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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Eight Great Harpsichord Suites HWV 426-433
Operatic Aria and Ouverture arrangements and the Chaconne in G
Suite No.1 in A major, HWV 426
1.
I
Prelude
1:53
2.
II
Allemande
3:20
3.
III
Courante
2:54
4.
IV
Gigue
3:17
Suite No.2 in F major, HWV 427
5.
I
Adagio
2:16
6.
II
Allegro
2:36
7.
III
Adagio
1:20
8.
IV
Allegro
2:33
Suite No.3 in D minor, HWV 428
9.
I
Prelude
0:57
10.
II
Allegro
2:37
11.
III
Allemande
3:34
12.
IV
Courante
2:15
13.
V
Air and Variations
8:22
14.
VI
Presto
4:28
Suite No.4 in E minor, HWV 429
15.
I
Allegro
3:46
16.
II
Allemande
2:19
17.
III
Courante
2:23
18.
IV
Sarabande
3:05
19.
V
Gigue
1:44
Suite No.5 in E major, HWV 430
20.
I
Prelude
2:16
21.
II
Allemande
4:23
22.
III
Courante
2:21
23.
IV
Air and Variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
4:49
Suite No.6 in F sharp minor, HWV 431
24.
I
Prelude
1:43
25.
II
Largo
1:31
26.
III
Allegro
2:45
27.
IV
Gigue
2:53
Suite No.7 in G minor, HWV 432
28.
I
Ouverture
5:15
29.
II
Andante
3:11
30.
III
Allegro
2:14
31.
IV
Sarabande
2:08
32.
V
Gigue
1:24
33.
VI
Passacaille
4:14
Suite No.8 in F minor, HWV 433
34.
I
Prelude
2:04
35.
II
Allegro
2:45
36.
III
Allemande
3:58
37.
IV
Courante
1:57
38.
V
Gigue
2:27
Harpsichord arrangements
from Muzio Scevola, HWV 13
39.
Ouverture
4:32
40.
Pupille sdegnose, saresta pietose, HWV 4824
4:43
41.
Come, se ti vedrò, cara, partir potrò?, HWV 4825
4:48
from Floridante, HWV 14
42.
Sventurato, godi, o core abbandonato, HWV 482²
6:21
from Riccardo Primo, HWV 23
43.
Ouverture, HWV 4565
5:10
from Radamisto HWV 12
44.
Ombra cara de mia sposa HWV 4823
6:47
45.
Chaconne in G major (Version V), HWV 435
11:22
Total time: 153:40
Solo:Bridget Cunningham harpsichord
Notes
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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Reviews
Performance ***** Recording ****
“… What is certain is that these pieces are inventive and full of vitality. In short, they are unashamedly intended to please the senses and, in the hands of stylistically informed players they never fail to do so. Bridget Cunningham is just such a player…Her feeling for dance rhythms is infectious and her ability to entertain unassailable.”
Nicholas Anderson – BBC Music magazine – January 2022
“At once magisterial and engaging, harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham brings a dynamic imagination to bear on Handel's still relatively neglected keyboard works.” *****
Robert Hugill – PlanetHugill.com – 10 December 2021
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