The Very Best of Handel (2005)

Track Listing

1. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
2. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: La paix
3. Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op.6/12, HWV 330: Larghetto
4. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth
5. Judas Maccabaeus, oratorio, HWV 63: See here the conqu'ring hero comes
6. Water Music Suites Nos 1-3 for orchestra, HWV 348-350: Overture
7. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga
8. Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.5 in E major ("The Harmonious Blacksmith"), HWV 430: Air and Variations 'Harmonious Blacksmith'
9. Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (Eternal Source of Light Divine), HWV 74: Eternal Source of Light Divine
10. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: Le rejouissance
11. Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.3/6, HWV 317: Vivace
12. Dixit Dominus, hymn for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G minor, HWV 232: Dixit Dominus
13. Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Dead March
14. Recorder Sonata in A minor, Op.1/4, HWV 362: Allegro
15. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: How beautiful are the feet
16. Water Music Suites Nos 1-3 for orchestra, HWV 348-350: Allegro - Andante
17. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
18. Ode for St Cecilia's Day (Song for St Cecilia's Day) for soloists, chorus & orchestra, HWV 76: What Passion cannot Music raise
19. Oboe Concerto in G minor (No.3), HWV 287 (possibly spurious): Sarabande
20. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: He was despised
21. Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op.6/6, HWV 324: Larghetto e affettuoso
22. Samson, oratorio, HWV 57: Let the Bright Seraphim
23. Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & the Nightingale" (No.13), HWV 295: Allegro
24. Violin Sonata in D major, Op.1/13, HWV 371: Larghetto
25. Concerto a due cori No.1 in B flat major, HWV 332: A tempo ordinario
26. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born
27. Water Music Suites Nos 1-3 for orchestra, HWV 348-350: Air
28. Water Music Suites Nos 1-3 for orchestra, HWV 348-350: Alla Hornpipe
29. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Ombra ma fui
30. Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op.6/6, HWV 324: Allegro
31. Te Deum (Dettingen) for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major, HWV 283: Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day
32. Alexander's Feast, ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 75: Allegro
33. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah