The Very Best Of Handel

CD1

1. I.    [Overture]: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D
2. No. 1a Accompagnato - Frondi tenere (Serse): Serse, Act I, Scene I
3. No. 1b Arioso - Ombra mai fu (Serse): Serse, Act I, Scene I
4. I.       Allegro: Concerto Grosso in C major, 'Alexander's Feast'  
5. II.      Largo: Concerto Grosso in C major, 'Alexander's Feast'  
6. III.     Allegro: Concerto Grosso in C major, 'Alexander's Feast'  
7. IV.     Andante non presto: Concerto Grosso in C major, 'Alexander's Feast'  
8. Dixit Dominus: Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Carmelite Vespers (1707)
9. I.       Adagio: Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4
10. II.      Allegro: Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4
11. III.     Adagio: Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4
12. IV.    Gavotte - Allegro: Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 4
13. The trumpet shall sound (bass): Messiah, Part Three
14. Conservate, raddoppiate: Cantata IX - Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185
15. Nodi voi, che gli stringeste: Cantata IX - Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185
16. Sinfonia: Act 3, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba: Solomon HWV67  
17. For unto us a child is born: Messiah, Part One
18. Every valley shall be exalted (tenor): Messiah HWV56
19. VI.    Air: Water Music, Suite No.1 in F major
20. Madre ... Son nata a lagrimar from Giulio Cesare HWV17): Recitativo e duetto

CD2

1. Hallelujah  (chorus): Messiah HWV56, Part 2
2. Sarabande: Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in D minor HWV437  
3. Aria: Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori (Polifemo): Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, Cantata
4. Zadok the Priest
5. I.    Andante - Allegro: Harp Concerto in B flat major Op. 4 No. 6  
6. IV. Air con Variazioni (Andantino): Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430 (1996 - Remaster)
7. Verdi prati, selve amene: Alcina HWV34, ACT 2  
8. I.       Allegro: Trio Sonata in G major Op. 5 No. 4
9. II.      A tempo ordinario - Allegro non presto: Trio Sonata in G major Op. 5 No. 4
10. III.     Passacaille: Trio Sonata in G major Op. 5 No. 4
11. IV.     Gigue: Trio Sonata in G major Op. 5 No. 4
12. V.      Menuett: Trio Sonata in G major Op. 5 No. 4
13. Splende l'alba in oriente: Cantata
14. 39. Duet: As steals the morn upon the night: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (pastoral ode), III. Il Moderato
15. 40. Chorus: Thy pleasures, Moderation, give: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (pastoral ode), III. Il Moderato
16. II.      Bourrée: Music for the Royal Fireworks  
17. III.     Largo alla siciliana: Music for the Royal Fireworks  
18. IV.     La Réjouissance: Music for the Royal Fireworks