George Frideric Handel

The Essential Handel

Release date October 05, 2025
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Tracklist

1
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La rejouissance
3:08
3:08
2
Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah
3:44
3:44
3
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 “Alexander’s Feast”: III. Allegro
3:25
3:25
4
Keyboard Suite no. 5 in E major, HWV 430: IV. Air mit 5 variationen “Harmonious Blacksmith”
4:43
4:43
5
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
3:04
3:04
6
Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II Scene 4: Aria. Lascia ch’io pianga (Almirena)
6:03
6:03
7
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: See here the conqu’ring hero comes
3:08
3:08
8
Concerto Grosso in G major, op. 3, no. 3, HWV 314: II. Allegro
2:32
2:32
9
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, For unto Us a Child Is Born
3:44
3:44
10
Oboe Concerto no. 3 in G minor, HWV 287: III. Sarabande
3:05
3:05
11
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria. Love sounds th’alarm
5:20
5:20
12
Recorder Sonata in F major, op. 1 no. 11, HWV 369: I. Larghetto
2:14
2:14
13
Zadok the Priest, HWV 258: Zadok the Priest
2:00
2:00
14
Let God arise, HWV 265b: Blessed be God. Alleluja (chorus)
2:06
2:06
15
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “the Cuckoo and the Nightingale”: Allegro
3:21
3:21
16
Serse, HWV 40: Larghetto
3:43
3:43
17
Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus Domino meo
5:36
5:36
18
Concerto Grosso in A minor, op. 6, no. 4, HWV 322: I. Larghetto affettuoso
2:48
2:48
19
Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
3:30
3:30
20
Flute Sonata in B minor, op. 1 no. 9, HWV 367b: II. Vivace
2:15
2:15
21
Keyboard Suite no. 7 (Set I) in G minor, HWV 432: IV. Sarabande
3:45
3:45
22
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5:49
5:49
23
Violin Sonata no. 5 in G minor, op. 1 no. 10 HWV 368: IV. Gigue
2:10
2:10
24
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VI. Air
2:34
2:34
25
Concerti Grossi, op. 6, no. 5 in D major: Allegro
2:13
2:13
26
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell
8:18
8:18
27
Blockflötenkonzert d‐moll, HWV 367a: Trumpet Concerto in D minor: Vivace
2:48
2:48
28
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La Paix
3:27
3:27
29
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53, Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
7:48
7:48
30
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: Symphony
2:18
2:18
31
Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Let the Bright Seraphim
5:28
5:28
32
Violin Sonata No. 7 in D major, op. 1 no. 13, HWV 371: III. Larghetto
3:38
3:38
33
Concerti Grossi, op. 6, no. 6 in G minor: Larghetto e affettuoso
3:29
3:29
34
I will magnify Thee, O God, HWV 250b: My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord (bass, alto, chorus)
3:10
3:10
35
Recorder Sonata in A minor, op. 1 no. 4, HWV 362: II. Allegro
3:13
3:13
36
Keyboard Suite No. 2 (Set I) in F major, HWV 427: I. Adagio
3:01
3:01
37
Dettingen Te Deum in D major, HWV 283: Vouchsafe, O Lord, to Keep Us This Day
2:16
2:16
38
Messiah, HWV 56: Pastoral Symphony
3:08
3:08
39
Water Piece in D major, HWV 341: V. March
1:09
1:09
40
As pants the hart, HWV 251d: As pants the hart for cooling streams (sextet, chorus)
2:48
2:48