Handel: Water Music Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta & Manfred Huss

• 1 I. Overture 03:09
• 2 II. Adagio e staccato 01:44
• 3 III. Allegro 02:27
• 4 IV. Andante 02:11
• 5 III. (da capo) 02:32
• 6 V. Allegro 03:13
• 7 VI. Air 02:45
• 8 VII. Menuet 03:13
• 9 VIII. Bourree 02:05
• 10 IX. Hornpipe 02:21
• 11 X. Andante 02:42
• 12 I. Prelude: Allegro 01:52
• 13 II. Alla Hornpipe 04:56
• 14 I. Menuet 02:36
• 15 II. Rigaudon I-II-I 03:06
• 16 IV. Lentement 02:14
• 17 V. Bourree 01:09
• 18 III. Menuet I-II-I 03:52
• 19 IV. Gigue I-II 01:26
• 20 Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: III. Menuet 03:30
• 21 Introduction - Allegro — 04:58
• 22 Adagio — 01:52
• 23 March 01:22
• Total Runtime 01:01:15

Info for Handel: Water Music

Handel's Water Music, composed for a royal boat party on the Thames on 17th of July 1717 was possibly never performed again in its original form during Handel's lifetime – here all 22 movements are recorded in their original sequence.

Manfred Huss and the period orchestra Haydn Sinfonietta Wien are internationally acclaimed for their rousing performances of Haydn and Schubert. They now bring their indomitable enthusiasm and expertise to one of Handel's most famous and popular works, rounding off the disc with the composer's far less well-known, but equally resplendent Ouverture from the Occasional Oratorio.

“The Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, led expertly by Simon Standage, play crisply and neatly: amiable horns and oboes chuckle in all the right places, the oboe-and-bassoon trios are moderately playful, and the trumpets and horns are splendid in the Hornpipe.” (Gramophone)

“All the advantages of period instruments...with none of the hazards.” (MusicWeb International)

Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss, conductor

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