Artist: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Album: Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 1972/2024
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 01:03:09
Total Tracks: 21
Total Size: 663 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – I. Ouverture (07:49)
1-2. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – II. Bourrée (01:37)
1-3. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – III. La Paix. Largo alla siciliana (02:51)
1-4. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – IV. La Réjouissance (01:58)
1-5. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – V. Menuet I-II (03:03)
1-6. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Menuet & Trio (05:04)
1-7. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Rigaudon I & II (03:25)
1-8. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Gigue (01:31)
1-9. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Prelude (02:03)
1-10. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Hornpipe (04:03)
1-11. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Minuet (01:13)
1-12. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Lentement (01:15)
1-13. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Bourée (00:57)
1-14. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Ouverture (03:39)
1-15. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Adagio e staccato (02:04)
1-16. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Hornpipe and Andante (08:01)
1-17. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Jig (02:08)
1-18. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Air (03:23)
1-19. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Minuet (02:04)
1-20. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Bourée and Hornpipe (01:32)
1-21. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Gavotte (03:20)

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The Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) is a suite in D major for wind instruments composed by George Frideric Handel in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for the fireworks in London’s Green Park on 27 April 1749. The music celebrates the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in 1748. The work was very popular when first performed and following Handel’s death.

The Water Music (German: Wassermusik) is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I’s request for a concert on the River Thames.