Handel: Water Music

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Total Tracks: 20   Total Length: 56:29

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Anastasia Tsioulcas

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04.22.11
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Handel: Water Music
1988 | Label: harmonia mundi / IODA

Few pieces in the classical repertory are quite so familiar (if not overly well-trod terrain) as Handel's "Water Music." But this enduring warhorse is reinvigorated in this polished, warm and colorful account from the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and conductor Nicholas McGegan. In their consummately capable hands, every texture is thrown into sharp relief; every gesture seems spontaneous and genuinely new. The result is a fresh listening experience that should please even the most jaded aficionados.

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Water Music

Zak44

I've had many recordings of this music, but none have ever seemed as fresh and enlivened as this. There's an almost improvisatory feeling to it, as though the musicians had just discovered the score. Highly recommended.

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