[Baroque ornamentation and improvisation] G. F. Händel - Sarabande in D Minor - HWV 437

Following my previous video about Baroque ornamentation and improvisation on Händel's Passacaille in G Minor, HWV 432, I decided to make a similar video focusing now on another famous piece by Händel, the Sarabande from the Keyboard Sonata in d minor, HWV 437.

This famous sarabande with two variations is the third movement of Händel's Suite No. 4 in D minor composed between 1703 and 1706 and published in 1733.

00:00 - Disclaimer
00:10 - Igor Kipnis
04:34 - Michele Benuzzi
07:11 - Olivier Baumont
10:10 - Michael Borgstede
12:26 - Sophie Yates

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[TheGuilhermepiano]

Which one did you like the most? Are there other pieces you'd like videos in this format?

[WienBleibtWien]

정말 멋집니다! 시간 가는 줄 모르고 끝까지 들었습니다. 모든 버전이 완벽하고 아름답습니다.

[PaweChaberski]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I'm writing my master thesis on improvisation in classical periods vs jazz vs world music, your videos helped me a lot and you've chosen great recordings! Greetings from central Poland.

[GoddessPallasAthena]

This was wonderful! The first version that I ever heard decades ago was by Kipnis. I had purchased the tape for other pieces. (Later, I would end up buying the CD of the same album). When I heard his performance of the Sarabande, I fell in love SO HARD for the piece. It took a few decades (then, in the age of the internet) to find that the piece that Handel had written was much simpler, that Kipnis had added a ton of ornamentation. I was quite surprised. But I believe his is the version that still makes my heart flutter the most - the warmth of it, the, dare I say, passion in it. The second version I bought was by Sophie Yates (I got the entire suite HWV 437 in d minor). I may have 2 of the other ones on my YouTube playlist.

As I'm not a purist (though I think people should hear the original version - I mean, rather than remixes - at some point, if done well, covers and remixes can give a fresh perspective to an old, revered piece, so on my ipod (and YouTube playlist) I have many recordings of this piece on Harpsichord, Segovia's classical guitar recording (beautiful), plus other instrumentations. I LOVE this piece so much. Thank you for this video. It was enlightening to hear the different interpretations collected together.

[EleonorBindman]

Kipnis is always a benchmark, of course. I also like other fearless versions like Borgstede's. Wish there were a recording of Gergely Sarkozy. Thanks for this video - very helpful.