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Charles Mackerras - George Frideric Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Concerto a due cori; Water Music Suite (2002)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: 24 Apr 2025 10:00:33

Sir Charles Mackerras has a reputation for providing exciting and full-blooded interpretations in Janáček and baroque music and this thrilling collection of Handel recordings dating from almost 50 years ago is a case in point.
The 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' in its original version for wind instruments is utterly compelling. The sound is excellent for its age and the particular timbre of oboes, clarinets and bassoons accompanied by the battery of kettledrums has to be heard to be believed! Although the tempi are sometimes ponderously slow, the effect is extremely exciting, rather similar to Lehmann's pioneering recordings of a couple of years earlier (Archiv).
I would dismiss the Minuets recorded with fireworks and cannon as a mere exhibition but the Concerto a due cori is a different matter. Mackerras conducts with vigour and the subtle, dulcet tones of the Pro Arte Orchestra add to the beauty of this multi-melody work. The short Concertos are also very well played whilst the old-fashioned Water Music suite and Berenice overture betray the slow tempi of the day. A thrilling document for the Fireworks Music then and the rest is also vintage Mackerras.
– Gerald Fenech

Performer:
Wind Ensemble (1-7)
Pro Arte Orchestra (8-15)
London Symphony Orchestra (16-26)
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Royal Fireworks Music (Original version for winds)
01. Overture
02. Bourée
03. La Paix (Largo alla Siciliana)
04. La Réjouissance
05. Minuet I
06. Minuet II
07. Minuets I & II (with fireworks and cannon effects)
Concerto a due cori in F Major
08. Pomposo
09. Allegro
10. A tempo giusto
11. Largo
12. Allegro ma non troppo
13. Allegro ma non troppo
14. Andante larghetto
15. Allegro
Concerto No. 1 in F Major
16. Largo
17. Allegro
Concerto No. 3 in D Major
18. Largo
19. Allegro
20. Air
21. Allegro ma non troppo
Water Music Suite
22. Allegro
23. Bourée
24. Hornpipe
25. Allegro deciso
26. Berenice Overture

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