Browse: Handel - Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV349
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)Genre:
Orchestral
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Alison Balsom: Sound The Trumpet
RecommendedRoyal Music of Purcell and Handel
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
This charming disc contains some of the most imaginative and polished trumpet playing you're ever likely to hear...Born-again authenticists may cavil at Balsom's vented trumpet, a modern development... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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It's unlikely that George I ever witnessed performances that live up to this one. They are sparkling; tempos are well judged and there's a truly majestic sweep to the opening F major French overture;... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2015, First Choice
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Handel: Water Music and Music For the Royal Fireworks B'Rock (early music ensemble), Dmitry Sinkovsky
The braying of the brass, the keen but never acid oboes, the fleetness of the strings: all are a delight from first to last. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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An outstanding disc which I foolishly overlooked back in 1993, not realising Savall et al. were such fine Handelians; it sounds spectacular now, remastered from stereo to effective but not overblown... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Handel - Water Music & Music For The Royal Fireworks RecommendedL'Arte dell'Arco (on period instruments), Federico Guglielmo (Direction)
The tradition of dividing the Water Music into three separate suites dates back to the 1950s. The suspicion that Handel envisaged it as one long sequence of movements has informed a couple of... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2009, First Choice
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The piece's vitality and brilliance of invention shine forth in the strongest and most appealing orchestral colours…the quality of playing is extraordinary…the period instruments register superbly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, Disc of the month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Historical
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