Handsome Harpsichord: Best Loved Classical Harpsichord Music / Various

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 28, 2020
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Alan Cuckston
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 28, 2020
    • UPC
      747313818471
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578184
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Keyboard Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: III. Aria con variazioni

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Alan Cuckston

    2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    3. Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin: L'Enharmonique (The Enharmonic)

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Alan Cuckston

    4. Pieces de clavecin, Book 1: 1st Ordre in G Minor-Major: La Milordine

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Laurence Cummings

    5. Ut re mi fa sol la in F Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 58)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    6. Suite in G Minor, BuxWV 242: IV. Gigue

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    7. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    8. Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.466/L.118/P.501

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Laurence Cummings

    9. Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air and Variations, "Harmonious Blacksmith"

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Alan Cuckston

    10. Suite in A Minor: La Piémontoise, BG 102

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Laurence Cummings

    11. Harpsichord Sonata No. 48 in C Minor

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Gilbert Rowland

    12. Round O, Z. 684, "Abdelazer"

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Performer: Terence R. Charlston

    13. Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV 971, "Italian Concerto": I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Laurence Cummings

    14. Suite No. 4 In G Minor: V. La Sainscy

      Composer: Antoine Forqueray

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    15. Fantasia in D Minor, Fk. 19

      Composer: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

      Performer: Julia Brown

    16. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.119/L.415/P.217: Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Laurence Cummings

    17. Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin: Suite in G Major-Minor: VI. Les Sauvages

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Gilbert Rowland

    18. Harpsichord Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1058: III. Allegro assai

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Kölner Kammerorchester

      Performer: Gerald Hambitzer

      Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl

    19. Pieces de Clavecin: Suite in E Minor-Major: IX. Tambourin

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Gilbert Rowland

    20. Suite Francaise, FP 80: VII. Carillon (version for keyboard)

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Christopher D. Lewis

    21. Keyboard Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: II. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Alan Cuckston

    22. Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Kölner Kammerorchester

      Performer: Harald Hoeren

      Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl

    23. Keyboard Sonata No. 24 in D Minor: Allegro

      Composer: Carlos de Seixas

      Performer: Débora Halász


This new release is part of the Best Loved series, covering a substantial selection of iconic and entertaining works from the Naxos catalogue. This series will be accompanied by supplementary online playlists. Includes works by Purcell, Bach, Handel, Couperin and Rameau taken from recordings such as Wolfgang Rübsam’s Goldberg Variations (8.573921), Byrd’s Fantasias performed by Glen Wilson (8.572433), and Carillon from Poulenc’s Suite française played by Christopher D. Lewis (8.573364).