Handel - Water Music & Fireworks (1983)

1. Work(s): Water Music (unspec.) 1. Ouverture 	
2. Work(s): 2. Allegro 
3. Work(s): 3. Andante 
4. Work(s): 4. (Allegro da capo) 	
5. Work(s): 5. Air 	
6. Work(s): 6. Bourrée 	
7. Work(s): 7. Hornpipe 	
8. Work(s): 8. Minuet 	
9. Work(s): 9. Aria 	
10. Work(s): 10. (Allegro) 	
11. Work(s): 11. Alla Hornpipe 	
12. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: 1. Ouverture 	
13. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: 2. Bourrée 	
14. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: 3. La Paix: Largo alla siciliana 	
15. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: 4. Menuet 1 / Menuet 2 	
16. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: 5. La Réjouissance: Allegro 	

New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez - conductor

(CBS Masterworks – Great Performances 88)

OK, this is not the complete Water Music, it's a Suite. These eleven pieces are the best pieces, and they are about all you will hear in most concert performances. They are played in a full and grand manner, and I like it.

As for the Water Music, there are two different scores: Wind orchestra, and String orchestra. This is the string orchestra version, again done in a very grand style. One writer, talking about the original performances, says there were "over 100" musicians, so a big band is certainly justified, and it sounds great. ---bujoldfan "bujoldfan" (USA)

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