Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212067925
Releasedate: 04-02-22
This important new recording revisits George Frideric Handel’s monumental Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin – subsequently known as the Eight Great Harpsichord Suites as well as his Chaconne in G major and some world première recordings of Handel’s superb arrangements of operatic arias and ouvertures which were specially reworked and ornamented by Handel for the harpsichord. The album celebrates the 300th anniversary of the first publication of these works on 14 November 1720.
Bridget Cunningham is an international conductor, prizewinning harpsichordist and musicologist who trained at the Royal College of Music and was awarded a Junior Fellowship to work in the Centre for Performance History and coach singers in the baroque style. Cunningham is also Artistic Director of London Early Opera with a number of critically-acclaimed recordings out on Signum Classics.
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1Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426I. Prelude01:53
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2Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426II. Allemande03:20
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3Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426III. Courante02:54
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4Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426IV. Gigue03:17
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5Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427I. Adagio02:16
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6Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427II. Allegro02:36
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7Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427III. Adagio01:20
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8Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427IV. Allegro02:33
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9Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428I. Prelude00:57
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10Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428II. Allegro02:37
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11Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428III. Allemande03:33
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12Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428IV. Courante02:15
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13Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428V. Air and Variations08:22
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14Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428VI. Presto04:28
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15Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429I. Allegro03:46
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16Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429II. Allemande02:19
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17Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429III. Courante02:23
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18Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429IV. Sarabande03:05
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19Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429V. Gigue01:44
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20Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430I. Prelude02:16
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21Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430II. Allemande04:23
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22Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430III. Courante02:21
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23Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430IV. Air and Variations,04:49
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24Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431I. Prelude01:43
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25Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431II. Largo01:31
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26Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431III. Allegro02:45
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27Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431IV. Gigue02:53
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1Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432I. Overture05:15
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2Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432II. Andante03:11
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3Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432III. Allegro02:14
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4Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432IV. Sarabande02:08
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5Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432V. Gigue01:24
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6Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432VI. Passacaille04:14
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7Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433I. Prelude02:04
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8Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433II. Allegro02:45
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9Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433III. Allemande03:58
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10Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433IV. Courante01:57
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11Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433V. Gigue02:27
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12Muzio Scevola, HWV 13Ouverture (Arranged for Harpsichord)04:32
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13Keyboard Arrangements of Arias from Italian Operas, HWV 482IV. 'Pupile sdegnose' from Muzio Scevola04:43
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14Keyboard Arrangements of Arias from Italian Operas, HWV 482V. 'Come se ti vedrò' from Muzio Scevola04:48
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15Keyboard Arrangements of Arias from Italian Operas, HWV 482II. 'Sventurato godi o core abbandonato' from Floridante06:21
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16Keyboard Arrangements of Overtures from Italian Operas, HWV 456V. Overture to Riccardo Primo05:10
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17Keyboard Arrangements of Arias from Italian Operas, HWV 482III. 'Ombra cara' from Radamisto06:47
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18Chaconne in G Major (Version V), HWV 43511:22