Beethoven: The Complete Variations, Bagatelles & Clavierstucke / Brautigam

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Ronald Brautigam
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 20, 2019
    • UPC
      7318599924038
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2403
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      6
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    2. No. 2 in C Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    3. No. 3 in F Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    4. No. 4 in A Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    5. No. 5 in C Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    6. No. 6 in D Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    7. No. 7 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    8. Bagatelle in C Minor, WoO 214, Hess 69

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    9. Bagatelle in C Major, Hess 73

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    10. Bagatelle in E-Flat Major, Hess 74

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    11. Allegretto in C Minor, WoO 53

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    12. Andante in C Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    13. Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 54, "Lustig-Traurig"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    14. Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    15. Presto in C Minor, WoO 52

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    16. No. 1 in G Minor

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    17. No. 2 in C Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    18. No. 3 in D Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    19. No. 4 in A Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    20. No. 5 in C Minor

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    21. No. 6 in G Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    22. No. 7 in C Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    23. No. 8 in C Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    24. No. 9 in A Minor

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    25. No. 10 in A Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    26. No. 11 in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    27. Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    28. Bagatelle in B-Flat Major, WoO 60

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    29. Klavierstück in B Minor, WoO 61, Hess 62

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    30. Klavierstück in G Minor, WoO 61a, Hess 56

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    31. Bagatelle in C Major, Hess 57 (Sketch for Bagatelles, Op. 126)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    32. No. 1 in G Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    33. No. 2 in G Minor

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    34. No. 3 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    35. No. 4 in B Minor

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    36. No. 5 in G Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    37. No. 6 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    38. 12 Variations in A Major on a Russian Dance from Wranitzky and Kinsky's Das Wäldmadchen, WoO 71

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    39. 8 Variations in C Major on the Romance Un fièvre brûlante from Grétry's Richard Cœur-de-lion, WoO 72

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    40. 10 Variations on the Duet La stessa, le stessissima from Salieri's Falstaff in B-Flat Major, WoO 73

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    41. 7 Variations in F Major on the Quartet Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen from Winter's Das unterbrochene Opferfest, WoO 75

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    42. 8 Variations on the Trio Tändeln und Scherzen from Süssmayr's Solimann der Zweite in F Major, WoO 76

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    43. 6 Variations in G Major on an Original Theme, WoO 77

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    44. 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Major, Op. 35, "Eroica Variations"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    45. 9 Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    46. 6 Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO 64

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    47. 24 Variations in D Major on Righini's Arietta Venni amore, WoO 65

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    48. 13 Variations on the Arietta Es war einmal ein alter Mann from Dittersdorf's Das rothe Käppchen, WoO 66

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    49. 12 Variations on the Menuet à la Vigano from Haibel's Le nozze disturbate, WoO 68

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    50. 9 Variations in A Major on the Aria Quant' è più bello from Paisiello's La molinara, WoO 69

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    51. 6 Variations in G Major on the Duet Nel cor più non mi sento from La molinara, WoO 70

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    52. Rondo in C Major, WoO 48, Hess 51

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    53. Rondo in A Major, WoO 49

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    54. Rondo in B-Flat Major, Anh. 6

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    55. Rondo in C Major, Op. 51, No. 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    56. Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    57. Rondo a capriccio in G Major, Op. 129, "Rage over a lost penny"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    58. Ecossaise in E-Flat Major, WoO 86

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    59. 6 Ecossaises in E-Flat Major, WoO 83

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    60. Andante in F Major, WoO 57, "Andante favori"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    61. Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 77

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    62. Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    63. Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise" (1822 version, ed. B. Cooper)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    64. Andante maestoso in C major, WoO 62, "Letzter musikalischer Gedanke" (last musical thought) (completed by A. Diabelli for piano)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    65. Theme: Adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    66. Variation 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    67. Variation 2: Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    68. Variation 3: Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    69. Variation 4: Tempo di Menuetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    70. Variation 5: Marcia: Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    71. Variation 6: Allegretto - Coda: Adagio molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    72. Theme

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    73. Variation 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    74. Variation 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    75. Variation 3

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    76. Variation 4

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    77. Variation 5: Con espressione

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    78. Variation 6: Allegro, Alla Marcia

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    79. Variation 7: (Allegro) - Adagio - Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    80. Thema: Tempo moderato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    81. Variation 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    82. Variation 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    83. Variation 3

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    84. Variation 4

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    85. Variation 5

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    86. 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    87. Theme: Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    88. Variation 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    89. Variation 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    90. Variation 3

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    91. Variation 4

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    92. Variation 5

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    93. Variation 6

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    94. Prelude No. 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    95. Prelude No. 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    96. Fugue in C Major, WoO 215, Hess 64

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    97. Prelude in F Minor, WoO 55

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    98. Menuett in F Major, WoO 217

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    99. Allemande in A Major, WoO 81

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    100. Anglaise in D Major, WoO 212, Hess 61

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    101. Menuett in E-Flat Major, WoO 82

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    102. Waltz in E-Flat Major, WoO 84

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    103. Waltz in D Major, WoO 85

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    104. Theme: Vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    105. Variation 1: Alla Marcia, maestoso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    106. Variation 2: Poco allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    107. Variation 3: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    108. Variation 4: Un poco più vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    109. Variation 5: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    110. Variation 6: Allegro ma non troppo e serioso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    111. Variation 7: Un poco più allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    112. Variation 8: Poco vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    113. Variation 9: Allegro pesante e risoluto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    114. Variation 10: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    115. Variation 11: Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    116. Variation 12: Un poco più mosso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    117. Variation 13: Vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    118. Variation 14: Grave e maestoso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    119. Variation 15: Presto scherzando

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    120. Variation 16: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    121. Variation 17: (Allegro)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    122. Variation 18: Poco moderato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    123. Variation 19: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    124. Variation 20: Andante

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    125. Variation 21: Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    126. Variation 22: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    127. Variation 23: Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    128. Variation 24: Fughetta - Andante

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    129. Variation 25: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    130. Variation 26: (Piacevole)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    131. Variation 27: Vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    132. Variation 28: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    133. Variation 29: Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    134. Variation 30: Andante, sempre cantabile

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    135. Variation 31: Largo, molto espressivo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    136. Variation 32: Fuga - Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    137. Variation 33: Tempo di Menuetto, moderato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    138. No. 1. Air ecossais in G Major: The cottage maid

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    139. No. 2. Air ecossais in C Minor: Of noble stock was Shinkin

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    140. No. 3. Air autrichien in C Major: A Schüsserl und a Reindl

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    141. No. 4. Air ecossais in E-Flat Major: The last rose of summer

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    142. No. 5. Air ecossais in E-Flat Major: Chiling O'Guiry

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam

    143. No. 6. Air ecossais in D Major: Paddy whack

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Ronald Brautigam


Between 2003 and 2015, Ronald Brautigam recorded all of Beethoven’s music for solo piano – a huge undertaking resulting in a grand total of 15 highly acclaimed albums. Choosing to perform the works on the fortepiano, Brautigam began with a sonata cycle which caused one reviewer to talk of a challenge to ‘the very notion of playing this music on modern instruments, a stylistic paradigm shift.’ In 2010, after nine albums of sonatas, he went on to record the composer’s variations, bagatelles and other piano pieces – a staggering array of works ranging from a Bagatelle lasting 11 seconds to the monumental Diabelli Variations, and from a charming Rondo in C major composed by a 13-year old Beethoven, to what is often referred to as the composer's ‘Last Musical Thought’, an Andante maestoso dated 1826. Brautigam’s sonata recordings were released in a box set in 2014, and they are now followed by this 6-album set of the remaining works for solo piano, in the original hybrid format, and with full documentation in the form of the original booklets. Composed over the course of more than 40 years, the music is performed on three different instruments, all by the master builder Paul McNulty, demonstrating the rapid development that the fortepiano underwent during Beethoven’s lifetime.

REVIEWS:

This is a wonderful set, in which Ronald Brautigam excels in his conclusion to his survey of the complete solo piano music of Beethoven. I appreciate that some people do not like the sound of the fortepiano, but the instruments chosen for this set and edition as a whole, show the breadth of sound that was available at the time, and some people will be surprised by just how full a sound it is. Brautigam’s choice of tempos is well-measured and thoughtful, and his playing is nuanced throughout, resulting in this set being one that I have found difficult to take off my CD player. The performances certainly mark Brautigam out as a leading interpreter of Beethoven’s music regardless of the style and type of piano used.

– MusicWeb International

Brautigam’s fortepiano survey is magnificent, comprising four full discs of variations (including Eroica and Diabelli), the complete bagatelles, rondos and other miscellaneous pieces. Disc 1 begins with a charming rendition of the Op 33 set followed by a tranche of pieces dating mainly from the 1790s; the late sets Opp 119 and 126 are delivered with a sense of simplicity that can only come from depth of knowledge.

– International Piano