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Handel’s harpsichord music may have languished in the shadow of Bach’s more famed mastery of the instrument, but as these new recordings and scholarly notes by Michael Borgstede show, such comparisons are invidious. Handel was known as a superb keyboard player, and these dance suites exploit the expressive and technical resources of his instrument with no less mastery than that of his Leipzig counterpart, and with a joie de vivre that makes listening a constant diversion and delight. Michael Borgstede has recorded Bach for Brilliant Classics, as well as the complete Couperin – of which Gramophone noted that ‘his playing is consistent in its textural clarity, crisp ornamentation and level-headed grasp of the music.’ There are very few rival sets of this music on record, and Borgstede has made an important contribution to what will be the worldwide celebrations to mark the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death in 2009.
Recorded in 2008
Extensive booklet notes by the performer
Track listing:
CD 1
Suite No.1 in A major HWV 426
1. I. Prelude 2:35
2. II. Allemande 4:19
3. III. Courante 2:36
4. IV. Gigue 2:43
Suite No.2 in F major HWV 427
5. I. Adagio 2:30
6. II. Allegro 2:29
7. III. Adagio 1:32
8. IV. Allegro 2:21
Suite No.3 in D minor HWV 428
9. I. Prelude: Presto 1:08
10. II. Allegro 2:11
11. III. Allemande 4:31
12. IV. Courante 2:20
13. V. Air 9:16
14. VI. Presto 4:58
Suite No.4 in E minor HWV 429
15. I. Allegro 3:43
16. II. Allemande 2:43
17. III. Courante 2:40
18. IV. Sarabande 4:18
19. V. Gigue 1:31
CD 2
Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin – First volume, 1720
Suite No.5 in E major HWV 430
1. I. Prelude 2:13
2. II. Allemande 5:48
3. III. Courante 1:50
4. IV. Air 4:34
Suite No.6 in F sharp minor HWV 431
5. I. Prelude 2:02
6. II. Largo 1:58
7. III. Allegro 2:31
8. IV. Gigue (Presto) 2:39
Suite No.7 in G minor HWV 432
9. I. Ouverture: Largo – Presto – Lentement 5:36
10. II. Andante 3:57
11. III. Allegro 2:01
12. IV. Sarabande 4:00
13. V. Gigue 1:24
14. VI. Passacaille 2:18
Suite No.8 in F minor HWV 433
15. I. Prelude:Adagio 2:30
16. II. Fugue 2:39
17. III. Allemande 4:02
18. IV. Courante 1:45
19. V. Gigue 2:15
CD 3
Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin – Second volume, 1733
Suite No.1 in B flat major HWV 434
1. I. Prelude 3:03
2. II. Sonata 1:44
3. III. Aria con Variazioni 3:58
4. IV. Minuet 1:52
5. Chacone in G major HWV 435 10:49
Suite No.3 in D minor HWV 436
6. I. Allemande 3:48
7. II. Allegro 1:31
8. III. Air: Lentement 2:35
9. IV. Gigue: Presto 1:53
10. V. Menuetto 3:46
Suite No.4 in D minor HWV 437
11. I. Allmand 2:41
12. II. Corrant 1:43
13. III. Saraband 2:12
14. IV. Jigg 0:44
Suite No.5 in E minor HWV 438
15. I. Allmand 3:21
16. II. Saraband 2:52
17. III. Jigg 1:39
CD 4
Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin – Second volume, 1733
Suite No.6 in G minor HWV 439
1. I. Allmand 6:37
2. II. Corrant 3:35
3. III. Jigg 4:38
Suite No.7 in B flat major HWV 440
4. I. Allmand 2:39
5. II. Corrant 1:55
6. III. Saraband 2:53
7. IV. Jigg 1:27
Suite No.8 in G major HWV 441
8. I. Allemande 1:56
9. II. Allegro 3:25
10. III. Corante 3:21
11. IV. Aria: Presto 1:27
12. V. Menuetto 3:19
13. VI. Gavotta 3:22
14. VII. Gigue 2:39
15. Preludio: Allegro 1:12
16. Vo´ far guerra from Rinaldo 11:31
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