Handel - Greatest Hits

1. Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1749; London, England
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.

2. Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu "Largo" by George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1738; London, England
Notes: Arranged: Thomas Frost

3. Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430: no 4, Air and Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith" by George Frideric Handel

Performer: Igor Kipnis (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1720; London, England

4. Samson, HWV 57: Let the bright Seraphim by George Frideric Handel

Performer: Wynton Marsalis (Trumpet), Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1743; London, England
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.

5. Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437: no 4, Sarabande with Variations by George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1733; London, England
Notes: Orchestrated: Raymond Leppard
This selection is a DDD recording.

6. Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349 by George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen
Orchestra/Ensemble: C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.

7. Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, HWV 38: Minuet by George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1737; London, England
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.

8. Concerto for Organ in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale": Allegro by George Frideric Handel

Performer: Albert de Klerk (Organ)
Conductor: André Rieu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739; London, England

9. Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: See the conqu'ring hero comes by George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Sir Charles Groves
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1747; London, England

10. Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: Eternal source of light by George Frideric Handel

Performer: Edita Gruberova (Soprano), Wynton Marsalis (Trumpet)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1713; London, England
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.

11. Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England

12. Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348: no 3, Allegro deciso by George Frideric Handel