℗ 2021 Signum Records
Released November 19, 2021
Duration 2h 33m 40s
Record Label Signum Records
Catalogue No. SIGCD679
Genre Classical (Keyboard)
 

Handel: The 8 Great Harpsichord Suites

Bridget Cunningham

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Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426  
1.1
I. Prelude
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
1:53
1.2
II. Allemande
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
3:20
1.3
III. Courante
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:54
1.4
IV. Gigue
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
3:17
Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427  
1.5
I. Adagio
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:16
1.6
II. Allegro
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:36
1.7
III. Adagio
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
1:20
1.8
IV. Allegro
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:33
Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428  
1.9
I. Prelude
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
0:57
1.10
II. Allegro
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:37
1.11
III. Allemande
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
3:34
1.12
IV. Courante
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:15
1.13
V. Air and Variations
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
8:22
1.14
VI. Presto
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
4:28
Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429  
1.15
I. Allegro
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
3:46
1.16
II. Allemande
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:19
1.17
III. Courante
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:23
1.18
IV. Sarabande
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
3:05
1.19
V. Gigue
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
1:44
Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430  
1.20
I. Prelude
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:16
1.21
II. Allemande
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
4:23
1.22
III. Courante
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:21
1.23
IV. Air and Variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
4:49
Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431  
1.24
I. Prelude
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
1:43
1.25
II. Largo
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
1:31
1.26
III. Allegro
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:45
1.27
IV. Gigue
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:53
Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432  
2.1
I. Overture
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
5:15
2.2
II. Andante
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
3:11
2.3
III. Allegro
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:14
2.4
IV. Sarabande
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:08
2.5
V. Gigue
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
1:24
2.6
VI. Passacaille
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
4:14
Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433  
2.7
I. Prelude
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:04
2.8
II. Allegro
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:45
2.9
III. Allemande
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
3:58
2.10
IV. Courante
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
1:57
2.11
V. Gigue
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
2:27
Muzio Scevola, HWV 13  
2.12
Ouverture (Arranged for Harpsichord)
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
4:32
Keyboard Arrangements of Arias from Italian Operas, HWV 482  
2.13
IV. 'Pupile sdegnose' from Muzio Scevola
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
4:43
2.14
V. 'Come se ti vedrò' from Muzio Scevola
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
4:48
2.15
II. 'Sventurato godi o core abbandonato' from Floridante
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
6:21
Keyboard Arrangements of Overtures from Italian Operas, HWV 456  
2.16
V. Overture to Riccardo Primo
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
5:10
Keyboard Arrangements of Arias from Italian Operas, HWV 482  
2.17
III. 'Ombra cara' from Radamisto
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
6:47
2.18
Chaconne in G Major (Version V), HWV 435
GeorgeFrideric Handel; Bridget Cunningham
11:22
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.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Signum Records Studio Masters
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12
11 to 14
1.1
I. Prelude
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1.2
II. Allemande
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1.3
III. Courante
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1.4
IV. Gigue
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1.5
I. Adagio
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1.6
II. Allegro
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1.7
III. Adagio
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1.8
IV. Allegro
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1.9
I. Prelude
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1.10
II. Allegro
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1.11
III. Allemande
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1.12
IV. Courante
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1.13
V. Air and Variations
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1.14
VI. Presto
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1.15
I. Allegro
-1.35-18.58-15.512
1.16
II. Allemande
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1.17
III. Courante
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1.18
IV. Sarabande
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1.19
V. Gigue
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1.20
I. Prelude
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1.21
II. Allemande
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1.22
III. Courante
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1.23
IV. Air and Variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
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1.24
I. Prelude
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1.25
II. Largo
-0.88-20.00-16.813
1.26
III. Allegro
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1.27
IV. Gigue
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2.1
I. Overture
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2.2
II. Andante
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2.3
III. Allegro
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2.4
IV. Sarabande
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2.5
V. Gigue
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2.6
VI. Passacaille
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2.7
I. Prelude
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2.8
II. Allegro
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2.9
III. Allemande
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2.10
IV. Courante
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2.11
V. Gigue
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2.12
Ouverture (Arranged for Harpsichord)
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2.13
IV. 'Pupile sdegnose' from Muzio Scevola
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2.14
V. 'Come se ti vedrò' from Muzio Scevola
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2.15
II. 'Sventurato godi o core abbandonato' from Floridante
-3.39-22.99-19.614
2.16
V. Overture to Riccardo Primo
-2.23-21.44-18.113
2.17
III. 'Ombra cara' from Radamisto
-4.83-23.28-20.213
2.18
Chaconne in G Major (Version V), HWV 435
-0.92-20.57-17.513

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