Handel: 8 Great Suites For Harpsichord

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Asako Ogawa explores the rich variety of styles [of 'The Harmonious Blacksmith') with rhythmic suppleness and a lively feeling for characterisation. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Jul 2023
Catalogue No: FHR142
Label: First Hand
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 426 in A major

Work length11:51

$4.00

$5.20

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

I. Prelude

Track length2:21

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allemande

Track length3:38

$1.00

$1.30

III. Courante

Track length2:57

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Gigue

Track length2:55

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 431 in F sharp minor

Work length10:24

$4.00

$5.20

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

I. Prelude

Track length2:19

$1.00

$1.30

II. Largo

Track length2:15

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro

Track length2:55

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Gigue: Presto

Track length2:55

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith'

Work length15:01

$4.00

$5.20

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

I. Prelude

Track length2:09

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allemande

Track length5:36

$1.00

$1.30

III. Courante

Track length2:14

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Air and Variations, ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’

Track length5:02

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 429 in E minor

Work length15:48

$5.00

$6.50

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

I. Allegro

Track length3:38

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allemande

Track length3:08

$1.00

$1.30

III. Courante

Track length2:19

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Sarabande

Track length4:49

$1.00

$1.30

V. Gigue

Track length1:54

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 435 (Chaconne) in G major

Work length9:37

$2.00

$2.60

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 427 in F major

Work length9:57

$4.00

$5.20

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

I. Adagio

Track length3:12

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length2:27

$1.00

$1.30

III. Adagio

Track length1:48

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro

Track length2:30

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 428 in D minor

Work length25:27

$8.00

$10.35

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

I. Prelude (Presto)

Track length1:13

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length2:35

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allemande

Track length4:49

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Courante

Track length1:50

$1.00

$1.30

V. Air and Variations

Track length10:23

$3.00

$3.85

VI. Presto

Track length4:37

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 433 in F minor

Work length14:48

$5.00

$6.50

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

I. Prelude (Adagio)

Track length2:41

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length2:46

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allemande

Track length4:46

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Courante

Track length2:08

$1.00

$1.30

V. Gigue

Track length2:27

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 432 in G minor

Work length22:20

$6.00

$7.80

Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)

I. Overture

Track length5:26

$1.00

$1.30

II. Andante

Track length4:23

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro

Track length2:04

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Sarabande

Track length4:07

$1.00

$1.30

V. Gigue

Track length1:36

$1.00

$1.30

VI. Passacaille

Track length4:44

$1.00

$1.30

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The London-based Japanese harpsichordist Asako Ogawa has recorded Hande's 8 Greatl Suites for Harpsichord on a rich sounding instrument in a perfect acoustic, showcasing her brilliant technique and engrossing interpretation. This release follows on from her critically acclaimed debut for FHR, the 6 Partitas of J.S. Bach (FHR92). Ogawa is one of the today's most versatile performers on the keyboard, from virginals, harpsichord, fortepiano to modern piano. 'Bach Partitas with refined control' - The Independent, 4 Stars '...her playing radiated excitement, and a vivid sense of the character of each individual piece'. - BBC Music Magazine, 4 Stars Like Bach and Scarlatti, Handel was a virtuoso keyboard player, but his concentration on opera and oratorio has perhaps obscured this fact for many. He wrote keyboard music throughout his life, his output including some 22 suites for keyboard. Eight of these, known as the Great Suites, and recorded on this album, have been particularly admired since they were first published by John Cluer in London 1720 under the title Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin. The Suites demonstrate the composer's absorption of many different influences including Italian and French styles but they also have a very German feeling for counterpoint.

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September 2023

Asako Ogawa explores the rich variety of styles [of 'The Harmonious Blacksmith') with rhythmic suppleness and a lively feeling for characterisation.

October 2023

The seriousness and deliberation characterising her earlier Bach Goldberg Variations and Partitas releases now gives way to a more confident and creative interpretative presence throughout Handel’s Eight Great Suites...In all, her Handel Suites count among the best recorded versions.

Handel: 8 Great Suites For Harpsichord

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