Andrei Gavrilov, Sviatoslav Richter - Handel: Keyboard Suites I (1982)

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Artist: Andrei Gavrilov, Sviatoslav Richter
Title: Handel: Keyboard Suites I
Year Of Release: 1982
Label: EMI Classics
Genre: Classical piano solo
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 59'28 + 59'53
Total Size: 447 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD1

Suite No.1 In A
1-01 I: Prélude 3:12
1-02 II: Allemande (Andantino) 3:04
1-03 III: Courante (Allegro moderato) 2:12
1-04 IV: Gigue (Presto) 2:39
Suite No.2 In F
1-05 I: Adagio 3:28
1-06 II: Allegro 2:13
1-07 III: Adagio 1:45
1-08 IV: Fuga (Allegro) 2:27
Suite No.3 In D minor
1-09 I: Prélude (Presto) 1:03
1-10 II: Fuga (Allegro) 2:21
1-11 III: Allemande (Andantino quasi Allegretto) 3:30
1-12 IV: Courante (Allegretto) 1:50
1-13 V: Air (Lento non troppo) 10:23
1-14 VI: Presto 4:29
Suite No.4 In E minor
1-15 I: Fuga (Allegro) 3:22
1-16 II: Allemande (Allegro moderato) 2:33
1-17 III: Courante (Allegretto tranquillo) 2:04
1-18 IV: Sarabande (Allegretto con moto) 4:47
1-19 V: Gigue (Vivace) 1:27

CD2

Suite No.5 In E
2-01 I: Prélude (Allegro moderato) 1:49
2-02 II: Allemande (Andantino) 4:47
2-03 III: Courante (Allegro) 2:05
2-04 IV: Air con variazioni (Andantino) 4:33
Suite No.6 In F sharp minor
2-05 I: Prélude (Allegro moderato) 1:21
2-06 II: Largo 3:14
2-07 III: Fuga (Allegro) 3:04
2-08 IV: Gigue (Presto) 2:42
Suite No.7 In G minor
2-09 I: Ouverture (Adagio-Presto-Adagio) 6:21
2-10 II: Andante 3:41
2-11 III: Allegro 1:54
2-12 IV: Sarabande (Andante con moto) 5:10
2-13 V: Gigue (Vivo) 1:16
2-14 VI: Passacaglia (Allegro commodo) 4:35
Suite No.8 In F minor
2-15 I: Prélude (Adagio) 2:48
2-16 II: Fuga (Allegro) 3:05
2-17 III: Allemande (Allegro moderato) 2:51
2-18 IV: Courante (Allegro) 1:54
2-19 V: Gigue (Presto) 2:14

Of course, the listener can tell the Handel Suites played by Andrei Gavrilov from the Handel Suites played by Sviatoslav Richter. Gavrilov's Suites are superbly played, thoughtfully performed, and persuasively interpreted. Richter's Suites, however, are supremely well played, penetratingly performed, and profoundly interpreted. Gavrilov's Suites are among the best recordings of the Suites ever made, catching the works' playfulness and seriousness, their sense of intimacy, and their sense of entertainment. Richter's Suites, however, are among the best recordings of anything ever made, plumbing the depths of the works' emotions, reaching the heights of their excitement, and realizing all the greatness and magnificence of their genius. Some listeners might legitimately prefer the Suites performed on the harpsichord, the instrument for which Handel intended them. But any listener with ears to hear should hear these recordings. Gavrilov is as good as the best. Richter, however, is better than the best. EMI's early-'80s sound is perhaps a bit too recessed and a little too reverberant.

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