Beethoven: Diabelli Variations / Helmchen

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Alpha
Release Date
January 12, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Martin Helmchen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 12, 2018
    • UPC
      3760014193866
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      Alpha386
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Theme: Vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    2. Variation 1: Alla Marcia, maestoso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    3. Variation 2: Poco allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    4. Variation 3: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    5. Variation 4: Un poco più vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    6. Variation 5: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    7. Variation 6: Allegro ma non troppo e serioso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    8. Variation 7: Un poco più allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    9. Variation 8: Poco vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    10. Variation 9: Allegro pesante e risoluto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    11. Variation 10: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    12. Variation 11: Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    13. Variation 12: Un poco più mosso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    14. Variation 13: Vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    15. Variation 14: Grave e maestoso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    16. Variation 15: Presto scherzando

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    17. Variation 16: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    18. Variation 17: (Allegro)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    19. Variation 18: Poco moderato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    20. Variation 19: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    21. Variation 20: Andante

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    22. Variation 21: Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    23. Variation 22: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    24. Variation 23: Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    25. Variation 24: Fughetta - Andante

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    26. Variation 25: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    27. Variation 26: (Piacevole)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    28. Variation 27: Vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    29. Variation 28: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    30. Variation 29: Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    31. Variation 30: Andante, sempre cantabile

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    32. Variation 31: Largo, molto espressivo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    33. Variation 32: Fuga - Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen

    34. Variation 33: Tempo di Menuetto, moderato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Martin Helmchen


The pianist Martin Helmchen has now joined Alpha for several recordings. Acknowledged as one of the leading pianists of his generation, an eminent interpreter of the German repertoire, Helmchen will explore various periods and composers (including Messiaen!), but Beethoven will have a preponderant place in his forthcoming recording projects. Before the complete concertos, planned for 2020, he tackles the Diabelli Variations, ‘a climax in the life of a pianist’. He sees these variations as ‘a voyage to the very heart of the infinity of human feelings and moods, by turns profound, philosophical, satirical’. He regards the cycle as a visionary work that heralds future developments in music, containing the first stirrings of twentieth-century minimalism, atonality and abstraction. This recording is the end result of a long personal association and numerous concerts; a powerful version in which each variation emerges as a masterpiece in its own right.