Handel - 8 Keyboard Suites / New Mastering (Century’s recording: Eric Heidsieck 1959-64)

Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) - 8 Keyboard Suites / New Mastering.
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Keyboard Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428
00:00 l. Praeludium
01:14 II. Fuga
03:09 Ill. Allemande
06:18 IV. Courante
07:52 V. Aria & Variations
16:10 VI. Presto

Keyboard Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427
19:40 I. Adagio
22:30 ll. Allegro
24:38 Ill. Adagio
26:09 IV. Fugue. Allegro

Keyboard Suite No. 9 in G minor, HWV 439
28:08 l. Allemande
31:32 Il. Courante
34:52 Ill. Gigue

Keyboard Suite No. 16 in G minor, HWV 452
39:46 l. Allemande
41:49 ll. Courante
43:55 Ill. Sarabande
46:35 IV. Gigue

Keyboard Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429
47:29 l. Fuga
51:08 ll. Allemande
53:36 Ill. Courante
55:25 IV. Sarabande
1:00:49 V. Gigue

Keyboard Suite No. 14 in G Major, HWV 441
1:02:27 l. Allemande
1:03:36 ll. Allegro
1:05:03 Ill. Courante
1:07:47 IV. Aria
1:08:40 V. Menuetto
1:10:28 VI. Gavotta
1:13:32 Vll. Gigue

Keyboard Suite No. 10 in D minor, HWV 436
1:15:32 l. Allemande
1:17:45 Il. Courante
1:19:20 Ill. Aria
1:22:21 IV. Gigue
1:23:50 V. Menuetto (Variations 1 to 3)

Keyboard Suite No. 12 in E minor, HWV 438
1:28:48 I. Allemande
1:32:11 Il. Sarabande
1:34:38 Ill. Gigue

Piano: Éric Heidsieck
Recorded in 1957 & 1964, at Paris
New mastering in 2021 by AB for CM//RR
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We have to remember that this is young man's music, in 1720 Handel was only 35, and he would write very little for solo keyboard after this period. Unlike Bach, who continued throughout his life to write in a variety of genres, Handel tended to concentrate so that the summation of his life's work has to be seen through his late oratorios. But because we lack the Handelian equivalent of the Goldberg Variations and the Art of Fugue, we should not dismiss the freedom and bravura of these 1720 pieces. Heidsieck chose Handel, whose suites became lifelong companions - he performed them more than any other pianist, making them dance beautifully but also revealing their moments of melancholy.

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