It’s cheerful, merry, noble, it elevate the soul and the heart, pumps the blood faster in our veins. Put the CD in your player and you will be filled with an intense sensation of well-being and pleasure. Is this the work of the trumpet and horn ? We can see that in many of his compositions, Handel uses those two instruments in a repertoire that goes from religious to profane works, most notably in Water Music and Fireworks, composed to be played in the royal gardens.

Guy Touvron and Jean-Paul Imbert wished to give you a Handelian anthology for organ and trumpet or horn, that puts into perspective the diverse emotions going through the original works.