Keyboard Works Volumes 1-4

Handel Keyboard Works Volumes 1-4

These four volumes (published as individual volumes BA 4221-4224) encompass Handel's output over a long period spanning approximately 1705 to 1750.  Volumes I and II include both collections of suites (1720 and 1733) which the composer himself saw to print.  These stand out in terms of their compositional demands and are a testimony to Handel's sometimes idiosyncratic treatment of the Baroque form.  Volumes III and IV contain all the other individual surviving pieces and miscellaneous suites. 

The edition, based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition has been edited by the internationally renowned Handel scholar Terence Best and is based on the latest Handel research findings.  

The music text in each volume, which also takes into consideration alternative versions of individual pieces, is accompanied by a detailed foreword on the history of the compositions, transmission and performance practice (German/English).

- Urtext based on the “Halle Handel Edition”

- Comprehensive edition of Handel’s keyboard works

- Detailed introductory text with notes on performance practice (Ger/Eng)

- Based on the latest Handel research findings

For contents see individual volumes (BA4221 - BA4224)