Pierre Hantai - Handel - Suites Pour Clavecin on CD

Description

A European bestseller in their time, Händel's 1720 'Suites' are far from having regained, in concert and on disc, the eminent place they once held. Does the fault lie with the anathema pronounced by the 'pope' Gustav Leonhardt, who always openly shunned Händel? With the man himself, a startling virtuoso, but keener to compose for the opera? With recordings that are often pleasant but rarely showcase the strongest personalities of their generation?

TRACKS

1. Handel: Suite in a Major HWV 426 - Prélude
2. Handel: Suite in a Major HWV 426 - Allemande
3. Handel: Suite in a Major HWV 426 - Courante
4. Handel: Suite in a Major HWV 426 - Gigue
5. Handel: Suite in F Major HWV 427 - Adagio
6. Handel: Suite in F Major HWV 427 - Allegro
7. Handel: Suite in F Major HWV 427 - Adagio
8. Handel: Suite in F Major HWV 427 - Allegro (Fugue)
9. Handel: Suite in D minor HWV 428 - Präludium, Allegro (Fugue)
10. Handel: Suite in D minor HWV 428 - Allemande
11. Handel: Suite in D minor HWV 428 - Courante
12. Handel: Suite in D minor HWV 428 - Air ; 5 Variations
13. Handel: Suite in D minor HWV 428 - Presto
14. Handel: Fugue in C minor HWV 610
15. Handel: Suite in E minor HWV 429 - Allegro (Fugue)
16. Handel: Suite in E minor HWV 429 - Allemande
17. Handel: Suite in E minor HWV 429 - Courante
18. Handel: Suite in E minor HWV 429 - Sarabande
19. Handel: Suite in E minor HWV 429 - Gigue