| Beethoven's Diabelli Variations are considered a magnum opus of the piano repertoire, a towering contribution to the genre and an entire encyclopaedia of pianism. Following his monumental exploration of the 32 Sonatas, Andr”s Schiff has recorded - on two period instruments - remarkable, contrasting versions of the Diabelli Variations alongside major late works with intrinsic ties to them. The Sonata Op. 111 and the Diabelli Variations (CD 1) are played on an original Bechstein grand from 1921, and the second reading of the Diabelli Variations (paired with the Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 on CD 2) on a Hammerfl¼gel fortepiano from Beethoven's own day. [...more...]
tagi: [EDITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC] ECM4810446 classical PIANO SYMPHONIC SLIPCASE BEETHOVEN / VARIATIONS ECMB001904402.2 VARIATIONEN 002894810446 L. VAN 4810446 024048104468 ANDRĮS Ludwig Variation 84884452A12 Beethoven/Diabelli (1770 1827) OP.120 Variatio VARIATI DIABELLIVARIATIONE | |
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