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Anyone shopping for Handel's Water Music should look for albums that have the three suites in F major, D major, and G major together, and be leery of any that offer less. While Helmut Koch's 1969 recordings with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra of Water Music are enjoyable, they present only the first and second suites, and the available space on this disc is filled with a 1974 performance of the Music for the Royal Fireworks. Even though this compromise may be acceptable to casual listeners and those with severely restricted budgets, the loss of the third Water Music suite makes it a poor deal, and true Handel fans would be wise to spend the extra cash to get a complete set of Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks, since these works are often paired on affordable twofers. Considering that Koch's interpretations are reasonably "authentic," in light of the scholarship of the time, and capably played, few will find these performances objectionable. The disc's sound quality is quite clean and realistic for analog recordings, so this album isn't a total write-off. But with so many first-rate, historically informed recordings of these works on the market, lavished with the best all-digital sound, there really is no reason to settle for this incomplete ADD reissue.
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Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348 "Water Music" (Various Composers)
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348 "Water Music" (Various Composers)
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348 "Water Music" (Various Composers)
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348 - "Water Music" (Various Composers)
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 - "Water Music" (Various Composers)
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Performer
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 "Water Music" (Various Composers)
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Various Composers)
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Helmut Koch, Conductor
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Albumbeschreibung
Anyone shopping for Handel's Water Music should look for albums that have the three suites in F major, D major, and G major together, and be leery of any that offer less. While Helmut Koch's 1969 recordings with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra of Water Music are enjoyable, they present only the first and second suites, and the available space on this disc is filled with a 1974 performance of the Music for the Royal Fireworks. Even though this compromise may be acceptable to casual listeners and those with severely restricted budgets, the loss of the third Water Music suite makes it a poor deal, and true Handel fans would be wise to spend the extra cash to get a complete set of Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks, since these works are often paired on affordable twofers. Considering that Koch's interpretations are reasonably "authentic," in light of the scholarship of the time, and capably played, few will find these performances objectionable. The disc's sound quality is quite clean and realistic for analog recordings, so this album isn't a total write-off. But with so many first-rate, historically informed recordings of these works on the market, lavished with the best all-digital sound, there really is no reason to settle for this incomplete ADD reissue.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:09
- Main artists: Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin & Helmut Koch
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: Berlin Classics
- Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek Symfonieën
2012 Edel Germany GmbH 1976 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
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