Tracklist:
Suite No. 1 F-Dur / in F, HWV 348
01. Overture (Largo - Allegro) [3:49]
02. Adagio E Stacatto [2:40]
03. Allegro [2:20]
04. Andante [4:44]
05. (A Tempo Di Minuetto) [3:36]
06. Air [3:02]
07. Menuet [2:42]
08. Bourree [1:45]
09. Hornpipe [2:05]
10. (Allegro Moderato) [3:52]
Suite No. 2 D-Dur / in D, HWV 349
11. (Allegro) [1:57]
12. Alla Hornpipe [4:18]
13. Menuet [1:09]
14. Lentement [1:42]
15. Bourree [1:09]
Suite No. 3 G-Dur / in G, HWV 350
16. - [2:00]
17. Rigaudon [2:41]
18. Menuet [0:53]
19. - [3:36]
Concerto Grosso G-Dur / in G, Op. 6 No. 1
20. A Tempo Giusto [1:58]
21. Allegro [2:09]
22. Adagio [2:50]
23. Allegro [2:57]
24. Allegro [3:13]
Concerto Grosso F-Dur / in F, Op. 6 No. 2
25. Andante Larghetto [4:06]
26. Allegro [2:44]
27. Largo [2:53]
28. Allegro Ma Non Troppo [2:28]

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The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often considered as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered in the summer of 1717 (July 17, 1717) when King George I requested a concert on the River Thames. The concert was performed by 50 musicians playing on a barge close to the royal barge from which the King listened with some close friends (including the Duchess of of Bolton, the Duchess of Newcastle, the Countess of Godolphin, Madam Kilmarnock, and the Earl of Orkney). George I was said to have loved it so much that he ordered the exhausted musicians to play the suites three times on the trip.
All the instruments in the Baroque orchestra were brought onto the barge, except the harpsichord since it was impossible to bring an instrument of such size onto the barge.
The instrumentation varies depending on the movement, but the requirements in a complete performance are a flute, two oboes, one bassoon, two horns, two trumpets, strings, and continuo: this instrumentation is effective in outdoor performance. Some of the music is also preserved in a contemporary score written for a smaller orchestra, possibly the one at Cannons: this version is not suitable for outdoor performance.
The "Water Music" opens with a French overture and includes minuets, bourrées and hornpipes. It is divided into three suites:
1. Suite in F major, HWV 348
2. Suite in D major, HWV 349
3. Suite in G major, HWV 350
However, there is good evidence for the somewhat different arrangement found in Friedrich Chrysander's edition of Handel's complete works (Georg Friedrich Händels Werke, Vol. 47, published in 1886), where the "suites" in D and G have their movements mingled together. This sequence derives from Samuel Arnold's first edition of the complete score in 1788 and the manuscript copies dating from Handel's lifetime. Chrysander's edition also contains an earlier version of the first two movements of HWV 349 in the key of F major composed in 1715 and originally scored for two natural horns, two oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo: in addition to the horn fanfares and orchestral responses, the original version contained an elaborate concerto-like first violin part, discarded in the later version.
The music in each of the suites has no set order today. When the suite was played for the King, slow, often soft music was played when the King's boat and the orchestra's boat were close together, while louder, brisk passages were played when the boats drifted apart.
The "Music for the Royal Fireworks" , which was also written for outdoor performance, is often paired with the "Water Music" on recordings. Together, these works constitute some of Handel's most famous music for what we would now consider the orchestra. (en.wikipedia.org)

Bohdan Warchal was trained as a violinist at the Academy of Music and Drama in Brno. In 1957 he was appointed leader of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava and in 1960 founded the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, of which he is artistic director and soloist. In 1969 he was awarded the title Artist of Merit and in 1983 that of National Artist by the government of what was formerly Czechoslovakia. (naxos.com/conductorinfo)

Since the beginning of it’s existence in 1960, the SLOVAK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA has developed into one of the most popular ensembles in the field of classical music in Slovakia, and into one of the principal representatives of the Slovak interpretation art abroad. The idea of founding a string orchestra has risen in the mind of Prof. Bohdan Warchal in the late 50-s, while still a member of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. He gathered nine exquisite musicians from among the string section members of the Orchestra, and the new ensemble quickly catched attention of concert goers and critics and has found it’s place among renowned chamber bodies. During it’s existence, Slovak Chamber Orchestra has introduced itself on the most important concert stages and music festivals in Europe, North and south America, Asia and Australia. It has cooperated with many prominent world-known soloists. Several Slovak composers were inspired by the music of the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, which resulted in premiere performances of their new compositions. The ensemble has recorded more than 100 music titles originating in different periods, for domestic, as well as for several foreign record companies. Since January 2001, Ewald Danel is the artistic director of the Orchestra. Lately, the Orchestra performed several extraordinary projects; all the six Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach at one concert (May 2003 - Slovak premiere) and the Orchestral Suites of J. S. Bach at once (October 2004 - also a Slovak premiere). (filharmonia.sk)

Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Album: Wassermusik / Water Music
Released: 1995
Label: Prestige Classics
Catalog: CD 1930.2044-2
Conductor: Bohdan Warchal
Orchestra|Ensemble: Slowakisches Kammerorchester / Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Format: EAC-APE-CUE-LOG-HQCovers
Extractor: Exact Audio Copy v0.99pb3
Codec: Monkey's Audio 3.97
Compression: High Lossless
Total Time: 75:32
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