Piano Works, Vol. 2: Second Set of 1733 HWV 434-442 Urtext

Handel Piano Works, Vol. 2: Second Set of 1733 HWV 434-442 Barenreiter Urtext

The two collections of suites that Handel himself issued in 1720 and 1733 form the main pillars of his keyboard music. For Handel, the suite was a self-contained genre with a cyclic formal design. Thus, although indebted to the sequence of movements customary at the time, each suite in these two collections has distinctive features all of its own.

This new edition by the renowned Handel scholar Terence Best draws on Peter Northway's ground-breaking volume of 1970. Many new discoveries have made it necessary to thoroughly revise Northway's work. All these research findings have been incorporated in our volume along with the Urtext from the “Halle Handel Edition".

The volume also contains an informative appendix with alternative versions and movements that Handel withdrew before publication. This comprehensive edition of the 1733 collection is rounded off with a detailed preface, thereby creating a new edition that satisfies every prerequisite for professional performances at the highest level.

- Urtext from the “ Halle Handel Edition"

- Handel's second great collection of suites with all musically relevant addenda

- Detailed scholarly introduction

- Based on the latest findings of Handel scholarship

Also available from Barenreiter Urtext:

Handel Piano Works, Vol. I

Handel Piano Works, Vol. III

Handel Piano Works, Vol. IV

Handel Piano Works, Vols. I-4 Complete

• Suite B-dur HWV 434
• Chaconne G-dur mit 21 Variationen HWV 435
• Suite d-moll HWV 436
• Suite d-moll HWV 437
• Suite e-moll HWV 438
• Suite g-moll HWV 439
• Suite B-dur HWV 440
• Suite G-dur HWV 441
• Prélude et Chaconne G-dur mit 62 Variationen HWV 442