Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin

Album by George Frideric Handel & Michael Borgstede

Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin is a collection of harpsichord suites by George Frideric Handel, published in 1720. The works exemplify Baroque keyboard style, blending French dance-suite forms and ornamentation with contrapuntal and Italianate melodic elements, and occupy an early-to-mid career position in Handel's output as he developed his instrumental writing for solo keyboard.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Suite No. 1 in A major, HWV 426: I. Prelude
    2:35
  2. 2.
    Suite No. 1 in A major, HWV 426: II. Allemande
    4:19
  3. 3.
    Suite No. 1 in A major, HWV 426: III. Courante
    2:36
  4. 4.
    Suite No. 1 in A major, HWV 426: IV. Gigue
    2:43
  5. 5.
    Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427: I. Adagio
    2:30
  6. 6.
    Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427: II. Allegro
    2:29
  7. 7.
    Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427: III. Adagio
    1:32
  8. 8.
    Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427: IV. Allegro
    2:21
  9. 9.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: I. Prelude. Presto
    1:08
  10. 10.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: II. Allegro
    2:11
  11. 11.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: III. Allemande
    4:31
  12. 12.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: IV. Courante
    2:20
  13. 13.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: V. Air
    9:16
  14. 14.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: VI. Presto
    4:58
  15. 15.
    Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: I. Allegro
    3:43
  16. 16.
    Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: II. Allemande
    2:43
  17. 17.
    Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: III. Courante
    2:40
  18. 18.
    Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: IV. Sarabande
    4:18
  19. 19.
    Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429: V. Gigue
    1:31

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430: I. Prelude
    2:14
  2. 3.
    Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430: II. Allemande
    5:49
  3. 4.
    Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430: III. Courante
    1:50
  4. 5.
    Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430: IV. Air
    4:34
  5. 6.
    Suite No. 6 in F sharp minor, HWV 431: I. Prelude
    2:02
  6. 7.
    Suite No. 6 in F sharp minor, HWV 431: II. Largo
    1:58
  7. 8.
    Suite No. 6 in F sharp minor, HWV 431: III. Allegro
    2:32
  8. 9.
    Suite No. 6 in F sharp minor, HWV 431: IV. Gigue (Presto)
    2:39
  9. 10.
    Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: I. Ouverture. Largo – Presto – Lentement
    5:37
  10. 11.
    Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: II. Andante
    3:58
  11. 12.
    Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: III. Allegro
    2:02
  12. 13.
    Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: IV. Sarabande
    4:00
  13. 14.
    Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: V. Gigue
    1:24
  14. 15.
    Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: VI. Passacaille
    2:19
  15. 16.
    Suite No. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: I. Prelude. Adagio
    2:31
  16. 17.
    Suite No. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: II. Fugue
    2:39
  17. 18.
    Suite No. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: III. Allemande
    4:02
  18. 19.
    Suite No. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: IV. Courante
    1:46
  19. 20.
    Suite No. 8 in F minor, HWV 433: V. Gigue
    2:15

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Suite No. 1 in B flat major, HWV 434: I. Prelude
    3:03
  2. 4.
    Suite No. 1 in B flat major, HWV 434: II. Sonata
    1:45
  3. 5.
    Suite No. 1 in B flat major, HWV 434: III. Aria con Variazioni
    3:58
  4. 6.
    Suite No. 1 in B flat major, HWV 434: IV. Minuet
    1:53
  5. 7.
    Chacone in G major, HWV 435
    10:49
  6. 8.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 436: I. Allemande
    3:48
  7. 9.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 436: II. Allegro
    1:31
  8. 10.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 436: III. Air. Lentement
    2:35
  9. 11.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 436: IV. Gigue. Presto
    1:53
  10. 12.
    Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 436: V. Menuetto
    3:46
  11. 13.
    Suite No. 4 in D minor, HWV 437: I. Allmand
    2:41
  12. 14.
    Suite No. 4 in D minor, HWV 437: II. Corrant
    1:43
  13. 15.
    Suite No. 4 in D minor, HWV 437: III. Saraband
    2:12
  14. 16.
    Suite No. 4 in D minor, HWV 437: IV. Jigg
    0:45
  15. 17.
    Suite No. 5 in E minor, HWV 438: I. Allmand
    3:21
  16. 18.
    Suite No. 5 in E minor, HWV 438: II. Saraband
    2:52
  17. 19.
    Suite No. 5 in E minor, HWV 438: III. Jigg
    1:39

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Suite No. 6 in G minor, HWV 439: I. Allmand
    6:37
  2. 5.
    Suite No. 6 in G minor, HWV 439: II. Corrant
    3:46
  3. 6.
    Suite No. 6 in G minor, HWV 439: III. Jigg
    4:38
  4. 7.
    Suite No. 7 in B flat major, HWV 440: I. Allmand
    2:40
  5. 8.
    Suite No. 7 in B flat major, HWV 440: II. Corrant
    1:55
  6. 9.
    Suite No. 7 in B flat major, HWV 440: III. Saraband
    2:54
  7. 10.
    Suite No. 7 in B flat major, HWV 440: IV. Jigg
    1:28
  8. 11.
    Suite No. 8 in G major, HWV 441: I. Allemande
    1:56
  9. 12.
    Suite No. 8 in G major, HWV 441: II. Allegro
    3:25
  10. 13.
    Suite No. 8 in G major, HWV 441: III. Corante
    3:21
  11. 14.
    Suite No. 8 in G major, HWV 441: IV. Aria. Presto
    1:27
  12. 15.
    Suite No. 8 in G major, HWV 441: V. Menuetto
    3:20
  13. 16.
    Suite No. 8 in G major, HWV 441: VI. Gavotta
    3:23
  14. 17.
    Suite No. 8 in G major, HWV 441: VII. Gigue
    2:40
  15. 18.
    Preludio. Allegro
    1:13
  16. 19.
    Vo' far guerra from Rinaldo
    11:32

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