Fireworks Music / Water Music
George Frideric Handel
Released:
May 1988
Label:
Naxos
For eighteenth century royalty and "celebrities." Music for the Royal Fireworks, arranged here for strings, was scored for woodwinds in order to be heard outdoors during a 1748 London celebration. The "water" of Water Music refers to the Thames, on which King George I hosted a party on a barge in 1717.
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18:09
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21:58
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33:41
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43:29
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50:46
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62:26
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73:48
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83:02
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96:19
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103:04
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111:57
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121:56
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131:03
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162:18
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172:56
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182:15
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191:42
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201:38
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211:12
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231:23
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240:48
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250:54
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261:16