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George Frideric Handel

Suite in G minor, HWV 432

c. 1705–1717

Total duration: 22'


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1. Ouverture: Largo – Presto

Versions of the movement are also used in the overtures to the cantata Clori, Tirsi, e Fileno (HWV 96) and the pasticcio opera Oreste (HWV Anh. A 11). An earlier version of the suite includes a different prelude: the prélude in G minor (HWV 572).

Duration: 6'

Difficulty: 3

Suite in G minor, HWV 432; 1. Ouverture: Largo – Presto Suite in G minor, HWV 432; 1. Ouverture: Largo – Presto

2. Andante

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 2

Suite in G minor, HWV 432; 2. Andante

3. Allegro

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 2

Suite in G minor, HWV 432; 3. Allegro

4. Sarabande

This sarabande is also used as the sarabande to the suite in G minor (HWV 439).

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 1.5

Suite in G minor, HWV 432; 4. Sarabande

5. Gigue

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

Suite in G minor, HWV 432; 5. Gigue

6. Passacaille

The theme of the passacaille is also used in the organ concerto in B-flat major (HWV 306, op. 7 no. 1).

Duration: 4' 30"

Difficulty: 2

Suite in G minor, HWV 432; 6. Passacaille

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