Handel, ed. Best - Keyboard Works III - Piano

The compositions in this volume cover a wide span of Handel’s creative life, from his Hamburg years until about 1750; but most of them were written before 1720, the date when he seems virtually to have given up composing for the harpsichord except for special commissions such as the two Suites for the Princess Louisa (nos 6 and 7, c. 1739). There are Autograph MSS of all but eight pieces (2–5, 19–22), supplemented in some cases by contemporary copies, and twelve of them appeared in contemporary printed editions; nos 9–12, 15 and 16 are here printed for the first time.

1. Six Fugues or Voluntarys for the Organ or Harpsichord op. 3: g-moll HWV 605 / G-dur HWV 606 / B-dur HWV 607 / h-moll HWV 608 / a-moll HWV 609 / c-moll HWV 610
2. Sonata pur le Clavesin C-dur HWV 577
3. Capriccio F-dur HWV 481
4. Preludio ed Allegro g-moll HWV 574
5. Fantaisie C-dur HWV 490
6. Suite d-moll HWV 447
7. Suite g-moll HWV 452
8. Capriccio g-moll HWV 483
9. Allemande A-dur HWV 477
10. Allemande F-durHWV 476
11. Gigue F-dur HWV 492
12. Prélude d-moll HWV 562
13. Sonatina (Fuga) G-dur HWV 582
14. Sonatina B-dur HWV 585
15. Prélude fis-moll HWV 570
16. Air A-dur HWV 468
17. Sonata con Trio e Gavotta C-dur (für eine Spieluhr) HWV 578
18. Prélude a-moll HWV 575
19. Lesson a-moll HWV 496
20. Partita A-dur HWV 454
21. Prélude g-moll HWV 572
22. Sonata für zweimanualiges Cembalo G-dur HWV 579