Fernando De Luca - Handel: The Bergamo Manuscript [CD]

Cat. no: LDV14126
Format: CD
Barcode: 8051773578267
Release Date: 30 May 2025
Genre: Classical

The manuscript Ms XIV 8751 H.1 came to the Library of the Civico Istituto Musicale Gaetano Donizetti in 1916

It consists of 92 pages entirely in the hand of William Babell, who was Handel's principal copyist from c.1711 until his death in 1723. While none of the movements in this volume is attributed to any composer, internal evidence indicates that most, if not all of the music, was composed by or adapted from George Frideric Handel. If so, this volume represents the most important addition to the corpus of Handel's keyboard works since the publication of the Aylesford manuscripts in 1928.

Tracks: Prelude in E Minor / Toccata IV in E Major I. Preludio / Toccata IV in E Major II. Fuga / Toccata V in E Minor I. Preludio / Toccata V in E Minor II. Allegro / Toccata VI in C Major I. Preludio / Toccata VI in C Major II. Fuga / Toccata VII in A Minor I. Preludio / Toccata VII in A Minor II. Fuga / Prelude in C Major / Toccata VIII in C Minor Preludio - Fuga / Prelude in G Major / Toccata IX in G Minor I. Preludio / Toccata IX in G Minor II. Capriccio / Toccata X in A Major I. Preludio / Toccata X in A Major II. Allegro / Toccata X in A Major III. Alla breve - Allegro / Prelude in D Minor / Toccata XI in D Minor I. Preludio / Toccata XI in D Minor II. Fuga