Description
Cherkassky – Handel: ''The Harmonious Blacksmith'', Brahms: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1, Prokofiev: Toccata in D minor, Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor / BBC Legends / BBC Audio CD 2007 / BBCL 4212-2
UPC 684911421224
The Harmonious Blacksmith is the popular name of the final movement, Air and variations, of George Frideric Handel's Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430, for harpsichord. This instrumental air was one of the first works for harpsichord published by Handel and is made up of four movements. An air is followed by five doubles (variations in the English division style): semiquavers in the right hand; semiquavers in the left hand; semiquaver triplets in the right and left hands; and finally demisemiquavers in both hands.
| Label: | BBC – BBCL 4212-2 |
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| Series: | BBC Legends |
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
2007 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque, Romantic, Modern |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Air And Variations ("The Harmonious Blacksmith") |
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4:31
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| Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Handel, Op.24 (19:28) |
| 2 | Air - Variations I-IV | 4:24 | |
| 3 | Variations V-VI | 1:49 | |
| 4 | Variations VII-VIII | 1:11 | |
| 5 | Variations IX-XII | 3:02 | |
| 6 | Variations XIII-XVIII | 4:32 | |
| 7 | Variations XIX-XXVIII | 2:50 | |
| 8 | Variations XXII-XXVII | 3:17 | |
| 9 | Fugue - Fuge | 5:58 | |
| 10 |
Piano Sonata, Op.1 |
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9:42
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| 11 | 15 Little Variations |
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4:34
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| 12 | Toccatat In D Minor, Op.11 |
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3:30
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| Piano SOnata No.3 In B Minor, Op.58 |
| 13 | I. Allegro Maestoso | 8:47 | |
| 14 | II. Scherzo. Molto Vivace | 2:41 | |
| 15 | III. Largo | 9:30 | |
| 16 | IV. Finale. Presto Non Tanto | 5:35 |
- Booklet Editor – Texthouse
- Design – Tobasgo Design
- Executive-Producer – John Pattrick
- Liner Notes – Jeremy Siepmann
- Liner Notes [Translation] – Dennis Collins (2), Ingo Demming
- Piano – Shura Cherkassky
- Product Manager – Lucy Blakeson
- Remastered By – Paul Baily
