100 Best Handel

1. 1
   Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga"
   4:23
2. 2
   Ariodante, HWV 33: "Scherza, infida" (Ariodante)
   9:49
3. 3
   Radamisto, HWV 12a, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "Ombra caro di mia sposa" (Radamisto)
   7:18
4. 4
   Orlando, HWV 31, Act 2: Aria. "Verdi allori" (Medoro)
   5:56
5. 5
   Rodrigo HWV5 (1999 Remastered Version), Act 2, Scena 6: Aria: 'Empiro fato, e fiera sorte' (Esilena)
   3:16
6. 6
   Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2: Aria. "Pena tiranna" (Dardano)
   5:17
7. 7
   Arminio, HWV 36, Act 2: Aria. "Duri lacci, voi non siete" (Arminio)
   3:09
8. 8
   Alcina - Opera in three acts HWV34 (libretto after an episode from 'Orlando furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto) (performing edition by Clifford Bartlett) (2006 Remastered Version), Act I, Scenes 13-15: Aria
   4:40
9. 9
   Alcina - Opera in three acts HWV34 (libretto after an episode from 'Orlando furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto) (performing edition by Clifford Bartlett) (2006 Remastered Version), Act II, Scene 13: Aria: O
   6:36
10. 10
    Alcina - Opera in three acts HWV34 (libretto after an episode from 'Orlando furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto) (performing edition by Clifford Bartlett) (2006 Remastered Version), Act III, Scene 3: Aria: S
    5:30
11. 11
    Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Duetto. "Son nata a lagrimar" (Cornelia, Sesto)
    7:51
12. 12
    Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)
    2:38
13. 13
    Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Cara speme, questo core" (Sesto)
    4:50
14. 14
    Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2: Aria. "L'angue offeso mai riposa" (Sesto)
    5:03
15. 15
    Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Va tacito e nascosto" (Cesare)
    6:05
16. 16
    Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 3: Aria. "Come nube che fugge dal vento" (Nerone)
    4:12
17. 17
    Arianna in Creta, HWV 32: "Ove son... Qui ti sfido" (Teseo)
    3:58
18. 18
    Teseo, HWV 9, Act 2: Aria. "Dolce riposo!" (Medea)
    3:14
19. 19
    Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 2, Scene 1: Arioso. "Padre, germano, e sposo" (Elvida)
    2:10
20. 20
    Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 3, Scene 4: Aria. "Sincero affetto dolce preghiere" (Sancio)
    5:18
21. 21
    Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: Aria. "Venti, turbini, prestate" (Rinaldo)
    3:42
22. 22
    Deidamia, HWV 42, Act 3, Scene 7: Duetto. "Ama: nell'armi, e nell'amar" (Deidamia, Ulisse)
    6:32
23. 23
    Admeto, re di Tessaglia (1997 Remastered Version), ACT 1, Scene 3: Orindo/Admeto/Alceste/La Statua (Apollo): Aria: Luci care, addio, posate!
    5:11
24. 24
    Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Ah, sì, morrò" (Admeto)
    5:56
25. 25
    Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede)
    2:34
26. 26
    Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act 3, Scene 4: Aria. "Se'l mio duol non è si forte" (Rodelinda)
    6:41
27. 27
    Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: Sarabande
    3:27
28. 28
    Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: I. Overture
    3:23
29. 29
    Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: II. Adagio e staccato
    2:08
30. 30
    Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. Allegro
    2:31
31. 31
    Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air
    2:31
32. 32
    Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VIII. Bourrée
    2:11
33. 33
    Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: IX. Hornpipe
    2:37
34. 34
    Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: X. Allegro
    3:08
35. 35
    Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
    4:02
36. 36
    Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: III. Menuet
    1:09
37. 37
    Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: II. Rigaudon I
    1:21
38. 38
    Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: IV. Menuet II
    1:12
39. 39
    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Bourrée
    2:20
40. 40
    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La paix
    2:49
41. 41
    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La réjouissance
    2:49
42. 42
    Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: I. Vivace
    2:02
43. 43
    Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: II. Largo
    2:32
44. 44
    Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: III. Allegro
    2:22
45. 45
    Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: II. Andante
    2:36
46. 46
    Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: III. Allegro
    1:37
47. 47
    Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4, HWV 322: I. Larghetto affettuoso
    2:43
48. 48
    Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4, HWV 322: II. Allegro
    2:37
49. 49
    Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4, HWV 322: III. Largo e piano
    2:24
50. 50
    Concerto grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4, HWV 322: IV. Allegro
    2:37
51. 51
    Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: II. A tempo ordinario
    3:57
52. 52
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
    2:47
53. 53
    Arminio, HWV 36, Act 1: Overture
    3:15
54. 54
    Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: I. Affettuoso
    3:07
55. 55
    Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: II. Allegro
    2:41
56. 56
    Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: III. Larghetto
    3:11
57. 57
    Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: IV. Allegro
    3:30
58. 58
    Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4, HWV 309: I. Adagio
    4:28
59. 59
    Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4, HWV 309: II. Allegro
    4:55
60. 60
    Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4, HWV 309: III. Organo ad libitum
    3:05
61. 61
    Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 4, HWV 309: IV. Allegro
    3:26
62. 62
    Suite No. 4 in E minor HWV 429 (1996 Remastered Version): Sarabande (Allegretto con moto)
    4:51
63. 63
    Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Aria con variazioni : The Harmonious Blacksmith
    4:23
64. 64
    Concerto En Si Bémol Majeur Pour Harpe Et Cordes Op.4 N°6 : I Andante - Allegro
    4:36
65. 65
    Alexander's Feast (2002 Remastered Version), Part 1: The list`ning crowd
    2:02
66. 66
    Alexander's Feast (2002 Remastered Version), Part 1: He chose a mournful Muse
    1:27
67. 67
    Alexander's Feast (2002 Remastered Version), Part 1: He sung Darius, great and good
    3:06
68. 68
    Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest"
    6:07
69. 69
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia
    3:36
70. 70
    Messiah, HWV 56, Part One: "Comfort ye my people" (Tenor)
    3:20
71. 71
    Messiah, HWV 56, Part One: "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)
    3:46
72. 72
    Messiah, HWV 56, Part One: "For unto us a child is born" (Chorus)
    4:11
73. 73
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"
    11:46
74. 74
    Messiah, HWV 56, [Part 2]: "Hallelujah" (Chorus)
    3:59
75. 75
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: Aria. "The Trumpet Shall Sound"
    8:51
76. 76
    Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: Symphony
    2:17
77. 77
    Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: Chorus. "The sons of Israel do mourn"
    6:26
78. 78
    La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Pt. 1: Aria. "Così la tortorella" (San Giovanni)
    4:15
79. 79
    La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Pt. 2: Aria. "Per me già di morire" (Maddalena)
    5:52
80. 80
    Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: Aria. "Total Eclipse!" (Samson)
    3:37
81. 81
    Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 3: Air. "Waft her, angels" (Jephtha)
    4:39
82. 82
    Joshua, HWV 64, Act 3: Air. "Oh! had I Jubal's lyre" (Achsah)
    2:45
83. 83
    Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: "Dixit Dominus Domino meo" (Chorus)
    5:17
84. 84
    Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: "De torrente in via bibet" (Sopranos I & II, chorus)
    3:20
85. 85
    Il Delirio Amoroso, HWV 99: "Per te lasciai la luce"
    9:38
86. 86
    La Lucrezia, HWV 145: Aria. "Il suol che preme"
    2:53
87. 87
    Armida abbandonata, HWV 105: Siciliana. "In tanti affanni miei"
    3:50
88. 88
    Agrippina condotta a morire, HWV 110: Arioso e recitativo. "Come, o Dio! Bramo la morte"
    6:13
89. 89
    Conservate, raddopiate, HWV 185: I. Conservate, raddoppiate
    1:50
90. 90
    Cantata IX - Conservate, raddoppiate, HWV185: "Nodi voi, che gli stringeste"
    2:37
91. 91
    Cantata 1a - Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV182a: "Caro autor di mia doglia"
    2:19
92. 92
    Cantata 1a - Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV182a: "No, che d'altrui che di te"
    2:03
93. 93
    Cantata 1a - Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV182a: "Dagli amori flagellata"
    3:56
94. 94
    Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72: XXIII. Aria. "Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori" (Polifemo)
    6:08
95. 95
    Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Hence, Iris hence away" (Juno)
    3:39
96. 96
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act 1: Duett. "Happy we!" (Acis, Galatea)
    2:41
97. 97
    The Choice of Hercules (2002 Remastered Version): Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
    3:41
98. 98
    Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Pt. 1: Duetto. "Il voler nel fior degl'anni" (Bellezza, Piacere)
    5:01
99. 99
    Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Pt. 1: Aria. "Un pensiero nemico di pace" (Bellezza)
    3:58
100. 100
     Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Pt. 2: Aria. "Lascia la spina cogli la rosa" (Piacere)
     6:29

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