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The Very Best of Handel George Frideric Handel

Release: 03 Oct 2005 United States, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 35, Length: 2:9:10, Barcode: 0730099210928
Release type: Album - Compilation

Contents

CD #1
1 Zadok the Priest, HWV 258: I. Zadok the Priest 1:59
2 Zadok the Priest, HWV 258: II. And all the people rejoiced 0:51
3 Zadok the Priest, HWV 258: III. God save the King 3:01
4 Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La paix 3:25
5 Concerto grosso no. 12 in B minor, HWV 330 (op. 6): III. Larghetto, e piano 3:43
6 Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: I know that my redeemer liveth Kym Amps 6:10
7 Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Part III: See, the conqu'ring hero comes! 3:07
8 Water Music: Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: I. Overture: Largo - Allegro 3:09
9 Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Lascia ch'io pianga (Let me lament) 3:39
10 Keyboard Suite no. 5 in E major, HWV 430: IV. Air, "Harmonious Blacksmith" 4:14
11 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: I. Eternal source of light divine 3:31
12 Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. Le rejouissance 3:05
13 Concerto grosso no. 6 in D major, HWV 317 (op. 3): I. Vivace 2:42
14 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus Domino meo 5:32
15 Saul, HWV 53, Act III: Dead March: Grave 3:07
16 Recorder Sonata in A minor, op. 1, no. 4, HWV 362: 6 Recorder Sonatas, op. 1: no. 4 in A minor, HWV 362: II. Allegro 3:11
17 Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: How beautiful are the feet 3:22
18 Water Music: Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: III. Allegro - IV. Andante - Allegro 6:59
CD #2
1 Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" 3:27
2 Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: IV. What passion cannot music raise and quell 8:18
3 Oboe Concerto no. 3 in G minor, HWV 287: III. Sarabande: Largo 3:06
4 Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: He was despised 5:02
5 Concerto grosso no. 6 in G minor, HWV 324 (op. 6): I. Larghetto e affettuoso 3:24
6 Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Let the Bright Seraphim 5:23
7 Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": II. Allegro 3:17
8 Violin Sonata no. 7 in D major, HWV 371: III. Larghetto 3:29
9 Concerto a due cori no. 3 in F major, HWV 334: III. A tempo ordinario 4:08
10 Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: For unto us a child is born 4:03
11 Water Music: Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VI. Air 2:29
12 Water Music: Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe 3:00
13 Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu: Largo (Serse) 3:25
14 Concerto grosso no. 3 in G major, HWV 317 (op. 3): II. Allegro 2:32
15 Te Deum in D major, HWV 283, "Dettingen": XII. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day 2:14
16 Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318, "Alexander's Feast": III. Allegro 3:21
17 Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Hallelujah 3:40

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