Handel - "Water Music" Suite in D/G Major HWV349/350 (3)

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

Orchestral suite for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, two trumpets, strings and basso continuo in D/G major HWV349/350 "Water Music"

[5.] Lentement

[6.] Bouree

[7.] Menuet I

[8.] Menuet II

*The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often considered as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered in the summer of 1717 (July 17, 1717) when King George I requested a concert on the River Thames. The concert was performed by 50 musicians playing on a barge close to the royal barge from which the King listened with some close friends (including the Duchess of of Bolton, the Duchess of Newcastle, the Countess of Godolphin, Madam Kilmarnock, and the Earl of Orkney). George I was said to have loved it so much that he ordered the exhausted musicians to play the suites three times on the trip.

The music in each of the suites has no set order today. When the suite was played for the King, slow, often soft music was played when the King's boat and the orchestra's boat were close together, while louder, brisk passages were played when the boats drifted apart.

This performance follows Samuel Arnold's first edition of the complete score in 1788 and the manuscript copies dating from Handel's lifetime. Therefore, the Suite in D and the Suite in G are mixed together.

Performed by The King's Consort
Conducted by Robert King

Category:

Music

Tags:

• vivaldi
• bach
• handel
• mozart
• messiah
• piano
• harpsichord
• royal
• fireworks
• zadok
• priest
• classical
• pachelbel
• canon
• baroque

[kinunshele]

this sounds very similar to trevor pinnock's with the english concert c. 1987 recording, bar the recorder player's ornamentation in the last movt on here.

lovely, very graceful. tuning's better for the time as well i reckon... some versions of this are much sharper and the harmonics just aren't right with that and equal temperament i think; if you know how to tune everything up (including while playing/ singing) it sings out better, as well as getting the speed and articulation right...

[BastienClair1731]

If you wanna download this mp3 click to audioripit doht cohm.

[eddiemperor]

@waeman very Much only Known as An Organist than a Great Composer during his Lifetime. Handel was a Celebrity if you will.

[eddiemperor]

@waeman Yes Indeed He was Beethoven's Favorite composer :), I Also Prefer Handel Over Bach , But it's two Different Types Of Music, Handel and Bach were Both German, But Handel's Music Was English! Bach Wrote German Music, Bach was very Influenced by Italian Composers like Vivaldi, There's no doubt in the Genius of Both Composers, too Bad they never actually met, But Handel Knew About Bach, i found it unfair how Handel was Rich and Famous over England While Bach was...

[billjhyt]

I don't believe there is just one man for all seasons, so to speak. I truly love both of them and hold a prominent and essential place for each one's accomplishments for all time.

[beethomozart]

of course I've heard all those works mentioned above and many others and Johann Sebastian Bach is a supergenius, I love all his music and perhaps I would dare to say that probably there are more people who would place the Leipzig Kantor over the german-english, but still I'd rather give my vote for the baroque period to Mr Haendel, there's just something in his music that touches my innermost, by the way he was Beethoven's favorite and even Mozart did an arrangment of the Messiah,long live both

[waeman]

That's too unfair !!

Have'nt you heard about J S Bach ??

Matthew Passion? Mass in b minor? The wonderful Brandenburg Concertos? Organ works? Harpsichord works?

Come on Bach is king of Baroque !

[Harmonieuniverselle]

and even less from the other periods :)

[beethomozart]

there aren´t too many masterpieces from the baroque period to equalize the beauty of this whole entire suite: Water Music, Handel was really a genius, my third favorite composer after Beethoven and Mozart, he has so many wonderful masterpieces that makes a real tough task to decide which one is the best one, still my favorite one is :the Royal fireworks music, definetely the king of the baroque