George Frideric Händel (1685 - 1759)
Water Music
Wassermusik
The first performance in response to King George I's request for a concert on the River Thames, on 17 July 1717.
Water Music Suite No.1 F major, HWV348
Wassermusik Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, Hwv 348
01. Overture: Largo – Allegro (00:00)
02. Adagio e staccato
03. Allegro
04. Andante - Allegro da capo
05. Allegro
06. Air
07. Minuet
08. Bourrée
09. Hornpipe
10. Allegro moderato
Water Music Suite No.2 D major, HWV349
Wassermusik Suite Nr. 2 D-Dur, Hwv 349
01. Allegro (26:46)
02. Alla Hornpipe
03. Minuet
04. Rigaudon I
05. Rigaudon II - XIV. Rigaudon I
Water Music Suite No. 3 G major, HWV350
Wassermusik Suite Nr. 3 G-Dur, Hwv 350
01. Lentement (37:56)
02. Bourrée
03. Menuet I
04. Menuet II
05. Gigue I - XXI. Gigue II da capo
06. Menuet Coro
Performers:
Violins: Georg Kallweit (concertmaster), Kerstin Erben, Barbara Halfter, Erik Dorset, Dörte Wetzel, Rahel Mai, Gudrun Engelhardt, Uta Peters
Violas: Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, Sabine Fehlandt, Anja-Regine Graewel
Violoncellos: Jan Freiheit, James Bush
Double-bass: Walter Rumer
Lute: Björnn Colell
Flute, recorder: Christoph Huntgeburth, Andrea Theinert
Oboes: Xenia Löffler, Michael Bosch
Horns: Erwin Wieringa, Mirek Rovenský
Contrabassoon: Stefan Pantzier
Trumpets: Ute Hartwich, Helen Barsby
Percussion: Friedhelm May
Cembalo: Raphael Alpermann
Georg Kallweit, violin & dir
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
[on period instruments]
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