Handel - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV348
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Orchestral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Handel - Water Music & Music For The Royal Fireworks
RecommendedL'Arte dell'Arco (on period instruments), Federico Guglielmo (Direction)
The tradition of dividing the Water Music into three separate suites dates back to the 1950s. The suspicion that Handel envisaged it as one long sequence of movements has informed a couple of... —
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Building a Library, April 2009, First Choice
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The braying of the brass, the keen but never acid oboes, the fleetness of the strings: all are a delight from first to last. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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The piece's vitality and brilliance of invention shine forth in the strongest and most appealing orchestral colours…the quality of playing is extraordinary…the period instruments register superbly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, Disc of the month
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An outstanding disc which I foolishly overlooked back in 1993, not realising Savall et al. were such fine Handelians; it sounds spectacular now, remastered from stereo to effective but not overblown... —
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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks & Water Music Suites
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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Special offer. Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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It's unlikely that George I ever witnessed performances that live up to this one. They are sparkling; tempos are well judged and there's a truly majestic sweep to the opening F major French... —
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Building a Library, November 2015, First Choice
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