Solo keyboard adaptations of Handel's orchestral music were common during the 18th century, although few have matched the idiomatic command and interest achieved by the present text. Dating from the mid- 1780s, the unnamed arranger has shown enterprise and imagination when producing these highly effective keyboard versions. Organists, harpsichordists and fortepianists will here find substantial, rewarding and attractive repertoire additions, fully attuned to late 18th-century English keyboard practice.

“As we have come to expect from Edit­ion HH, the printing is very clearly laid out. This exemplary edition by Gerald Gifford contains a most informative preface on this outstanding music and its background, and with information for the performer it is essential reading prior to actually playing the music; the singularly comprehensive textual notes covering editorial method and the source used, and a full critical commentary will also assist the performer in questions of readings in many difficult passages.”

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