Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks
Eduard van Beinum; Bernard Haitink
Label
Decca
Catalogue No.
4613362
Barcode
00028946133620
Format
1-CD
About
These are unashamedly old-fashioned but beautifully clear, performances of these timeless masterpieces. They were recorded in the famed ‘old’ Concertgebouw and the sound of the winds especially – horn (track 3) and oboe (track 2) – are beautifully glowing.
TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Water Music
Eduard van Beinum
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Bernard Haitink
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Reviews
‘these performances are fresh and as toe-tappingly alive as if they were made today’ Illawara Mercury