Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet ([4] pages) |
Note |
Consists of previously released material; originally released in 1960. |
Contents |
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon (2:51) -- Water music suite (arr. Ormandy) I. Allegro (2:35) -- II. Andante espressivo (4:05) -- III. Air (3:12) -- IV. Bourrée (0:45) -- V. Hornpipe (0:53) -- VI. Allegro deciso (3:13) -- Ombra mai fu (Largo from Xerxes) (3:01) -- Music for the Royal Fireworks (excerpts) La réjouissance: allegro (2:12) -- Menuet I (0:53) -- Menuet II (1:27) -- The harmonious blacksmith (air & variations in E from suite no. 5) -- "Let the bright seraphim" from Samson -- Suite in D minor, HWV 437: Sarabande (arr: Leppard) -- Arioso: "Dank sei, dir herr" (spurious: attrib. Siegfried Ochs) -- "Piangero, piangero" from Julius Ceasar -- "Dove, dove, inumani ... son nata a lagrimar" from Julius Ceasar -- "Vouchsafe, o Lord" from Te deum "dettingen," HWV 283 -- "See the conqu'ring hero come" from Judas Maccabaeus -- "Sound an alarm" from Judas Maccabaeus -- "Hallelujah, amen" from Judas Maccabaeus -- "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" from Samson -- "Where e'er you walk from Semele -- "Eternal source of light divine" (from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne) -- "Hallelujah!" chorus from Messiah (arr.: Goosens). |
Credits |
Program notes by Jackson Braider. |
Performer |
Various performers. |
System Details |
Compact disc. |
Subject |
Oratorios -- Excerpts.
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Orchestral music.
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Suites (Orchestra)
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Canticles.
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Odes, English.
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Canticles. (OCoLC)fst00846126
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Odes, English. (OCoLC)fst01740824
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Operas -- Excerpts.
(OCoLC)fst01046203
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Oratorios -- Excerpts.
(OCoLC)fst01047202
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Orchestral music. (OCoLC)fst01047289
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Suites (Orchestra) (OCoLC)fst01137923
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Added Author |
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Solomon.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Water music.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Serse. Ombra mai fù.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Music for the royal fireworks.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Suites, harpsichord, HWV 437, D minor. Sarabande; arranged.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Giulio Cesare.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Dettingen Te Deum.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Judas Maccabaeus.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Samson.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Semele. Where'er you walk.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne. Eternal source of light divine.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Messiah. Hallelujah.
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Added Title |
Works. Selections
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Standard No. |
886974256328 |
Music No. |
88697 42563 2 Sony Music Entertainment |
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