Smith, Handel: Six Lessons, Op.3

Riccardo Primo, Re d’inghilterra HWV 23 (Oper) (Auszug)
Ouvertüre D-Dur: Largo – Allegro
Suite A-Dur op. 3 Nr. 1 (aus: Six suites of lessons for the harpsichord)
1. Allegro
2. Larghetto
3. Vivace
Suite c-moll op. 3 Nr. 2 (aus: Six suites of lessons for the harpsichord)
1. Andante allegro
2. Allegro
3. Allegro
Suite F-Dur op. 3 Nr. 3 (aus: Six suites of lessons for the harpsichord)
1. Andante allegro
2. Allemande
3. Allegro
Suite B-Dur op. 3 Nr. 4 (aus: Six suites of lessons for the harpsichord)
1. Andante
2. Allegro
3.Tempo di gavotte
Suite G-Dur op. 3 Nr. 5 (aus: Six suites of lessons for the harpsichord)
1. Vivace
2. Allegro
3- Allegro
4. Minuetto – Variationen Nr. 1-5
Suite D-Dur op. 3 Nr. 6 (aus: Six suites of lessons for the harpsichord)
1. Cappricio
2. Allegro
3. Andante gustoso
4. Gigue

Perkins, Julian

Format: 1 CD
Release date: 11/5/2015
SKU: 0095115080726 Catégories : ,

20,90

   in Early Music Today (Mar, 2016)
I imagine the majority of those few who recognise the name John Christopher Smith will know him for his long association with Handel: Smith acted as Handel’s amanuensis towards the end of his life, and after 1759 worked hard to establish the older man’s legacy. Harpsichordist Julian Perkins has made the first recording of Smith’s six suites for the instrument – a fascinating collection of works, none of which conforms to the traditional, dance-based suite structure; instead these pieces are more akin to sonatas.

Perkins has chosen two strikingly different instruments for this recording – a ‘fruity’ English single-manual for the suites in flat keys, and a ‘powerful’ French double-manual for …

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