8 "Great" Suites for Keyboard, HWV 426-433

Album by George Frideric Handel & Richard Egarr

8 "Great" Suites for Keyboard, HWV 426–433 is a set of eight keyboard suites by George Frideric Handel, published in 1733. Composed in the Baroque idiom, the suites feature dance-derived movements, ornamented melodic lines and contrasting textures suited to harpsichord or early keyboards, and they occupy a central place in Handel's instrumental output and in the early 18th-century keyboard repertoire.
First released: January 2013

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Suite no. 1 in A major, HWV 426: Prélude
    2:10
  2. 2.
    Suite no. 5 in E major, HWV 430: Prélude
    2:12
  3. 3.
    Suite no. 1 in A major, HWV 426: Allemande
    4:07
  4. 4.
    Suite no. 5 in E major, HWV 430: Allemande
    5:31
  5. 5.
    Suite no. 1 in A major, HWV 426: Courante
    2:43
  6. 6.
    Suite no. 5 in E major, HWV 430: Courante
    1:56
  7. 7.
    Suite no. 1 in A major, HWV 426: Gigue
    3:31
  8. 8.
    Suite no. 5 in E major, HWV 430: Air – Doubles 1-5
    4:24
  9. 9.
    Suite no. 6 in F-sharp minor, HWV 431: Prélude
    1:42
  10. 10.
    Suite no. 2 in F major, HWV 427: Adagio
    3:00
  11. 11.
    Suite no. 6 in F-sharp minor, HWV 431: Largo
    1:56
  12. 12.
    Suite no. 2 in F major, HWV 427: Allegro
    2:50
  13. 13.
    Suite no. 2 in F major, HWV 427: Adagio
    1:21
  14. 14.
    Suite no. 6 in F-sharp minor, HWV 431: Allegro
    2:55
  15. 15.
    Suite no. 2 in F major, HWV 427: Allegro
    2:25
  16. 16.
    Suite no. 6 in F-sharp minor, HWV 431: Gigue: Presto
    3:04
  17. 17.
    Suite no. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: Ouverture: Largo – Presto – Lentemen
    4:25
  18. 18.
    Suite no. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: Prélude: Presto
    0:48
  19. 19.
    Suite no. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: Andante
    3:24
  20. 20.
    Suite no. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: Allegro
    2:38
  21. 21.
    Suite no. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: Allemande
    4:54
  22. 22.
    Suite no. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: Allegro
    2:30
  23. 23.
    Suite no. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: Courante
    1:55
  24. 24.
    Suite no. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: Sarabande
    2:33
  25. 25.
    Suite no. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: Air – Doubles 1-5
    8:48
  26. 26.
    Suite no. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: Gigue
    1:34
  27. 27.
    Suite no. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: Presto
    4:29
  28. 28.
    Suite no. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: Passacaille
    4:33
  29. 29.
    Suite no. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: Allegro
    3:44
  30. 30.
    Suite no. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: Prélude: Adagio
    2:14
  31. 31.
    Suite no. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: Allemande
    2:59
  32. 32.
    Suite no. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: Allegro
    2:50
  33. 33.
    Suite no. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: Courante
    2:12
  34. 34.
    Suite no. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: Allemande
    4:52
  35. 35.
    Suite no. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: Sarabande
    3:17
  36. 36.
    Suite no. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: Courante
    2:08
  37. 37.
    Suite no. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: Gigue
    2:05
  38. 38.
    Suite no. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: Gigue
    2:29

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