Handel - Water Music Suite No. 1 / Remastered (Ct.rc.: Rafael Kubelik, Berliner Philharmoniker)

Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759) Water Music Suite (Full version with links just below).
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348
00:00 III. Allegro, Andante, Allegro - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348
07:31 V. Air - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348
12:21 VI. Menuet (for the French Horn) - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348

Berliner Philharmoniker
Cembalo/Harpsichord : Werner Mayer
Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Recorded in 1962
New mastering in 2022 by AB for CMRR
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Musical performances today tend to be confined to particular times and places - mainly concert halls and opera houses - and are given for paying audiences. Yet in earlier centuries, music played a very different role, in that it was not always accessible to all. Musicians, and in particular composers, were generally maintained by wealthy patrons, and their duty was to provide music on demand, according to the client's pleasure: the client frequently requested music for special events, and the premiere took place according to the occasion.

To better appreciate this richly colored and vibrant score, one must somehow "visualize" the event: Handel, leading some fifty musicians, aboard a barge escorting King George I's barge up the Thames from Whitehall to Chelsea to the sound of the Suite in F (or "horn suite").

The wide popular success of this work is well justified. "It is largely in the tradition of English instrumental music. The slow movements are indeed imbued with Purcellian tenderness, while the dance movements show a predilection for virtuoso rhythm and ornamentation. The most obvious qualities of this score lie in the frankness of the themes, which are easily memorized, and in the beauties of the rich and varied instrumentation... " .

[classicalmusicreference]

Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759) Water Music Suite (Full version with links just below).
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348
00:00 III. Allegro, Andante, Allegro - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348
07:31 V. Air - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348
12:21 VI. Menuet (for the French Horn) - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348


Berliner Philharmoniker
Cembalo/Harpsichord : Werner Mayer
Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Recorded in 1962
New mastering in 2022 by AB for CMRR
❤ If you like CM//RR content, please consider membership at our Patreon page.

Musical performances today tend to be confined to particular times and places - mainly concert halls and opera houses - and are given for paying audiences. Yet in earlier centuries, music played a very different role, in that it was not always accessible to all. Musicians, and in particular composers, were generally maintained by wealthy patrons, and their duty was to provide music on demand, according to the client's pleasure: the client frequently requested music for special events, and the premiere took place according to the occasion.

To better appreciate this richly colored and vibrant score, one must somehow "visualize" the event: Handel, leading some fifty musicians, aboard a barge escorting King George I's barge up the Thames from Whitehall to Chelsea to the sound of the Suite in F (or "horn suite").

The wide popular success of this work is well justified. "It is largely in the tradition of English instrumental music. The slow movements are indeed imbued with Purcellian tenderness, while the dance movements show a predilection for virtuoso rhythm and ornamentation. The most obvious qualities of this score lie in the frankness of the themes, which are easily memorized, and in the beauties of the rich and varied instrumentation... " .

[jesustovar]

Yes, thank you for bringing us this extraordinary suite by Handel, Water Music Suite No. 1, now I'm gonna listen and feel like a king on a boat floating through the thames while listening to this wonderful orchestra playing one of the most very best baroque works, I can listen to every instrument in this recording, thank you Handel and thank you CMRR.

[sonsdoparaiso]

Maravilhoso. Música linda. Execução precisa. Orquestra primorosa e...PRINCIPALMENTE... remasterização extremamente competente. Abraços do Brasil.

[fulgenjbatista]

🕊🌟🕊
This is
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
One of my favs for years.
🙏💜🙏
💜🎵💜

[classicalmusicreference]

Musical performances today tend to be confined to particular times and places - mainly concert halls and opera houses - and are given for paying audiences. Yet in earlier centuries, music played a very different role, in that it was not always accessible to all. Musicians, and in particular composers, were generally maintained by wealthy patrons, and their duty was to provide music on demand, according to the client's pleasure: the client frequently requested music for special events, and the premiere took place according to the occasion.

To better appreciate this richly colored and vibrant score, one must somehow "visualize" the event: Handel, leading some fifty musicians, aboard a barge escorting King George I's barge up the Thames from Whitehall to Chelsea to the sound of the Suite in F (or "horn suite").

The wide popular success of this work is well justified. "It is largely in the tradition of English instrumental music. The slow movements are indeed imbued with Purcellian tenderness, while the dance movements show a predilection for virtuoso rhythm and ornamentation. The most obvious qualities of this score lie in the frankness of the themes, which are easily memorized, and in the beauties of the rich and varied instrumentation... " .

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[ГалинаСердолик]

Bravissimo!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

[류순열-hi]

아름다운 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎻🎻📯🎺🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤수고 많으셨습니다~☕

[manoshmoitra]

Handel 's Water Music Suite is a Master Piece .It is one of his Best creation.

[qhazwel]

2:29 this second segment is among the most beautiful themes ever written; by anyone. It is enhanced tremendously when the conductor and the orchestra play it as if it is among the most beautiful themes ever written. Take it in!

[maxwenger]

Hermosa música de Händel, interpretada por el gran músico y director Rafael Kubelik al frente de la prestigiosa Orquuesta Filarmónica de Berlin. El maestro Kubelik, según su biografía y testimonios en varios documentales, fue un humanista, sensible, amante de la libertad artística y un patriota checo. Excelente también la masterización. ¡Qué más de puede pedir! Gracias.

[ingemayodon]

Einfach großartig ! Vielen herzlichen Dank und LG aus Montreal, Qc, Canada

[nerowolfe]

Finally, a good tempo for the "Air!" Usually it's either a crisp march or a langourous largo. Thank you so much for this.

[costasdouligeris]

Thank you for sharing this
extraordinary music.

[soheilhsp]

Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and other great composers of baroque era were gods of polyphony, complicated but beautiful memories and in my opinion because of these baroque was the greatest period in music history 😍😍

[hectoremiliomaceiras]

La Musica acuática forma parte de mi vida