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Catherine Bott talks to harpsichordist Laurence Cummings about Handel as both a virtuoso keyboard player and composer for the keyboard.

Much of Handel's keyboard music was occasional or improvised, so it is now lost. But soon after he settled in London, a collection called the Eight Great Suites was issued. Laurence has recorded these works in the Handel House Museum in Brook Street, London, and discusses them and plays excerpts.

Playlist:

Handel: Prelude (Suite in D minor, HWV428 - 1720 No 3)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Zachow: Fuga Finalis (Suite in B minor)
Carole Cerasi (harpsichord)
METRONOME MET CD 1055, Trs 4-5

Handel: Prelude (Suite in F sharp minor, HWV431 - 1720 No 6)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Handel: Allemande (Suite in A, HWV426 - 1720 No 1)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Handel: Courante Suite in A, HWV426 - 1720 No 1)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Handel: Courante (Suite in F minor, HWV433 - 1720 No 8)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Handel: Three minuets in A, HWV545, 547 and 546
Christopher Hogwood (Bodechtel clavichord)
METRONOME METCD 1060 CD 2, Trs 1-3

Handel: Fugue in C minor, HWV610
Christopher Hogwood (Hass clavichord)
METRONOME METCD 1060 CD 1, Tr 8

Handel: Fugue (Suite in F, HWV 427 - 1720 No 2)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Handel: Theme and variations (Harmonious Blacksmith) - Suite in E, HWV430 - 1720 No 5)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Handel: Sarabande (Suite in E minor, HWV429 - 1720 No 4)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Handel: Gigue (Suite in G minor, HWV 432 - 1720 No 7)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London)

Handel: Passacaglia (Suite in G minor, HWV432 - 1720 No 7)
Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London).

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