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George Frideric Handel

Suite in G minor, HWV 432

c. 1705–1717

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Total duration: 22'

Recommended editions

• Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · IV/1 · BA 4049 · Klavierwerke I / Erste Sammlung von 1720, Die achte großen Suiten · ed. Rudolf Steglich/Terence Best
• Associated Board · Eight Great Suites, Book 2 · ed. Richard Jones
• Associated Board · Selected Keyboard Works, Book 1 · ed. Richard Jones [mov. 4]
• Bärenreiter · BA 4224 · Klavierwerke I / Erste Sammlung von 1720, Die achte großen Suiten · ed. Rudolf Steglich/Terence Best
• Henle · HN 336 · Klaviersuiten (London 1720) · ed. Anthony Hicks
• Wiener Urtext · UT 50119 · Klavierwerke II / Acht Große Suiten · ed. Peter Williams

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

2. Andante

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 2

3. Allegro

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 2

4. Sarabande

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

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 1.5

5. Gigue

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

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

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