Geneviève Soly – Handel in Darmstadt (2010)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 54:15 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Analekta
This album features 7 works for harpsichord, 6 of which are taken from the “Darmstadt Harpsichord Book” (DHB) housed in the university and municipal library (“Universitats- und Landesbibliothek”) of the same city, with 5 of those works by Handel, and the 6th by Christoph Graupner. The harpsichordist on this recording, Genevieve Soly, is a scholar on the DHB and on the music of Graupner. She also contributed the liner notes on this recording, and wears her learning lightly there. She also plays well in all the works.
Soly mentions in her notes that the CD contains 20 of the 29 Handel works in the DHB. Given that I wrote that there are 7 compositions on this album, the “20” could be partly explained away by the fact that the CD has 22 tracks, and 1 is of the Graupner work. However, this still leaves 21 tracks, so I’m not sure how to account for the number “20”. In addition, the running time is just around 52 minutes, so one wonders how long the remaining “9 works” take, if they were too long to fit everything on 1 CD..
Tracklist:
1-1. Genevieve Soly – Chaconne in G major, HWV 435a (12:04)
1-2. Genevieve Soly – Sonata del Signor Hendel in F major, HWV 427a. Adagio (02:48)
1-3. Genevieve Soly – Sonata del Signor Hendel in F major, HWV 427a. Allegro (01:22)
1-4. Genevieve Soly – Sonata del Signor Hendel in F major, HWV 427a. Allegro (03:27)
1-5. Genevieve Soly – Sonata del Signor Hendel in F major, HWV 427a. Adagio (01:33)
1-6. Genevieve Soly – Sonata del Signor Hendel in F major, HWV 427a. Fuga (02:45)
1-7. Genevieve Soly – Suite in C major, HWV 44. Sarabande (02:19)
1-8. Genevieve Soly – Suite in C major, HWV 443. Gigue (00:57)
1-9. Genevieve Soly – Sonata in G major, HWV 579 (05:15)
1-10. Genevieve Soly – Partita in G major, GWV 145. Marche (02:42)
1-11. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 434. Prelude (02:13)
1-12. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 434. Sonata (02:03)
1-13. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 434. Air (01:02)
1-14. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 434. Variation 1 (00:52)
1-15. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 434. Variation 2 (00:54)
1-16. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 434. Variation 3 (00:35)
1-17. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 434. Variation 4 (00:35)
1-18. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 434. Variation 5 (00:47)
1-19. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 440. Allemande (03:15)
1-20. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 440. Courante (02:04)
1-21. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 440. Sarabande (03:06)
1-22. Genevieve Soly – Suite in B flat major, HWV 440. Gigue (01:26)
