Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks
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Brand: NAXOS of AmericaComposer: George Frederick Handel
Conductor: Kevin Mallon
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-01-17
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- No.1 Overture/No.2 Adagio Staccato
- No.3 And No.4 Andante
- No.5
- No.6 Air
- No.7 Minuet
- No.8 Bourree
- Hornpipe
- No.10
- No.11
- No.12 Alla Hornpipe
- No.13 Minuet
- No.14 Lentement
- No.15 Bourree
- No.16
- No.17 Rigaudon, No.18
- No.19 Menuet, No.20
- No.21, No.22
- Ouverture
- Bouree
- La Paix
- La Rejouissance
- Menuets I And II
Music reviews of Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks
Music Review: Sparkling, vibrant and authentic
Rating: 5 Stars
This has got to be one of the finest recordings available of Handel's famous WATER MUSIC and MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS.
Performing on period instruments, the top-notch Aradia Ensemble, under the inspired direction of Irishman Kevin Mallon, delivers a recording that is a much needed breath of fresh air for admirers of this familiar music.
Citing the "lugubriousness" of other recordings, Mallon speeds up the tempi for both the WATER MUSIC and ROYAL FIREWORKS making those scores spring to life like never before. The quicker tempi may not sit well with some so-called purists, but only the most rigid won't be happily tapping their feet while listening. (Much of this is dance music, after all!)
To augement the period authenticity of the music, Mallon, in a stroke of artistic brilliance, adds purcussion to several tracks of this recording.(During Handel's time, it was common practice to include percussion in dances and overtures.) You've never heard a more rousing OVERTURE from THE ROYAL FIREWORKS until you've heard it with those regally pounding drums.
Additionally, this is the first recodring of FIREWORKS to properly include a transverse flute. The effect, of course, is pure magic and again lends an air of authenticity.
To top it all of, the great sound engineer, Norbert Kraft, has done it again for Naxos. The sound here is rich and natural, as is usally the case for this label.
Enthusiastically recommended for those who want to hear two well-known pieces again for the first time.
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Description of Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks
The Water Music and the Music for the Royal Fireworks mark two chronological extremes of Handel s career in London. The first was written in his earlier years in England, presumably by 1717, to entertain a royal party sailing up the Thames, while the second was commissioned to celebrate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1749. Format: Audio CD Running Time: 1 hour 10 minutes Publisher: NAXOS of AmericaClassical CDs
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