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Track(s) taken from CDA66967

Water Music, HWV349/350

composer
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
1729; original order of movements uncertain

The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
Recording details: January 1997
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Ben Turner
Engineered by Philip Hobbs
Release date: July 1997
Total duration: 19 minutes 38 seconds

Cover artwork: Lord Mayor’s Barge at Westminster (1830) by David Roberts (1796-1864)
Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of London / Bridgeman Images
 

Reviews

‘A rewarding programme, imaginatively realised and played with panache. Strongly recommended’ (Gramophone)

‘Performances, engineering, packaging—everything here is first-class: the kind of truly perfect release one usually just dreams about!’ (American Record Guide)

‘The King's Consort makes Handel's music dance … the whole thing is toe-tappingly infectious’ (Classic CD)

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The King's Consort Baroque Collection
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KING4Super-budget price sampler — SOLD OUT!

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