VA - Handel: Famous Pieces (2023)

Georg Friedrich Händel was one of the greatest composers of the Baroque period. Opera dominated Handel’s career, yet he was better known for his oratorios and instrumental works for several centuries. He forged a personal idiom by taking Italian traditions and adding elements of German counterpoint and dance forms from France. The result was a uniquely cosmopolitan style which, when Handel took it to London, would expand to embrace the musical legacy of the English Restoration composer Henry Purcell. Discover a compilation of famous Handel works featuring masterpieces by the great composer and wonderful musicians.

Dmitry Sinkovsky, violin
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
La Nuova Musica
Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Il Pomo d'Oro
Georg Kallweit, violin
La Cetra Barockorchester
Boris Begelman, violin
Arsenale Sonoro
Inon Barnatan, piano
Magdalena Kozená, mezzo-soprano
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks, conductor
Francesca Aspromonte, soprano
Myrsini Margariti, soprano
New Dutch Academy
Robin Johannsen, soprano
David Hansen, counter-tenor
Kangmin Justin Kim, soprano
I Barocchisti
Bejun Mehta, counter-tenor
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
RIAS Kammerchor Berlin
Julia Doyle, soprano
La Cetra Vokalensemble Basel
Bernhard Forck, violin
David Bates, conductor
Andrea Marcon, conductor
Simon Murphy, conductor
Diego Fasolis, conductor
Justin Doyle, conductor

Tracklist
01. B'Rock Orchestra - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance
02. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 1 in G Major, Op. 6, HWV 319: II. Allegro
03. Iestyn Davies - Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Or la tromba
04. B'Rock Orchestra - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: Ia. Overture – Adagio
05. La Nuova Musica - Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Battaglia
06. Francesco Corti - Almira Suite, HWV 1: Ouverture
07. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 3, HWV 313: I. Vivace
08. B'Rock Orchestra - Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II.[Alla Hornpipe]
09. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 1 in G Major, Op. 6, HWV 319: IV. Allegro
10. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 3 in G Major, Op. 3, HWV 314: II. Allegro
11. B'Rock Orchestra - Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: I. Lentement
12. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 3, HWV 312: I. Allegro
13. La Cetra Barockorchester - Parnasso in festa, HWV 73, Pt. 1: Ouverture
14. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 4 in F Major, Op. 3, HWV 315 "Orchestra": II. Andante
15. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 6, HWV 322: IV. Allegro
16. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto Grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330: III. Aria. Larghetto e piano
17. B'Rock Orchestra - Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: III.[Menuet]
18. Boris Begelman - Sonata a tre in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 6, HWV 391: II. Allegro
19. B'Rock Orchestra - Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: X.[Allegro moderato]
20. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 7, HWV 325: I. Largo
21. Boris Begelman - Violin Sonata in G Minor, HWV 364a: IV. Allegro
22. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10, HWV 328: II. Air. Lentement
23. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 3, HWV 312: II. Largo
24. Francesco Corti - Almira Suite, HWV 1: IV. Sarabande
25. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Concerto grosso No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 3, HWV 313: II. Largo
26. Inon Barnatan - Suite in E Major, HWV 430: II. Allemande
27. Magdalena Kožená - Qual ti riveggio, oh Dio, HWV 150: Empio mare, onde crudeli
28. Collegium 1704 - Agrippina, HWV 6: Overture
29. Francesca Aspromonte - Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132c: Aria. Se un dì m'adora
30. Francesca Aspromonte - Tu fedel, tu costante, HWV 171: Aria. Se non ti piace amarmi
31. Francesca Aspromonte - Un'alma innamorata, HWV 173: Aria. Io godo, rido e spero
32. Francesca Aspromonte - Un'alma innamorata, HWV 173: Aria. Ben impari come s'ama
33. Simon Murphy - Alcina, HWV 34: Tornami a vagheggiar
34. Simon Murphy - Alessandro, HWV 21: Aria "Brilla nell'alma"
35. La Cetra Barockorchester - Parnasso in festa, HWV 73, Pt. 1: Deh! Cantate un bell'amor (Live)
36. La Cetra Barockorchester - Parnasso in festa, HWV 73, Pt. 1: Verginelle dotte e belle (Live)
37. La Cetra Barockorchester - Parnasso in festa, HWV 73, Pt. 1: S'accenda pur di festa il cor (Live)
38. La Cetra Barockorchester - Parnasso in festa, HWV 73, Pt. 2: Ho perso il caro ben (Live)
39. I Barocchisti - La Resurrezione: Overture
40. Francesca Aspromonte - La Resurrezione: Se impassibile, immortale
41. Bejun Mehta - Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132c: I. Mi palpita il cor - Agitata e l'alma mia - Tormento e gelosia
42. Bejun Mehta - I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250b: I. I Will Magnify Thee
43. Bejun Mehta - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 10, Yet, Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay
44. Lucy Crowe - Giulo Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: V'adoro, pupille
45. Iestyn Davies - Giulo Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act II : Sinfonia
46. Christine Rice - Alcina, HWV 34: Sta nell' Ircana pietrosa tana
47. Lucy Crowe - Agrippina, HWV 6: Se giunge un dispetto
48. La Nuova Musica - Rodrigo, HWV 5: Passacaille
49. Doyle Justin - Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: No. 1, Sinfony
50. Doyle Justin - Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: No. 3, Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
51. Doyle Justin - Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: No. 4, And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
52. Doyle Justin - Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: No. 12, For unto as a Child is born
53. Doyle Justin - Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: No. 21, His yoke is easy
54. Doyle Justin - Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: No. 26, All we, like sheep, have gone astray
55. Julia Doyle - Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: No. 38, How beautiful are the feet of them
56. Doyle Justin - Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: No. 44, Hallelujah