Handel for Guitar

This anthology contains a selection of Handel's best-known works and melodies, originally written for a range of instruments, transcribed here for guitar by Martin Hegel.



Concert guitarist and guitar teacher Martin Hegel completed his studies at music colleges in Cologne, Vienna, Berlin and Salzburg. He has won prizes at more than ten international competitions - and concert tours have taken him to many European countries including Italy, Spain, France and Japan. Numerous radio and CD recordings also document his artistic career.

Martin Hegel teaches at various Berlin music schools and has worked on guitar teaching methods for many years.

As an editor and arranger he has published guitar music from the Renaissance to the present day, particularly designed for tuition purposes and concert performance.



Menuet from: Partita in G (HWV 450) - Passepied (HWV 560) - Passepied (HWV 559) - Menuet (HWV 516a) - 5 Pieces for "Musical Clock" - Gavotte (HWV 491) - Sarabande I/II from: Suite in d (HWV 448) - Air (HWV 461) - Impertinence (HWV 494) - Air (HWV 471) - Toccata (HWV 586) - Ombra mai fù from: Xerxes (HWV 40) - Lascia ch'io pianga from: Rinaldo (HWV 7) - Air & Alla Hornpipe from: Water Music (HWV 348/349) - Entrée from: Suite in g (HWV 453) - Suite de pièces No. 4 (HWV 453) - Menuet (HWV 434) - Menuet & La Réjouissance from: Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) - Allemande (HWV 478) - Corante from: Suite de pièces in G, HWV 441) - Air with Variations from: Suite de pièces in E (HWV 430) - Chaconne from: Suite in d (HWV 448) - Passacaille from: Suite de pièces in g (HWV 432)