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Beethoven: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 15 - Diabelli Variations / Brautigam

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Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
Ronald, Brautigam
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 03, 2017
Catalog #
BIS-1943
UPC
7318599919430

About

In 1819 the Viennese music publisher and composer Anton Diabelli sent a short waltz to a long list of composers. These included Schubert, Hummel, a very young Franz Liszt and, as the most prominent composer of the time, naturally Beethoven. Diabelli was proposing to compile an anthology of variations on his own waltz, one from each composer. Beethoven responded in a characteristic manner: first there was nothing, and then there was nothing … and then, in 1823, there was an entire, and monumental, set of no less than thirty-three variations. There are several possible reasons for this, one being that Beethoven felt that it was below his dignity to take part in a project of this nature. What is certain, however, is that he must have found Diabelli’s theme intriguing material to work with – and against: Beethoven often seems to poke fun at the waltz, starting already in the first variation by turning it into a pompous march. But like all truly great variation works the Diabelli Variations take in the high as well as the low, jokes as well as drama – or serenity, as in Variation 24, a Fughetta, clearly inspired by the Aria in Bach’s Goldberg Variations. As the last large-scale piano work by Beethoven, the Diabelli Variations form a fitting close to Ronald Brautigam’s traversal of the complete solo piano music. Described in International Record Review as ‘a Beethoven player whose musical discernment is a constant source of wonderment’, Brautigam has through the course of this series performed works composed between 1783 and 1825, using four different fortepianos. On the present release we hear a copy of a 4-stringed fortepiano by Conrad Graf from 1822 – similar to Beethoven’s own last instrument, which Graf supplied him with in 1826, a year before the composer’s death.

Tracklist 40 tracks

  1. 1 Theme: Vivace 00:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    Theme: Vivace
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  2. 2 Variation 1: Alla Marcia, maestoso 01:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variation 1: Alla Marcia, maestoso
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  3. 3 Variation 2: Poco allegro 00:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 2: Poco allegro
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  4. 4 Variation 3: L'istesso tempo 01:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 3: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  5. 5 Variation 4: Un poco più vivace 00:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 4: Un poco più vivace
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  6. 6 Variation 5: Allegro vivace 00:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 5: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  7. 7 Variation 6: Allegro ma non troppo e serioso 01:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 6: Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  8. 8 Variation 7: Un poco più allegro 01:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 7: Un poco più allegro
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  9. 9 Variation 8: Poco vivace 01:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 8: Poco vivace
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  10. 10 Variation 9: Allegro pesante e risoluto 01:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 9: Allegro pesante e risoluto
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  11. 11 Variation 10: Presto 00:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 10: Presto
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  12. 12 Variation 11: Allegretto 00:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 11: Allegretto
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  13. 13 Variation 12: Un poco più mosso 00:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 12: Un poco più mosso
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  14. 14 Variation 13: Vivace 00:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 13: Vivace
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  15. 15 Variation 14: Grave e maestoso 03:09
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 14: Grave e maestoso
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  16. 16 Variation 15: Presto scherzando 00:32
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 15: Presto scherzando
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  17. 17 Variation 16: Allegro 00:53
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variation 16: Allegro
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  18. 18 Variation 17: (Allegro) 00:57
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 17: (Allegro)
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  19. 19 Variation 18: Poco moderato 01:26
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 18: Poco moderato
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  20. 20 Variation 19: Presto 00:51
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 19: Presto
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  21. 21 Variation 20: Andante 02:05
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 20: Andante
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  22. 22 Variation 21: Allegro con brio 01:13
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variation 21: Allegro con brio
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  23. 23 Variation 22: Allegro molto 00:39
    Track
    23
    Title
    Variation 22: Allegro molto
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  24. 24 Variation 23: Allegro assai 00:56
    Track
    24
    Title
    Variation 23: Allegro assai
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  25. 25 Variation 24: Fughetta - Andante 02:19
    Track
    25
    Title
    Variation 24: Fughetta - Andante
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  26. 26 Variation 25: Allegro 00:41
    Track
    26
    Title
    Variation 25: Allegro
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  27. 27 Variation 26: (Piacevole) 01:18
    Track
    27
    Title
    Variation 26: (Piacevole)
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  28. 28 Variation 27: Vivace 00:58
    Track
    28
    Title
    Variation 27: Vivace
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  29. 29 Variation 28: Allegro 00:52
    Track
    29
    Title
    Variation 28: Allegro
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  30. 30 Variation 29: Adagio ma non troppo 00:56
    Track
    30
    Title
    Variation 29: Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  31. 31 Variation 30: Andante, sempre cantabile 01:56
    Track
    31
    Title
    Variation 30: Andante, sempre cantabile
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  32. 32 Variation 31: Largo, molto espressivo 04:14
    Track
    32
    Title
    Variation 31: Largo, molto espressivo
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  33. 33 Variation 32: Fuga - Allegro 03:00
    Track
    33
    Title
    Variation 32: Fuga - Allegro
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  34. 34 Variation 33: Tempo di Menuetto, moderato 03:57
    Track
    34
    Title
    Variation 33: Tempo di Menuetto, moderato
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  35. 35 No. 1. Air ecossais in G Major: The cottage maid 02:30
    Track
    35
    Title
    No. 1. Air ecossais in G Major: The cottage maid
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  36. 36 No. 2. Air ecossais in C Minor: Of noble stock was Shinkin 02:27
    Track
    36
    Title
    No. 2. Air ecossais in C Minor: Of noble stock was Shinkin
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  37. 37 No. 3. Air autrichien in C Major: A Schüsserl und a Reindl 05:34
    Track
    37
    Title
    No. 3. Air autrichien in C Major: A Schüsserl und a Reindl
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  38. 38 No. 4. Air ecossais in E-Flat Major: The last rose of summer 03:06
    Track
    38
    Title
    No. 4. Air ecossais in E-Flat Major: The last rose of summer
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  39. 39 No. 5. Air ecossais in E-Flat Major: Chiling O'Guiry 02:08
    Track
    39
    Title
    No. 5. Air ecossais in E-Flat Major: Chiling O'Guiry
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam
  40. 40 No. 6. Air ecossais in D Major: Paddy whack 03:02
    Track
    40
    Title
    No. 6. Air ecossais in D Major: Paddy whack
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ronald Brautigam