Danny Driver - Händel: The Eight Great Suites (2014) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Danny Driver
Title: Händel: The Eight Great Suites
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Hyperion – CDA68041/2
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, booklet) / 24bit-88.2kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 02:21:17
Total Size: 396 MB / 1.95 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Händel: The Eight Great Suites
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Hyperion – CDA68041/2
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, booklet) / 24bit-88.2kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 02:21:17
Total Size: 396 MB / 1.95 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1
01. Suite #1 In A, HWV 426 - 1. Prelude (2:22)
02. Suite #1 In A, HWV 426 - 2. Allemande (3:50)
03. Suite #1 In A, HWV 426 - 3. Courante (2:31)
04. Suite #1 In A, HWV 426 - 4. Gigue (3:13)
05. Suite #2 In F, HWV 427 - 1. Adagio (2:30)
06. Suite #2 In F, HWV 427 - 2. Allegro (2:19)
07. Suite #2 In F, HWV 427 - 3. Adagio (1:31)
08. Suite #2 In F, HWV 427 - 4. Allegro: Fugue (2:09)
09. Suite #3 In D Minor, HWV 428 - 1. Prelude (1:01)
10. Suite #3 In D Minor, HWV 428 - 2. Allegro: Fugue (2:32)
11. Suite #3 In D Minor, HWV 428 - 3. Allemande (3:46)
12. Suite #3 In D Minor, HWV 428 - 4. Courante (1:32)
13. Suite #3 In D Minor, HWV 428 - 5. Air, With 5 Variations (8:51)
14. Suite #3 In D Minor, HWV 428 - 6. Presto (4:25)
15. Suite #4 In E Minor, HWV 429 - 1. Allegro: Fugue (3:21)
16. Suite #4 In E Minor, HWV 429 - 2. Allemande (2:35)
17. Suite #4 In E Minor, HWV 429 - 3. Courante (1:52)
18. Suite #4 In E Minor, HWV 429 - 4. Sarabande (5:13)
19. Suite #4 In E Minor, HWV 429 - 5. Gigue (1:48)
20. Suite #5 In E, HWV 430 - 1. Prelude (1:54)
21. Suite #5 In E, HWV 430 - 2. Allemande (4:10)
22. Suite #5 In E, HWV 430 - 3. Courante (1:49)
23. Suite #5 In E, HWV 430 - 4. Air, With 5 Variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (4:05)
CD2
01. Suite #6 In F Sharp Minor, HWV 431 - 1. Prelude (2:12)
02. Suite #6 In F Sharp Minor, HWV 431 - 2. Largo (1:57)
03. Suite #6 In F Sharp Minor, HWV 431 - 3. Allegro: Fugue (2:47)
04. Suite #6 In F Sharp Minor, HWV 431 - 4. Gigue (3:00)
05. Suite #7 In G Minor, HWV 432 - 1. Ouverture (6:07)
06. Suite #7 In G Minor, HWV 432 - 2. Andante (3:21)
07. Suite #7 In G Minor, HWV 432 - 3. Allegro (2:25)
08. Suite #7 In G Minor, HWV 432 - 4. Sarabande (3:23)
09. Suite #7 In G Minor, HWV 432 - 5. Gigue (1:35)
10. Suite #7 In G Minor, HWV 432 - 6. Passacaille: Chaconne (4:26)
11. Suite #8 In F Minor, HWV 433 - 1. Prelude (2:19)
12. Suite #8 In F Minor, HWV 433 - 2. Allegro: Fugue (2:27)
13. Suite #8 In F Minor, HWV 433 - 3. Allemande (2:51)
14. Suite #8 In F Minor, HWV 433 - 4. Courante (1:50)
15. Suite #8 In F Minor, HWV 433 - 5. Gigue (2:36)
16. Suite In C Minor, HWV 444, 'Partita' - 1. Prelude (1:44)
17. Suite In C Minor, HWV 444, 'Partita' - 2. Allemande (HWV 445 Version) (4:26)
18. Suite In C Minor, HWV 444, 'Partita' - 3. Courante (1:50)
19. Suite In C Minor, HWV 444, 'Partita' - 4. Gavotte (1:03)
20. Suite In C Minor, HWV 444, 'Partita' - 5. Menuet (1:01)
21. Suite In E Minor, HWV 438 - 1. Allemande (2:58)
22. Suite In E Minor, HWV 438 - 2. Sarabande (3:09)
23. Suite In E Minor, HWV 438 - 3. Gigue (1:45)
24. Chaconne In G, HWV 435 (11:11)
Danny Driver’s recordings of CPE Bach’s keyboard works have been much admired: praised by critics as deeply stylish and revelatory accounts of eighteenth-century works on a modern piano, with Driver’s impeccable pianism constantly present. Now he turns to Handel’s ‘Eight Great Suites’, largely written when the composer was resident in Cannons, near London.
The ‘Great Suites’ are an inspired, idiosyncratic amalgam of Gallic courtly dances, Italian vocal lyricism, Teutonic counterpoint and robust English tunefulness. Whereas Bach’s keyboard suites follow broadly similar patterns, centred on the traditional French dance sequence of Allemande, Courante, Sarabande and Gigue, Handel’s are unpredictable, with no two suites alike in the number and ordering of their movements. There are fugues, arias with variations, Italian-style sonata movements, even (in No 7) a Passacaglia. Compared with the elaborate finish of Bach’s suites, Handel’s often give the impression of written-down improvisations. In the fantasia-like Preludes, especially, Handel hints at his own genius as extemporiser, while leaving plenty to the performer’s own imagination.
The ‘Great Suites’ are an inspired, idiosyncratic amalgam of Gallic courtly dances, Italian vocal lyricism, Teutonic counterpoint and robust English tunefulness. Whereas Bach’s keyboard suites follow broadly similar patterns, centred on the traditional French dance sequence of Allemande, Courante, Sarabande and Gigue, Handel’s are unpredictable, with no two suites alike in the number and ordering of their movements. There are fugues, arias with variations, Italian-style sonata movements, even (in No 7) a Passacaglia. Compared with the elaborate finish of Bach’s suites, Handel’s often give the impression of written-down improvisations. In the fantasia-like Preludes, especially, Handel hints at his own genius as extemporiser, while leaving plenty to the performer’s own imagination.
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