Description
George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-born British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music. He received critical musical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London (1712) and becoming a naturalised British subject in 1727. By then he was strongly influenced by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition. These 20 pieces for solo piano are a collection of Handel’s best work.
Contents:
Fugue in b minor from Flute Sonata HWV 367b;
Sarabande in d minor from Suite HWV 437;
Courante in G from Suite HWV 441G;
Air with variations from Suite HWV 434;
Allegro in g minor from Suite HWV 434;
Gigue in B from Suite HWV 440;
Sarabande in e minor from Suite HWV 429;
Gigue in e minor from Suite HWV 429;
Capriccio in g minor HWV 483;
Air in d minor from Suite HWV 436;
Gigue in d minor from Suite HWV 436;
Prelude in E from Suite HWV 430;
Allemande in B from Suite HWV 440;
Passacaille in g minor from Suite HWV 432;
Allegro in D;
Gigue in e minor from Suite HWV 438;
Air with Variations in E (The Harmonious Blacksmith) from Suite HWV 430;
Largo in F (“Ombra mai fu”) from Xerxes; “Hallelujah!” from Messiah;
“See, the conquering hero comes!” in G from Judas Maccabeus .
