℗ 2014 Hyperion Records Limited
Released September 15, 2023
Originated April 27, 2014
Duration 2h 21m 42s
Record Label Hyperion
Genre Classical
 

Handel: The 8 Great Suites for Keyboard

Danny Driver

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Suite No. 1 in A Major, HWV 426  
1.1
I. Prelude
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:22
1.2
II. Allemande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
3:50
1.3
III. Courante
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:31
1.4
IV. Gigue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
3:13
Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427  
1.5
I. Adagio
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:30
1.6
II. Allegro
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:19
1.7
III. Adagio
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:31
1.8
IV. Allegro. Fugue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:09
Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428  
1.9
I. Prelude
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:01
1.10
II. Allegro. Fugue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:32
1.11
III. Allemande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
3:46
1.12
IV. Courante
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:32
1.13
V. Air with 5 Variations
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
8:51
1.14
VI. Presto
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
4:25
Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429  
1.15
I. Allegro. Fugue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
3:21
1.16
II. Allemande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:35
1.17
III. Courante
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:52
1.18
IV. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
5:13
1.19
V. Gigue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:48
Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430  
1.20
I. Prelude
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:54
1.21
II. Allemande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
4:10
1.22
III. Courante
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:49
1.23
IV. Air with 5 Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
4:05
Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431  
2.1
I. Prelude
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:12
2.2
II. Largo
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:57
2.3
III. Allegro. Fugue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:47
2.4
IV. Gigue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
3:00
Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432  
2.5
I. Ouverture
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
6:07
2.6
II. Andante
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
3:21
2.7
III. Allegro
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:25
2.8
IV. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
3:23
2.9
V. Gigue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:35
2.10
VI. Passacaille. Chaconne
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
4:26
Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433  
2.11
I. Prelude
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:19
2.12
II. Allegro. Fugue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:27
2.13
III. Allemande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:51
2.14
IV. Courante
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:50
2.15
V. Gigue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:36
Partita "Suite" in C Minor, HWV 444  
2.16
I. Prelude
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:44
2.17
II. Allemande (HWV 445 Version)
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
4:26
2.18
III. Courante
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:50
2.19
IV. Gavotte
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:03
2.20
V. Menuet
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:01
Suite in E Minor, HWV 438  
2.21
I. Allemande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
2:58
2.22
II. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
3:09
2.23
III. Gigue
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
1:45
2.24
Chaconne in G Major, HWV 435 (Version 4)
George Frideric Handel; Danny Driver
11:11
Digital Booklet
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.
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LUFS
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Album average
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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. Fugue
-4.17-23.37-20.511
1.9
I. Prelude
-4.57-20.48-17.510
1.10
II. Allegro. Fugue
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1.11
III. Allemande
-9.05-27.49-24.911
1.12
IV. Courante
-6.15-23.93-21.411
1.13
V. Air with 5 Variations
-4.26-25.30-22.713
1.14
VI. Presto
-2.39-23.11-20.413
1.15
I. Allegro. Fugue
-4.40-23.06-20.512
1.16
II. Allemande
-12.18-30.24-27.512
1.17
III. Courante
-6.75-25.15-22.611
1.18
IV. Sarabande
-12.92-33.95-31.014
1.19
V. Gigue
-7.21-24.61-21.811
1.20
I. Prelude
-6.52-23.97-21.210
1.21
II. Allemande
-7.23-24.51-22.011
1.22
III. Courante
-6.85-23.19-20.610
1.23
IV. Air with 5 Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
-3.08-21.57-18.811
2.1
I. Prelude
-5.64-29.80-26.712
2.2
II. Largo
-5.21-25.09-22.513
2.3
III. Allegro. Fugue
-4.24-23.64-21.111
2.4
IV. Gigue
-7.36-25.21-22.611
2.5
I. Ouverture
-3.70-23.08-20.213
2.6
II. Andante
-8.70-27.45-24.912
2.7
III. Allegro
-9.30-25.41-22.811
2.8
IV. Sarabande
-9.24-30.79-27.213
2.9
V. Gigue
-9.96-27.08-24.411
2.10
VI. Passacaille. Chaconne
-2.30-19.42-16.611
2.11
I. Prelude
-7.68-27.33-24.212
2.12
II. Allegro. Fugue
-2.58-21.95-19.412
2.13
III. Allemande
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2.14
IV. Courante
-6.22-25.22-22.711
2.15
V. Gigue
-5.06-24.84-22.213
2.16
I. Prelude
-9.25-27.93-24.610
2.17
II. Allemande (HWV 445 Version)
-10.98-29.07-26.512
2.18
III. Courante
-7.93-25.39-22.812
2.19
IV. Gavotte
-10.34-30.72-28.113
2.20
V. Menuet
-13.43-34.46-31.210
2.21
I. Allemande
-11.53-29.34-26.711
2.22
II. Sarabande
-14.44-33.52-31.012
2.23
III. Gigue
-7.20-25.08-22.211
2.24
Chaconne in G Major, HWV 435 (Version 4)
-4.69-25.57-22.713

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