George Frideric Handel, born in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti, ranks among the most important composers of the Baroque era, alongside Bach and Scarlatti, Dieterich Buxtehude and Georg Philipp Telemann. His compositions for piano (or, in Handel’s time, for harpsichord) are characterised by alternating homophonic and polyphonic styles. Easy suite movements are complemented by two easy arrangements from the composer’s famous opera and oratorio works.
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Passepied C major, HWV 559 – Gavotte C major – Minuet G major, HWV 514b – Minuet G minor, HWV 536 – Impertinence (Bourrée) G minor, HWV 494 – Minuet G major, HWV 528 – Minuet G major, HWV 529 – Bourrée anglaise from: Sonata G major, for flute and b.c., HWV 363b – Air Bb major, HWV 471 – Gavotte from: Partita C minor, HWV 444 – Minuet from: Partita G major, HWV 450 – Minuet from: Suite D minor, HWV 449 – Sarabande con Variazioni from: Suite D minor, HWV 437 – Sonatina Suite D minor, HWV 581 – Sonatina Bb major, HWV 585 – Sarabande from: Suite G minor, HWV 432 – Menuetto con Variazioni from: Suite D minor, HWV 436 – Allemande from: Suite D minor, HWV 437 – Air G minor, HWV 467 – Sarabande from: Suite C major, HWV 443 – Sarabande from: Suite G major, HWV 450 – Chaconne con Variazioni from: Suite D minor, HWV 448 – Sarabande from: Suite D minor, HWV 449 – Aria con Variazioni from: Suite Bb major, HWV 434 – Preludio G major, HWV 442/1b – Chaconne con Variazioni G major, HWV 442/2 – Chaconne con Variazioni G major, HWV 435 – Aria (Ombra mai fu) G major, from: Serse (Opera), HWV 40 – Hallelujah D major, from: Messiah (Oratorio), HWV 56 – Aria con Variazioni (The Harmonious Blacksmith) from: Suite E major, HWV 430