Die großen Meister der Musik

~ Release by Georg Friedrich Händel (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Wassermusik: Alla Hornpipe
4:05
2 Xerxes: "Ombra mai fu" (Largo)
4:29
3 Der Messias: "And the Glory of the Lord"
3:10
4 Concerto Grosso a-moll, Op. 6, No. 4: Larghetto affettuoso
3:03
5 Orgelkonzert F-dur, Op. 4, No. 4: Allegro
4:59
6 Wassermusik: Air
3:38
7 Der Messias: "For unto us a child is born"
4:08
8 Concerto Grosso B-dur, Op. 3, No. 2: Largo
2:30
9 Salomon: Sinfonia, Akt 3
3:17
10 Die Wahl des Herakles: "While for thy arms"
3:08
11 Wassermusik: Allegro (Suite No. 1)
3:04
12 Suite No. 5 E-dur: Air mit Variationen (Grobschmied-Variationen)
4:03
13 Jephtha: "How dark, o Lord"
8:12
14 Orgelkonzert F-dur, Op. 4, No. 5: Alla Siciliana - Presto
4:13
15 Mi Palpita il Cor (Italienische Solokantate): Aria: S'un di m'adora
3:39
16 Wassermusik: Andante - Allegro da capo
5:26
▼ CD 2
# Title Rating Length
1 Der Messias: Hallelujah
3:53
2 Concerto grosso a-moll, Op. 6, No. 4: Largo e piano
2:16
3 Suite für Trompete und Orgel D-dur: Overtüre
1:49
4 Saul: "Mourn, Israel, mourn"
5:54
5 Feuerwerksmusik: Overtüre (Adagio - Allegro)
7:32
6 Giulio Cesare: "Va tacito e nascosto"
5:56
7 Passacaglia g-moll
5:46
8 Silete venti (Motette): Aria "Dulcis amor, Jesu care"
6:45
9 Judas Maccabäus: "See, the conqu'ring hero comes"
5:55
10 Feuerwerksmusik: La Paix, Largo alla Siciliana
3:54
11 Die Wahl des Herakles: "This manly youth's exalted mind" (Arie der Tugend)
6:21
12 Ode zum St. Cäcilien Tag: Menuett
1:17
13 Der Messias: "Worthy is the Lamb" (Schlußchor)
7:25

Credits

CD 1

strings:
Budapesti Vonósok (Budapest String Orchestra) (track 1)
organ:
Gabor Lehotka (track 5)
choir vocals:
RIAS Chamber Chorus (tracks 3, 7)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (tracks 2, 12–13, 15)
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (1715 – 1718) (track 8)
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (1717) (tracks 1, 6, 16)
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (1735) (tracks 5, 14)
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (1739) (track 4)
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (1741) (tracks 3, 7)
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (1748) (track 9)
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (1750) (track 10)
conductor:
Karoly Botvay (Classical cellist and conductor) (track 5)
Béla Bánfalvi (violinist, concert master of Budapest strings) (tracks 1, 6, 16)
Marcus Creed (tracks 3, 7)
Max Pommer (track 8)
countertenor vocals:
Jochen Kowalski (countertenor) (track 15)
instruments:
Bläserensemble (Special Purpose Artist - Do not add releases here, if possible.) (track 1)
librettist:
Thomas Morell (track 13)
orchestra:
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (track 15)
Budapesti Vonósok (Budapest String Orchestra) (tracks 1, 5–6, 16)
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (track 8)
RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta (tracks 3, 7)
publisher:
Hallische Händel‐Ausgabe der Georg‐Friedrich‐Händel‐Gesellschaft (track 9)
edits:
Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F: Allegro da capo by Budapest Strings (track 16)
Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F: Andante by Budapest Strings (track 16)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso "Ombra mai fù" (Serse) (track 2)
arrangements:
Air in F major, HWV 464 (track 6)
Grobschmied-Variationen, HWV 430 (for oboe, bassoon and harpsichord, Tarkmann) (track 12)
Organ Concerto in F major, op. 4 no. 5, HWV 293: III. Alla Siciliana (catch all for arrangements) (track 14)
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" (catch all for arrangements) (track 9)
is the basis for:
Hymning seraphs wake the morning (track 12)
later translated versions:
Der Messias: 12. Chor: Denn es ist uns ein Kind geboren (track 7)
Der Messias: 3. Chor: Denn die Herrlichkeit Gottes (track 3)
part of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III (track 9)
Concerto grosso in A minor, op. 6 no. 4, HWV 322 (track 4)
Organ Concerto in F major, op. 4 no. 4, HWV 292 (movement) (track 5)
Concerto grosso in B-flat major, op. 3 no. 2, HWV 313 (track 8)
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (track 1)
Organ Concerto in F major, op. 4 no. 5, HWV 293 (track 14)
Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132b (movement) (track 15)
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430 (track 12)
Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348 (tracks 6, 16)
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69 (track 10)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I (tracks 3, 7)
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II (number) (track 13)
parts:
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni: Air (track 12)
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni: Variation 1 (track 12)
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni: Variation 2 (track 12)
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni: Variation 3 (track 12)
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni: Variation 4 (track 12)
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni: Variation 5 (track 12)
recording of:
Cantata, HWV 132b "Mi palpita il cor": IV. Aria. Allegro "Se un dì m'adora la mia crudele" (track 15)
Concerto grosso in A minor, op. 6 no. 4, HWV 322: I. Larghetto affettuoso (track 4)
Concerto grosso in B-flat major, op. 3 no. 2, HWV 313: II. Largo (track 8)
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 29. Chorus "How dark, o Lord, are thy decrees!" (track 13)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus "For Unto us a Child is Born" (track 7)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus "And the Glory of the Lord" (track 3)
Organ Concerto in F major, op. 4 no. 4, HWV 292: I. Allegro (track 5)
Organ Concerto in F major, op. 4 no. 5, HWV 293: III. Alla Siciliana (track 14)
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso "Ombra mai fù" (catch-all for arrangements) (track 2)
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" (track 9)
Suite de pièce in E major, Vol. 1 no. 5, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni (track 12)
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 5. Solo and Chorus "While for thy arms that beauty glows" (Pleasure) (track 10)
Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IIIb. Andante (track 16)
Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: V. Air. Presto (track 6)
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe (track 1)
referred to in medleys:
Hooked on Classics, Part 3 (tracks 1, 9)