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Disc 1 - Concertos For Organ And Strings Nos. 1-6 (Op. 4)
Concerto No. 1 In G Minor HWV 289 (Op. 4/1)
I Larghetto, E Staccato
II Allegro
III Addagio
IV Andante
Concerto No. 2 In B-flat Major HWV 290 (Op. 4/2)
I A Tempo Ordinario, E Staccato - Adagio
II Allegro
III Adagio E Staccato
IV Allegro Ma Non Presto
Concerto No. 3 In G Minor HWV 291 (Op. 4/3)
I Adagio
II Allegro
III Adagio
IV Gavotte. Allegro
Concerto No. 4 In F Major HWV 292 (Op. 4/4)
I Allegro
II Andante
III Adagio
IV Allegro
Concerto No. 5 In F Major HWV 293 (Op. 4/5)
I Larghetto
II Allegro
III Alla Siciliana
IV Presto
Concerto No. 6 In B-flat Major HWV 294 (Op. 4/6)
I Andante Allegro
II Larghetto
III Allegro Moderato
Disc 2 - Concertos For Organ And Strings Nos. 7-11 (Op. 7/1-5)
Concerto No. 7 In B-flat Major HWV 306 (Op. 7/1)
I Andante -
II Andante
III Largo E Piano
IV Bourrée. Allegro
Concerto No. 8 In A Major HWV 307 (Op. 7/2)
I Ouverture
II A Tempo Ordinario -
III Organo Ad Libitum
IV Allegro
Concerto No. 9 In B-flat Major HWV 308 (Op. 7/3)
I Allegro
II Organo Ad Libitum (Adagio E Fuge)
III Spiritoso
IV Menuet I - Menuet II
Concerto No. 10 In D Minor HWV 309 (Op. 7/4)
I Adagio
II Allegro
III Organo Ad Libitum
IV Allegro
Concerto No. 11 In G Minor HWV 310 (Op. 7/5)
I Allegro Ma Non Troppo, E Staccato
II Andante Larghetto, E Staccato
III Menuet
IV Gavotte
Disc 3 - Concertos For Organ And Strings Nos. 12-16 (Op. 7/6, HWV 295, 296a, 304, 305b)
Concerto No. 12 In B-flat Major HWV 311 (Op. 7/6)
I Pomposo
II Organo Ad Libitum
III A Tempo Ordinario
Concerto No. 13 In F Major HWV 2 "The Cuckoo And The Nightingale"
I Larghetto
II Allegro
Organo Ad Libitum
III Larghetto
IV Allegro
Concerto No. 14 In A Major HWV 296a
I Largo E Staccato
Organo Ad Libitum: Fuga. Allegro
II Andante
III Grave
IV Allegro
Concerto No. 15 In D Minor HWV 304
I Andante
II Organo Ad Libitum
III Allegro
Concerto No. 16 In F Major HWV 305b
I Ouverture
II Allegro
III Allegro Ma Non Troppo
IV Adagio
V Andante
VI Allegro
VII Marche. Allegro
Disc 4 - The Magnificent Mr. Handel
Alceste: Grand Entrée (Act I)
Semele: "Where'er You Walk" (Act II)
Solomon: Sinfonia "The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheeba" (Act III)
Samson: Menuet (Sinfonia)
Forest Music In D Major
Hercules: March (Act I)
Concerto In F Major
I Pomposo
II Allegro
III A Tempo Giusto (Lift Up Your Heads)
The Triumph Of Time And Truth: Sonata
Concerto A Due Cori No. 1 In B-flat Major HWV 332
I Ouverture
II Allegro Ma Non Troppo (And The Glory Of The Lord)
III Allegro
Belshazzar: Martial Symphony (Act III)
Il Floridante
March A
March B
Tolomeo: Ouverture
Il Parnasso In Festa: Largo
Il Pastor Fido: Allegro (Mvt. III)
March
Salu: Dead March (Act III)
Ezio: March (Act I)
Scipione: March (Act I)
Rodrigo: Passacaille (Ouverture)
Judas Maccabaeus
March No. 1 "See The Conqu'ring Hero Comes!"
March No. 2
Alcina: Chorus "Questo è Il Cielo" (Act I)
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day: March (Act I)
Athalia: Chorus "The Gods, Who Chosen Blessings Shed" (Part I)
Rinaldo: March (Act III)
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notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-23 originally released 10/20/58 on Columbia Masterworks LP K2S 602: The Organ Concertos of Handel Nos. 1-6, Op.4.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-20 originally released 4/6/59 on Columbia Masterworks LP M2S 604: The Organ Concertos Of Handel Nos. 7-12 (Op. 7, Nos. 1-6).
Tracks 3-1 to 3-23 originally released 12/14/59 on Columbia Masterworks LP M2S 611: The Organ Concertos Of Handel, Nos. 13-16.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-13 originally released 8/24/70 on Columbia Masterworks LP M30058: The Magnificent Mr. Handel (Concertos, Curtain Tunes, Marches, Ayres And Divers Pieces).
Tracks 4-14 to 4-30 originally released 2/19/72 on Columbia Masterworks LP M31206: The Magnificent Mr. Handel Vol. II.

All tracks recorded in St. James Church, Great Packington, Warwickshire, England. Organ Concertos recorded July, 1957; other works recorded September 22-24, 1969.

credits

Conductor – - Sir Adrian Boult (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23, 2-1 to 2-20, 3-1 to 3-23), - Charles Groves * (tracks: 4-1 to 4-30)Engineer – - Ed Michalski , - Hellmuth Kolbe (tracks: 4-1 to 4-30)Orchestra – - The London Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23, 2-1 to 2-20, 3-1 to 3-23), - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 4-1 to 4-30)Organ – - E. Power Biggs
Producer – - John McClure

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Recorded At Great Packington Parish Church, Warwickshire
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