Fireworks music. Overture ; La rejouissance -- Concerto grosso, op. 3, no. 3 in G major -- Solomon. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba -- Concerti grossi, op. 6. No. 4 in A major. Largo affettuoso ; No. 5 in D major. Allegro ; No. 6 in G minor. Larghetto e affettuoso -- Organ concerto no. 13 in F : "The cuckoo and the nightingale". Allegro -- Alexander's feast. Allegro ; Andante, non presto -- Oboe concerto no. 3 in G minor. Largo -- Judas Maccabaeus. See the conqu'ring hero comes -- Xerxes. Larghetto -- Water music. Air ; Hornpipe ; Air ; Alla hornpipe -- Trumpet concerto in D minor. Largo ; Vivace -- Messiah. Pastoral symphony -- Trumpet concerto in D major. Vivace -- Messiah. Hallelujah!
Note
All selections previously released by Naxos.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Title
The best of Handel [electronic resource] : (1685-1759).
Imprint
[Franklin, Tenn.?] : Naxos, [1997]
Performer
Johann Aratore, organ (5th work) ; Jozef Čejka, oboe (7th & 9th works) ; Miroslav Kejmar, trumpet (11th work) ; Capella Istropolitana (1st-2nd, 4th, 6th-14th works) ; Budapest Strings (3rd work) ; Handel Festival Chamber Orchestra (5th work) ; Bohdan Warchal (1st & 10th works), Jozef Kopelman (2nd, 4th & 6th works), Béla Bánfalvi (3rd work), John Tinge (5th work), Richard Edlinger (7th-9th, 13th works), Petr Škvor (11th work), Jaroslav Krček (12th & 14th works), conductors.