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Title: Best of Handel Vol. 2
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Main Performer: Marilyn Horne (Mezzo soprano); Ton Koopman (Director); Ton Koopman (Organ)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; (The) Sixteen Choir; (Jean-François) Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Date of Release: 09/1989
Label / Distributor: Victrola / BMG UK
Pieces in Set: 1
Running Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
Genre(s): Vocal and choral, Orchestral, Stage works
SPAR Code: ADD
Work 1
Work Title: Messiah, HWV56
Excerpt(s): 1. Overture
2. All we like sheep
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1742
Conductor: Ton Koopman
Orchestra / Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Work 6
Conductor: Claudio Scimone
Work 1
Orchestra / Ensemble: (The) Sixteen Choir
Work 2
Work Title: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
Excerpt(s): 1. Overture
2. Bourrée
3. La paix
4. La Réjouissance
5. Minuet I
6. Minuet II
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1749
Conductor: Jean-François Paillard
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Jean-François) Paillard Chamber Orchestra
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Work 3
Work Title: Rinaldo, HWV7a
Excerpt(s): 1. Cara sposa
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1711
Conductor: Claudio Scimone
Orchestra / Ensemble: (I) Solisti Veneti Orchestra
Main Performer: Marilyn Horne (Mezzo soprano)
Opera Part(s): Marilyn Horne
Work 4
Work Title: Terpsichore
Excerpt(s): 1. Chaconne in A
2. Sarabande
3. Gigue
4. Air
5. Ballo
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1734
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra / Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists Orchestra
Work 5
Work Title: (16) Concertos for Organ and Strings
Excerpt(s): 2. F, HWV293 (Op. 4/5)
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Orchestral
Orchestra / Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Main Performer: Ton Koopman (Director), Ton Koopman (Organ)
Opera Part(s): Ton Koopman, Ton Koopman
Work 6
Work Title: Orlando, HWV31
Excerpt(s): 2. Fammi combattere
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1733
Orchestra / Ensemble: (I) Solisti Veneti Orchestra
Main Performer: Marilyn Horne (Mezzo soprano)
Opera Part(s): Marilyn Horne
Work 7
Work Title: Water Music, HWV348-50
Excerpt(s): 2. Air; Menuet (for the French Horn); Bourrée; Hornpipe; (Allegro)
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: c1715-17 rev 1736
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra / Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists Orchestra
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