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Having paid tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach in a sequence of New Series recordings of the Well-tempered Clavier, the Goldberg Variations and the French Suites, Keith Jarrett now turns his attention to Bach's near contemporary, Georg Friedrich H\xe4ndel. The project, in fact, has been in preparation for a long time; Jarrett's liner note informs us that he first began to record H\xe4ndel's keyboard suites some 20 years ago. The present recording is of particular interest for a number of reasons and not least because it is the first of his albums of baroque music to feature the piano - as opposed to harpsichord - since Book One of the Well-tempered Clavier was issued in 1988. Where, in his Bach recordings, Keith Jarrett has striven to obliterate his musical personality (This music does not need my assistance'), he feels H\xe4ndel's 'basically unknown' solo keyboard music needs a measure of special pleading. And, though he has gone to 'the least tampered with editions' of the suites in the interests of 'correctness both musicological and musical', in making the case for their reassessment he permits himself some interpretive leeway in matters of tempi and phrasing. The result is an extremely attractive reading of seven of the Suites for Keyboard that can perhaps be more readily related - particularly in the adagio movements, where Jarrett takes full advantage of the lyrical warmth and textural richness of the material - to aspects of the pianist's improvised recordings than can his Bach interpretations. (Or, to put it another way, these pieces, in the right hands, retain the freshness of improvisation). 'H\xe4ndel was a keyboardist, ' Jarrett notes, 'and his keyboard works should occupy a higher position in our awareness than they do.' Keith Jarrett's playing on this recording invites comparison with his interpretation of Dmitri Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87 (a work that creates a bridge, via Bachian inspirational sources, from the baroque to the 'modern'). Jarrett's Shostakovich prompted John Rockwell to declare, in the pages of the New York Times: 'With this recording, Mr. Jarrett has finally staked an indisputable claim to distinction in the realm of classical music. Even in our multicultural, multistylistic age, it is extremely difficult to cross over from one field to another. Mr. Jarrett, having long since established himself in jazz, can now be called a classical pianist of the first rank.''

Suite HWV 452, G Minor: Allemande

Suite HWV 452, G Minor: Courante

Suite HWV 452, G Minor: Sarabande

Suite HWV 452, G Minor: Gigue

Suite HWV 447, D Minor: Allemande

Suite HWV 447, D Minor: Courante

Suite HWV 447, D Minor: Sarabande

Suite HWV 447, D Minor: Gigue

Suites II: No. 7 HWV 440: Allemande

Suites II: No. 7 HWV 440: Courante

Suites II: No. 7 HWV 440: Sarabande

Suites II: No. 7 HWV 440: Gigue

Suites I: No. 8 HWV 433, F Minor: Prelude - Fuga

Suites I: No. 8 HWV 433, F Minor: Allemande

Suites I: No. 8 HWV 433, F Minor: Courante

Suites I: No. 8 HWV 433, F Minor: Gigue

Suites I: No. 2 HWV 427, F Major: Adagio

Suites I: No. 2 HWV 427, F Major: Allegro

Suites I: No. 2 HWV 427, F Major: Adagio

Suites I: No. 2 HWV 427, F Major: Allegro

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Fuga

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Allemande

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Courante

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Sarabande

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Gigue

Suites I: No.I HWV 426, A Major: Prelude

Suites I: No.I HWV 426, A Major: Allemande

Suites I: No.I HWV 426, A Major: Courante

Suites I: No.I HWV 426, A Major: Gigue

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Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Having paid tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach in a sequence of New Series recordings of the Well-tempered Clavier, the Goldberg Variations and the French Suites, Keith Jarrett now turns his attention to Bach's near contemporary, Georg Friedrich Hxe4ndel. The project, in fact, has been in preparation for a long time; Jarrett's liner note informs us that he first began to record Hxe4ndel's keyboard suites some 20 years ago. The present recording is of particular interest for a number of reasons and not least because it is the first of his albums of baroque music to feature the piano - as opposed to harpsichord - since Book One of the Well-tempered Clavier was issued in 1988. Where, in his Bach recordings, Keith Jarrett has striven to obliterate his musical personality (This music does not need my assistance'), he feels Hxe4ndel's 'basically unknown' solo keyboard music needs a measure of special pleading. And, though he has gone to 'the least tampered with editions' of the suites in the interests of 'correctness both musicological and musical', in making the case for their reassessment he permits himself some interpretive leeway in matters of tempi and phrasing. The result is an extremely attractive reading of seven of the Suites for Keyboard that can perhaps be more readily related - particularly in the adagio movements, where Jarrett takes full advantage of the lyrical warmth and textural richness of the material - to aspects of the pianist's improvised recordings than can his Bach interpretations. (Or, to put it another way, these pieces, in the right hands, retain the freshness of improvisation). 'Hxe4ndel was a keyboardist, ' Jarrett notes, 'and his keyboard works should occupy a higher position in our awareness than they do.' Keith Jarrett's playing on this recording invites comparison with his interpretation of Dmitri Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87 (a work that creates a bridge, via Bachian inspirational sources, from the baroque to the 'modern'). Jarrett's Shostakovich prompted John Rockwell to declare, in the pages of the New York Times: 'With this recording, Mr. Jarrett has finally staked an indisputable claim to distinction in the realm of classical music. Even in our multicultural, multistylistic age, it is extremely difficult to cross over from one field to another. Mr. Jarrett, having long since established himself in jazz, can now be called a classical pianist of the first rank.''

Suite HWV 452, G Minor: Allemande

Suite HWV 452, G Minor: Courante

Suite HWV 452, G Minor: Sarabande

Suite HWV 452, G Minor: Gigue

Suite HWV 447, D Minor: Allemande

Suite HWV 447, D Minor: Courante

Suite HWV 447, D Minor: Sarabande

Suite HWV 447, D Minor: Gigue

Suites II: No. 7 HWV 440: Allemande

Suites II: No. 7 HWV 440: Courante

Suites II: No. 7 HWV 440: Sarabande

Suites II: No. 7 HWV 440: Gigue

Suites I: No. 8 HWV 433, F Minor: Prelude - Fuga

Suites I: No. 8 HWV 433, F Minor: Allemande

Suites I: No. 8 HWV 433, F Minor: Courante

Suites I: No. 8 HWV 433, F Minor: Gigue

Suites I: No. 2 HWV 427, F Major: Adagio

Suites I: No. 2 HWV 427, F Major: Allegro

Suites I: No. 2 HWV 427, F Major: Adagio

Suites I: No. 2 HWV 427, F Major: Allegro

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Fuga

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Allemande

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Courante

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Sarabande

Suites I: No. 4 HWV 429, E Minor: Gigue

Suites I: No.I HWV 426, A Major: Prelude

Suites I: No.I HWV 426, A Major: Allemande

Suites I: No.I HWV 426, A Major: Courante

Suites I: No.I HWV 426, A Major: Gigue

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