George Frideric Handel

Suite in D minor, HWV 436

c. 1721–1726

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Total duration: 13' 30"

1. Allemande
2. Allegro
3. Air: Lentement
4. Gigue: Presto
5. Menuetto

Recommended editions

Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · IV/5 · BA 4065 · Klavierwerke II / Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin, Zweite Sammlung von 1733 · ed. Peter Northway/Terence Best
Bärenreiter · BA 4221 · Klavierwerke II / Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin, Zweite Sammlung von 1733 · ed. Peter Northway/Terence Best
Henle · HN 472 · Klaviersuiten und Klavierstücke (London 1733) · ed. Ellwood Derr
Wiener Urtext · UT 50118b · Klavierwerke I, Teil b · ed. Peter Williams

1. Allemande

This movement exists in an earlier version in B minor (HWV 479). The theme is also used in the sinfonia to the third act of the opera Ezio (HWV 29) and the trio sonata in E minor (HWV 398, op. 5 no. 3).

Duration: 3'

Difficulty: 2.5

2. Allegro

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2

3. Air: Lentement

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Suite in D minor, HWV 436; 3. Air: Lentement

4. Gigue: Presto

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5

Suite in D minor, HWV 436; 4. Gigue: Presto

5. Menuetto

The menuetto is followed by three variations. The menuetto itself, without variations, also exists in two alternative versions: in D minor (HWV 507a) and E minor (HWV 507b).

Duration: 4' 30"

Difficulty: 2