Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel´s Almira (S.181)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Sarabande und Chaconne aus dem Singspiel Almira (S.181)
Foreign language / English title
Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel´s Almira (S.181)
Dedication
To Walter Bache
Year of composition
1879

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
11 min

Movements, parts
1. Sarabande. Andante–Grandioso trionfante
2. Chaconne. Allegretto

Publisher / Source
Edition Kistner, Leipzig 1880
Available here!
Recordings
Hyperion Records CDA66371/2, 1990 - Leslie Howard (pf.)
ARS Produktion, CD ARS38501, 2011 - Boris Bloch (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Based on "Sarabande and Chaconne" from the Singspiel "Almira" by George Frideric Handel