| Other author/creator | Carroll, Edward, 1953- conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Leppard, Raymond conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016 conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Hendrickson, Steven, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Neil, William, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Wilkinson, Charles W., instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Thayer, Edwin, 1935-2020 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Fearing, Scott, instrumentalist. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Solomon. Sinfonia. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Water music. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Music for the royal fireworks. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Berenice. Ouverture. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Samson. Let the bright seraphim; arranged. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Water piece. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Concertos, orchestra, HWV 335a, D major. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Atalanta. Ouverture; arranged. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Concertos, oboe, string orchestra, HWV 301, B♭ major; arranged. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Concertos, orchestra, HWV 335b, F major. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Floridante. Marche A; arranged. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Concerti a due cori. N. 3. |
| Other author/creator | Chamber Soloists of Washington, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | English Chamber Orchestra, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | New York Philharmonic instrumentalist. |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections |
| Variant title |
Water music ; Music for the royal fireworks |
| Series |
Essential classics take 2
Essential classics take 2. ^A1320377
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| Contents |
Solomon. The arrival of the Queen of Sheba : HWV 67 (3:04) -- Water music : HWV 348-350 (51:00) -- Music for the royal fireworks : HWV 351 (23:00) -- Overture to Berenice : HWV 38 (8:00) -- Samson. Let the bright seraphim : HWV 57 (5:29) -- Suite in D major, HWV 341 (6:00) -- Concerto in D major, HWV 335a (11:00) -- Overture to the opera Atalanta : HWV 35 (7:00) -- Concerto in B-flat major from Select harmony (8:00) -- Concerto in F major, HWV 335b (5:00) -- March in C from the opera Il Floridante : HWV 14 (2:55) -- Concerto a due cori in F major, HWV 334 (15:00). |
| General note | Sony Classical: SB2K 63269 (63270--63271). |
| General note | Let the bright seraphim, originally for soprano and orchestra, arr. for 2 trumpets and organ; Concerto in B♭ for oboe and string orchestra, HWV 301 arr. for trumpet and organ; Overture from Atalanta arr. for trumpet, organ, and timpani; March from Il Floridante arr. for 2 trumpets, organ, and timpani. |
| General note | Title from container spine. |
| General note | Previously released recordings. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Durations: 75:49, 67:02. |
| General note | Program notes by Jay M. Balenkof in English with translations in German by Stefan Lerche and in French by Geneviève Haines (12 p.)--inserted in container. |
| Credits | Original producers: Roy Emerson, Lawrence Kraman, Andrew Kazdin, Thomas Z. Shepard. |
| Performer |
Various instrumental soloists ; Chamber Soloists of Washington, Edward Carroll, trumpet, conductor (2nd-3rd, 6th-7th, 10th works) ; English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, conductor (1st work) ; Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra (4th work), New York Philharmonic (12th work), Pierre Boulez, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded November 8, 1976, Manhattan Center, New York City (HWV 334); September 1978, Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City (HWV 38); November 27-28, 1980, Kingsway Hall, London, England (HWV 67); February 9, 1986, National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. (HWV 348-350); and July 5-6, 1990, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa. (remainder). |
| Genre/form | Overtures. |
| Genre/form | Suites. |
| Genre/form | Chamber music. |
| Genre/form | Concertos. |
| UPC |
074646326923 |
| Publisher number | SB2K 63269 Sony Classical |
| Publisher number | 63270--63271 Sony Classical |
