The best of Handel
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The best of Handel
Philips, p1996
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Sung in English (disc 1: 8th-10th works. disc 2: 3rd and 5th)
Title from pamphlet
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano (disc 2: 5th work) ; Aafje Heynis, alto (disc 1: 8th-9th) ; André Pépin, Jean-Claude Hermanjat, flutes (disc 1: 2nd) ; Heinz Holliger, oboe (disc 1: 7th) ; Maurice Gendron, violoncello (disc 2: 4th) ; Ida Presti, Alexandre Lagoya, guitars (disc 1: 4th-6th) ; Ursula Holliger, harp (disc 1: 3rd) ; Daniel Chorzempa, organ (disc 2: 1th) ; Peter Gallion, piano (disc 2: 4th) ; I Musici (disc 1: 2nd) ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (disc 1: 1st. disc 2: 3rd) ; English Baroque Soloists (disc 1: 3rd) ; English Chamber Orchestra (disc 1: 7th. disc 2: 5th) ; Wiener Symphoniker (disc 1: 8th-9th) ; London Symphony Orchestra (disc 1: 10th) ; Concerto Amsterdam (disc 2: 1th) ; RSO Berlin (disc 2: 2nd) ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (disc 2: 6th)
Neville Marriner (disc 1: 1st. disc 2: 3rd) ; John Eliot Gardiner (disc 1: 3rd) ; Raymond Leppard (disc 1: 7th. disc 2: 5th) ; Hans Gillesberger (disc 1: 8th-9th) ; Colin Davis (disc 1: 10th) ; Jaap Schröder (disc 2: 1st) ; Lorin Maazel (disc 2: 2th) ; Bernard Haitink (disc 2: 6th), conductors
Recorded in 1960-1987
Compact discs; analog recording
Philips: 454 029-2--454 031-2
Contents of Works
- disc 1. Solomon. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba = Einzug der Königen von Saba = Arrivée de la reine de Saba
- Concerto in B flat, op. 4, no. 6, for harp, strings and 2 flutes = B-dur für Harfe, Streicher und 2 Flöten = en si bémol majeur pour harpe, cordes et flûtes
- Concerto grosso in C 《Alexander's feast》 = C-dur 《Das Alexander-Fest》 = en ut majeur 《Le festin d'Alexandre》
- Chaconne in G = G-dur = en sol majeur
- Fugue in G = G-dur = en sol majeur
- Allegro in D minor = d-moll = en ré mineur
- Concerto no. 3 in G minor, for oboe, strings and continuo = g-moll für Oboe, Streicher und continuo = en sol mineur pour hautbois, cordes et basse continue
- Messiah = Der Messias = Le messie. He was despised
- O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
- Hallelujah = Alléluia
- disc 2. Concerto no. 13 in F, for organ, 2 oboes, strings and continuo 《The cuckoo and the nightingale》 = F-dur für Orgel, 2 Oboen, Streicher und Continuo 《Kuckuck und Nachtigall》 = en fa majeur pour orgue, 2 hautbois, cordes et basse continue
- Water music : suite = Wassermusik : [excerpts]
- Zadok the priest (Coronation anthem)
- Serse = Xerxes = Xerxés. Largo
- Hercules. Where shall I fly?
- Music for the royal fireworks = Feuerwerksmusik = Musique pour les feux d'artifice royaux