Tracklist

Music For The Royal Fireworks	(22:49)
1	Ouverture (Adagio; Allegro)	8:55
2	Bourée	1:40
3	La Paix	4:27
4	La Réjouissance	2:42
5	Menuet And Trio	5:05
The Water Music (A Suite, Drawn From Original Manuscripts)	(29:05)
6	Ouverture	3:46
7	Adagio E Staccato	2:35
8	Allegro In 3/4	2:32
9	Air	4:27
10	Minuet I	3:32
11	Bourée	1:10
12	Hornpipe	1:24
13	Andante In D Minor	2:51
14	Allegro	2:12
15	Bourée	1:24
16	Alla Hornpipe	3:08

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Omega Record Group, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Omega Record Group, Inc.
• Recorded At – Conway Hall, London

Credits

• Art Direction – Fred Holtz
• Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
• Conductor, Liner Notes – Johannes Somary
• Engineer – Bob Auger
• French Horn – Alan Civil (tracks: 6 to 16)
• Harpsichord – Harold Lester (tracks: 6 to 16)
• Leader [Associate] – José-Luis Garcia (tracks: 6 to 16), Kenneth Sillito (tracks: 6 to 16)
• Oboe – Derek Wickens (tracks: 6 to 16)
• Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
• Producer – Seymour Solomon
• Remastered By – David Baker
• Trumpet – John Wilbraham (tracks: 6 to 16)

Notes

"Perhaps the best combination yet of big sonority and stylish shaping, with an unusual clarity of lines."
- American Record Guide, 12/95

"Music for the Royal Fireworks": Complete, in original scoring: 24 oboes, 12 bassoons, 2 contra-bassoons, 2 serpents, 9 trumpets, 9 horns, 3 timpani, 2 side-drums

"The Water Music": Tracks 6 to 13, from the F Major Suite; Tracks 14 to 16 from the D Major Suite.

TT: 52:06

SBM: Super Bit Mapping

Ultra Analog 20-bit Digital Remastering

Recorded at Conway Hall, London in 1973 and originally released as VSD 71176

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 723918004723
• Other (SPARS Code): AAD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VSD 71176	Handel*, Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra	Handel*, Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra - Royal Fireworks Music / Water Music ‎(LP)	Vanguard	VSD 71176	UK	1973
VSQ-30020	Handel*, Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra	Handel*, Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra - Royal Fireworks Music / Water Music ‎(LP, Album, Quad)	Vanguard	VSQ-30020	US	1973