They Handel George Frederick well
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 05/14/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"VOX's original 1986 release of THE HEROICK MR. HANDEL (my disc) was issued in a cardboard gatefold cover known as a CD Wallet. This unit opens and further unfolds to reveal four panels of liner notes plus a disc stored in a cheescloth-type bag. (Note: I haven't touched this CD in over 20 years, yet it remains sparkling clean and in pristine shape.) The 1996 reissue pictured here appears to be of the diamond box type.
Able musicians on these most pleasant recordings are:
Edward Carroll, David Bilger, Jeffrey Curnow, Scott Thornburg - trumpets
Kenneth Finn - bass trumpet
Christopher Lamb - mlitary drum
Lynn Bernhardt - timpani and military drum
Anthony Newman - organ
ALBUM CONTENTS--
[17:36] Music for the Royal Fireworks
[3:17] Grand Fugue #2 in G (from Fugues Faciles)
[0:32] Martial Symphony (Belshazzar)
[3:15] Trumpet Overture (Atalanta)
[2:56] Two Marches (Floridante)
[1:46] Grand March (Rinaldo)
[2:13] Grand Fugue #3 in B-flat (from Fugues Faciles)
[2:53] Chorus and March (Juda Maccabæus
[2:06] Grand Fugue #6 in C-minor (from Fugues Faciles)
[7:03] Concerto in B-flat (from Select Harmonies)
[6:07] Suite in D (from Water Music)
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 52:28"