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Handel: Complete Harpsichord Suites

Handel: Complete Harpsichord Suites
Composer Georg Frideric Handel
Artist Michael Borgstede harpsichord
Format 4 CD
Cat. number 93713
EAN code 5028421937137
Release January 2009

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About this release

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.

Other information:
- Recorded in 2008.
- Extensive booklet notes by the performer.
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Track list

Disk 1

  1. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426: I. Prelude
  2. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426: II. Allemande
  3. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426: III. Courante
  4. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426: IV. Gigue
  5. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427: I. Adagio
  6. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427: II. Allegro
  7. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427: III. Adagio
  8. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427: IV. Allegro
  9. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428: I. Prelude: Presto
  10. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428: II. Allegro
  11. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428: III. Allemande
  12. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428: IV. Courante
  13. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428: V. Air
  14. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428: VI. Presto
  15. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429: I. Allegro
  16. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429: II. Allemande
  17. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429: III. Courante
  18. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429: IV. Sarabande
  19. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429: V. Gigue

Disk 2

  1. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: I. Prelude
  2. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: II. Allemande
  3. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: III. Courante
  4. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air
  5. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431: I. Prelude
  6. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431: II. Largo
  7. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431: III. Allegro
  8. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431: IV. Gigue (Presto)
  9. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: I. Ouverture: Largo – Presto – Lentement
  10. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: II. Andante
  11. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: III. Allegro
  12. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: IV. Sarabande
  13. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: V. Gigue
  14. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: VI. Passacaille
  15. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433: I. Prelude: Adagio
  16. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433: II. Fugue
  17. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433: III. Allemande
  18. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433: IV. Courante
  19. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433: V. Gigue

Disk 3

  1. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: I. Prelude
  2. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: II. Sonata
  3. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: III. Aria con Variazioni
  4. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: IV. Minuet
  5. Georg Frideric Handel: Chacone in G Major, HWV 435
  6. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 436: I. Allemande
  7. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 436: II. Allegro
  8. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 436: III. Air: Lentement
  9. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 436: IV. Gigue: Presto
  10. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 436: V. Menuetto
  11. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: I. Allmand
  12. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: II. Corrant
  13. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Saraband
  14. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: IV. Jigg
  15. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 5 in E Minor, HWV 438: I. Allmand
  16. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 5 in E Minor, HWV 438: II. Saraband
  17. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 5 in E Minor, HWV 438: III. Jigg

Disk 4

  1. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 439: I. Allmand
  2. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 439: II. Corrant
  3. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 439: III. Jigg
  4. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 440: I. Allmand
  5. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 440: II. Corrant
  6. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 440: III. Saraband
  7. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 440: IV. Jigg
  8. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in G Major, HWV 441: I. Allemande
  9. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in G Major, HWV 441: II. Allegro
  10. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in G Major, HWV 441: III. Corante
  11. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in G Major, HWV 441: IV. Aria: Presto
  12. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in G Major, HWV 441: V. Menuetto
  13. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in G Major, HWV 441: VI. Gavotta
  14. Georg Frideric Handel: Suite No. 8 in G Major, HWV 441: VII. Gigue
  15. Georg Frideric Handel: Preludio: Allegro
  16. Georg Frideric Handel: Vo´ far guerra from Rinaldo
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