Keyboard fireworksAs early as 1743, while Handel was still alive, Francesco Geminiani produced an arrangement of the 'Water Music? for keyboard instruments, thereby making it possible to perform this popular work in domestic surroundings. Then, presumably in 1749, an unknown musician arranged the 'Music for the Royal Fireworks? for transverse flute or violin and harpsichord.In addition to these two contemporary versions, this edition also contains an arrangement by the editor for harpsichord or organ, based on the first edition. Though both early sources explicitly mention a harpsichord, the arrangements can also be performed effectively note-for-note on the organ.As the surviving anonymous version merely places a solo part and a figured bass on a two-stave system, our edition is accompanied by performance material with one part each for transverse flute/oboe/violin and violoncello/double bass,plus a figured bass realisation.- Musical text with arrangements by two Handel contemporaries as well as the editor's own arrangement for harpsichord or organ- All editorial additions are clearly marked- Equally effective when performed note-for-note on the organ / Ensemble Mixte

The third volume of this series of 12 Sonatas, this book contains the Sonatas K.104 to K.155. Composed by Domenico Scarlatti, this edition by the harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert regroups the 555 sonatas arranged for Piano. Basedon the two sets of books discovered in Venice and in Parma, this edition still contains some of the annotations initially suggested by Kirkpatrick, whose book can be considered as an essential guide for this series. / Partitions classique / Piano - instruments à clavier / Clavecin / HEUGEL

The seventh volume of the series of twelve, Sonatas - Volume VII, LP. 37 features the Sonatas K.306 to K.357. Composed by Domenico Scarlatti, this edition by the Harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert regroups the 555 sonatas arranged forPiano. Based on the two sets of books discovered in Venice and in Parma, this edition still contains some of the annotations initially suggested by Kirkpatrick, whose book can be considered as an essential guide for this series. / Clavecin / Heugel

 (Par essence encore plus contrainte à la monodie que les Sonates and Partitas pour violon seul et les Suites pour violoncelle seul, l'unique Partita pour flûte seule semble poser au transcripteur pour clavier le problème maximum de l'extrapolation harmonique, Mais comme l'écriture de Bach ne se départit justement jamais de la contingence harmonique, quel que soit le nombre de voix qu'il met en jeu, il ne s'agissait plus que de 'reconstituer' ses intentions, au sein de son propre langage,Le principe adopté ici étant de ne pas avoir modifié une seule note de la partition originale (hormis la transposition nécessaire de La mineur en Mi mineur), et d'avoir procédé à l'ajout d'un soutien harmonique et contrapuntique, afin de faire accroire à l'existence d'une véritable Partita pour clavier,Jean Rondeau, brillant jeune claveciniste (1er Prix de Bruges 01/01/12), qui fut mon élève en écriture dans ses années d'apprentissage, est forcément le dédicataire de cette 'reconstitution', Celle-ci figure sur son premier CD Bach Imagine (Warner Classics Erato), / Clavecin