Handel - Water Musick / PBO · McGegan [Import]

George Frideric Handel (Artist), Nicholas McGegan (Artist), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B00004SCUO
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,323 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Joy to hear!, December 7, 2007

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Torbjørn Lygre "ebl" (Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handel - Water Musick / PBO, McGegan (Audio CD)

I Love it, better than all other recording I Have heard before! I Highly Recomand
10 of 10 point it get from me
PS! This is the most correct version of the Work. I read some here like Pinnock better. That Version is good, but history tell that is not Händels version. He Composed also the variations too. This Is the version they played on the River. The Works World Premiere. Pinnock version not complete version of this WORK. Think again! Pinniock played this work as two suites, not three suites whith the variations that Händel wrote.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars on second thoughts...., June 27, 2000

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This review is from: Handel - Water Musick / PBO · McGegan (Audio CD)

I wrote the two-star review above (below?). On rehearing it, I think that I might have been a bit too harsh. Certainly after all the palaver I'd heard I was expecting something special and I felt let down when I didn't get it. To my mind, there remains no doubt that Pinnock's old recording for Archiv remains clearly the best in the field, bar none. However, this recording, while lacking the bounce and exuberance of Pinnock, is nicely played. I think 3.5 stars is about correct, so, if I award it five stars now, my rating will average out to what I think is the correct one. But do yourself a favour and hear Pinnock before you buy this one!

5.0 out of 5 stars Lively and rhythmic Water Music, January 17, 2006

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S. Jacobson (Portland OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handel - Water Musick / PBO, McGegan (Audio CD)

I am a big fan of Handel orchestral music, and this is my favorite Water Music recording. In my opinion, some of the reviews posted here underrate this performance. McGegan does a great job of capturing Handel's inner rhythms, and at the reissue price this recording is a real bargain.