:18
  8. 8.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: Menuet
    2:34
  9. 9.
    Water Music, Suite in F major: (Andante)
    3:30
  10. 10.
    Water Music, Suite in D major: (Ouverture)
    2:05
  11. 11.
    Water Music, Suite in D major: Alla Hornpipe
    3:54
  12. 12.
    Water Music, Suite in D major: (Menuet)
    2:53
  13. 13.
    Water Music, Suite in G major: Rigaudon
    2:40
  14. 14.
    Water Music, Suite in D major: Lentement
    1:40
  15. 15.
    Water Music, Suite in D major: Bourree
    1:17
  16. 16.
    Water Music, Suite in G major: Menuet
    0:58
  17. 17.
    Water Music, Suite in G major: (Andante)
    2:08
  18. 18.
    Water Music, Suite in G major: (Country Dance 1 & 2)
    1:41
  19. 19.
    Water Music, Suite in G major: Menuet
    3:27

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