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George Friedrich Handel: Die Acht Grossen Suiten
by C. Michael Bailey
Lisa SmirnovaDie Acht Grossen SuitenECM Records2012 In late 1720, Saxon cum British composer/impresario George Friedrich Handel was having an intellectual property problem. In the middle of his efforts to begin the new opera season at King's Theater in Haymarket, London, he discovered that one Jeanne Roger was planning on publishing a pirated copy of Handel's keyboard suites (sans a publication date) in Holland. Handel is way better known for his vocal writing, ...
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