Handel - The Masterworks - Box Set 30CDs

Label : Decca
Format : Flac (image + cue)
Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

CD 1 :

Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Water Music: Suite in G major, HWV 348
Water Music: Suite in D major, HWV 349
Water Music: Suite in F major, HWV 350

Academy Of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD 2 :

Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.1 in G major, HWV 319
Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.2 in F major, HWV 320
Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.3 in E minor, HWV 321
Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.4 in A minor, HWV 322
Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.5 in D major, HWV 323
Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.6 in G minor, HWV 324

Trevor Connah, Neville Marriner, Andrew McGee, Malcolm Latchem, Raymond Kennlyside, Hugh Maguire - violins
Thurston Dart harpsichord, Andrew Davis - organ
Academy Of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD 3 :

Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.7 in B flat major, HWV 325
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.8 in C minor, HWV 326
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.9 in F major, HWV 32
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.10 in D minor, HWV 328
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.11 in A major, HWV 329

Trevor Connah, Alan Loveday, Hugh Maguire , Malcolm Latchem, Iona Brown - violins
Thurston Dart harpsichord, Andrew Davis - organ
Academy Of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD 4 :

Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.12 in B minor, HWV 330

Thurston Dart harpsichord, Andrew Davis - organ
Academy Of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.1 in B flat major, HWV 312
Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.2 in B flat major, HWV 313
Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.3 in G major, HWV 314
Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.4 in F major, HWV 315
Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.5 in D minor, HWV 316
Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.6 in D major, HWV 317

George Malcolm - organ and harpsichord
Stanislav Heller - organ (HWV 317)
Roger Lord, Michael Dobson - oboes
Richard Adeney, Richard Taylor - flutes
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD 5 :

6 Organ Concertos, Op.7 (3rd set, 1761)
No.1 in B flat major, HWV 306
No.2 in A major, HWV 307
No.3 in B flat major, HWV 308
No.4 in D minor, HWV 309
No.5 in G minor, HWV 310

George Malcolm - solo organ, Christopher Hogwood - continuo
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD 6 :

6 Organ Concertos, Op.7 (3rd set, 1761)
No.6 in B flat major, HWV 311

6 Organ Concertos, Op.4 (1st set, 1738)
No.1 in G minor, HWV 289
No.2 in B flat major, HWV 290
No.3 in G minor, HWV 291
No.4 in F major, HWV 292
No.5 in F major, HWV 293
No.6 in B flat major, HWV 294

George Malcolm - solo organ and solo harpsichord (HWV 291)
Christopher Hogwood - continuo
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD 7 :

Sonata: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno - Allegro
Organ Concerto 'Cuckoo And The Nightingale', No.13 in F, HWV 295
Organ Concerto No.14 in A major, HWV 296
Organ Concerto No.15 in D minor, HWV 304
Organ Concerto No.16 in F major, HWV 305

George Malcolm - solo organ
Christopher Hogwood - continuo
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Oboe Concertos Op.3

Roger Lord - oboe
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD 8 :

Oboe Concerto No.3 in G minor, HWV 287
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from 'Solomon')

Roger Lord - oboe
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Concerto Grosso 'Alexander's Feast' in C major, HWV 318

Thurston Dart - harpsichord
Philomusica of London, Granville Jones

Concerti A Due Cori
No.1 in B flat major, HWV 332
No.2 in F major, HWV 333
No.3 in F major, HWV 334

The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

CD 9 :

6 Trio Sonatas Op.2
No.1 in B minor, HWV 386b
No.2 in G minor, HWV 387

William Bennett - flute, Kenneth Sillito - violin, George Malcolm - harpsichord, Denis Vigay - cello

No.3 in B flat, HWV 388

Malcolm Latchem, Kenneth Sillito - violins, Alan Cuckston - harpsichord, Denis Vigay - cello

No.4 in F major, HWV 389

Michala Petri - recorder, Malcolm Latchem - violin, George Malcolm - harpsichord, Denis Vigay - cello

CD 10 :

6 Trio Sonatas Op.2
No.5 in G minor, HWV 390a

Malcolm Latchem, Kenneth Sillito - violins, Alan Cuckston - harpsichord, Denis Vigay - cello

No.6 in G minor, HWV 391

William Bennett, Trevor Wye - flutes, George Malcolm - harpsichord, Denis Vigay - cello

Trio Sonata in F major, HWV 392
Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 393

Malcolm Latchem, Kenneth Sillito - violins, Alan Cuckston - harpsichord, Denis Vigay - cello

CD 11 :

Flute Sonata in A minor, HWV 374 'Halle' No.1
Flute Sonata in E minor, HWV 375 'Halle' No.2
Flute Sonata in B minor, HWV 376 'Halle' No.3
Flute Sonata in E minor, HWV 379
Flute Sonata in D major, HWV 378

William Bennett - flute
Nicholas Kraemer - harpsichord, Denis Vigay - cello

CD 12-13 :

Messiah, oratorio

Elly Ameling - soprano, Anna Reynolds - mezzo-soprano, Philip Langridge - tenor, Gwynne Howell - bass
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD 14-15 :

Israel In Egypt (1739)

Susan Gritton - soprano I, Libby Crabtree - soprano II, Michael Chance - alto I, Robert Ogden - alto II, Ian Bostridge - tenor, Stephen Varcoe - bass I, Henry Herford - bass II
Alastair Ross - harpsichord continuo, James Vivian organ - continuo, Angela East - cello
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman - leader

CD 16 :

The Anthems For The Coronation Of King George II And Queen Caroline

Trevor Pinnock - organ
Choir of Westminster Abbey, The English Concert, Simon Preston

CD 17 :

Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

Arleen Auger, Lynne Dawson - sopranos, Diana Montague - contralto, Leigh Nixon - tenor, Simon Birchall - bass

Nisi Dominus, HWV 238

Diana Montague - contralto, John Mark Ainsley - tenor, Simon Birchall - bass

Salve Regina, HWV 241

Arleen Auger - soprano

Choir of Westminster Abbey (HWV 232 & 238)
Orchestra of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston

CD 18 :

Te Deum (For the Victory of Dettingen), HWV 283

Christopher Tipping - alto, Harry Christophers - tenor, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Pearce - basses

The King shall rejoice (Anthem for the Victory of Dettingen), HWV 265

Christopher Tipping - alto, Michael Pearce - bass
Trevor Pinnock - organ
Choir of Westminster Abbey, The English Concert, Simon Preston

CD 19 :

Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76

Felicity Lott - soprano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson - tenor
The English Concert Choir, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

CD 20-21 :

Hercules, HWV 60

John Tomlinson - bass, Sarah Walker - mezzo-soprano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson - tenor, Jennifer Smith - soprano, Catherine Denley - mezzo-soprano, Peter Savidge - bass
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

CD 22-24 :

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

Ryland Davies - tenor, Felicity Palmer - soprano, Janet Baker - contralto, John Shirley-Quirk - bass, Christopher Keyte - bass, Paul Esswood - countertenor
John Wilbraham - trumpet, Colin Tilney - harpsichord, Alan Halverson - organ, Olga Hegedus - cello, Adrian Beers - double bass
Wandsworth School Choir, Russell Burgess chorus master
English Chamber Orchestra, Michael Davis leader
Charles Mackerras

CD 25-27 :

Solomon, HWV 67

Andreas Scholl - countertenor, Inger Dam-Jensen - soprano, Susan Gritton - soprano, Alison Hagley - soprano, Susan Bickley - contralto, Paul Agnew - tenor, Peter Harvey - baritone
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

CD 28-30 :

Giulio Cesare In Egitto, HWV 17

Marijana Mizanovic, Magdalena Kozena, Charlotte Hellekant, Anne-Sofie von Otter - mezzo-sopranos
Bejun Mehta, Pascal Bertin - countertenors, Alan Ewing - bass, Jean-Michel Ankaoua - baritone
Florian Deuter - violin, Hector McDonald - horn, Jory Vinikour, Mirella Giardelli - harpsichords, Guido Larisch - cello, Michel Maldonado - double bass, Pascal Monteilhet - lute
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski