In late 1720, Saxon cum British composer/impresario George Friedrich Handel was having an intellectual property problem. In the middle of his efforts to begin the new opera season at King's Theater in ...

From venues a stone's throw away from each other in London, contrasting approaches to Handel's extrovert Suites: Laurence Cummings is recorded in the intimate acoustic of Handel House in Brook Street, ...

(8) Suites for Keyboard, Set I, Movements: Suite No. 1 in A, HWV426 Pierre Hantaï, Harpsichord (8) Suites for Keyboard, Set I, Movements: Suite No. 2 in F, HWV427 Pierre Hantaï, Harpsichord (8) Suites ...

(7) Suites for Keyboard, Set II, Movements: Suite No. 1 in B flat, HWV434 Ragna Schirmer, Piano George Frideric Handel, Composer (7) Suites for Keyboard, Set II, Movements: Suite No. 3 in D minor, ...

Bach recorded on the modern piano is frequently encountered in the CD catalogue, Handel rather less so. Indeed, the relatively modest list of recordings of Handel’s keyboard works makes new additions, ...

Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti (not to mention Francois Couperin and Dieterich Buxtehude) were not the only figures of the High Baroque to compose memorable keyboard music. George ...

Listening to this recording of Scipione, you might well judge it one of Handel’s strongest scores: aria after aria bristles with vitality and personality, and Act 2 ends with one of the most brilliant ...

The famous Handel keyboard suite is No5, the one that ends with five variations on the tune “The Harmonious Blacksmith”. But, as this fine release by Driver illustrates, there is a whole spectrum of ...

The debut album from award-winning Dutch pianist Daria van den Bercken is the Drive featured album of the week from 27 May. Multiple award-winning Dutch pianist Daria van den Bercken has released her ...

About the Album: The Water Music in Three Suites Complete. Handel's Water Music is a collection of short orchestral pieces composed to serenade King George I of England during a boating party on the ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] "I thought playing Handel's music from the Baroque era on the harpsichord would be easy, but for me as a pianist, there were many challenging aspects. While ...