Stadtfeld: Handel Variations (arrangements for piano)

Description

After Johann Sebastian Bach, Martin Stadtfeld now devotes himself to George Frideric Handel: For Handel Variations he arranged famous compositions from different creative phases of the baroque master for piano.

The pieces sometimes appear intimate and puristic, as in Laschia ch‘io pianga, sometimes energetic, as in the Sarabande Variations. The album is suitable for everyone looking for demanding virtuoso pieces for concert performances, yet can also be used in advanced piano lessons. It conveys a highly individual view of Handel‘s music by pianist Martin Stadtfeld.

Pieces

• Lascia ch'io pianga from Rinaldo, HWV 7a
• Se pietà di me non senti from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
• Ombra mai fù from Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40
• Passacaille from Trio Sonata in G Major, HWV 399, Op. 5, No. 4
• Will the sun forget to streak from Solomon, HWV 67
• Sarabande Variations from Suite in D Minor, HWV 437
• Siciliano from Organ Concerto in F Major, HWV 293, Op. 4, No. 5
• Where you walk from Semele, HWV 58
• Prelude from Suite in E Major, HWV 430
• Largo from Theodora, HWV 68
• Piangerò la sorte mia from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17