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Beethoven: Works for Guitar & Piano / Halasz
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Beethoven: Works for Guitar & Piano / Halasz

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Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
F. Halasz, D. Halasz
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jul 03, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2505
UPC
7318599925059

About

Around 1800 Vienna was, alongside Paris, one of the European centers for guitar performance. The instrument was well suited for the idiom of Viennese classicism and ideal for domestic music-making and it was promoted by figures such as the virtuoso Mauro Giuliani and the composer/publisher Anton Diabelli. But Beethoven, the towering giant of musical Vienna, seems to have been unmoved by the charms of the guitar – while instead composing for its sibling, the mandolin. Duo Halász, the husband and wife team of Franz and Débora Halász have now rectified this, by appropriating Beethoven’s four extant pieces for mandolin and piano (WoO?43 and 44) as well as adapting some other early compositions, including the Serenade in D major for flute and piano and the Variations on Mozart’s ‘Se vuol ballare’ for violin and piano. In doing so they follow the example of an eminent guitarist and contemporary of Beethoven, namely Ferdinando Carulli, whose 1825 arrangement of the Variations on Mozart’s ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ closes the programme. Franz and Débora Halász have made a number of recordings for BIS, together and separately, to critical acclaim, including a Latin Grammy Award for their disc Alma Brasileira with chamber works by Radamés Gnattali.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 I. Entrata: Allegro 03:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Entrata: Allegro
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  2. 2 II. Tempo ordinario d'un menuetto 04:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Tempo ordinario d'un menuetto
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  3. 3 III. Molto allegro 01:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Molto allegro
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  4. 4 IV. Andante con variazioni 04:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  5. 5 V. Allegro, scherzando e vivace 01:50
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Allegro, scherzando e vivace
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  6. 6 VI. Adagio - 00:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Adagio -
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  7. 7 VI. Allegro vivace e disinvolto 03:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    VI. Allegro vivace e disinvolto
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  8. 8 Mandolin Sonatina in C Minor, WoO 43a (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano) 03:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    Mandolin Sonatina in C Minor, WoO 43a (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  9. 9 12 Variations on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, WoO 40 (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano) 10:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    12 Variations on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, WoO 40 (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano)
    Duration
    10:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  10. 10 Mandolin Sonatina in C Major, WoO 44a (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano) 02:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    Mandolin Sonatina in C Major, WoO 44a (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano)
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  11. 11 Adagio in E-Flat Major, WoO 43b (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano) 03:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    Adagio in E-Flat Major, WoO 43b (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano)
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  12. 12 Andante and Variations in D Major, WoO 44b (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano) 07:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Andante and Variations in D Major, WoO 44b (arr. D. Halász for guitar and piano)
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  13. 13 No. 1. Adagio assai, Hess 103 04:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 1. Adagio assai, Hess 103
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  14. 14 2 Stücke, WoO 33b, Hess 106: No. 1. Allegro non più molto (arr. D. Halász for piano) 04:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    2 Stücke, WoO 33b, Hess 106: No. 1. Allegro non più molto (arr. D. Halász for piano)
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  15. 15 No. 2. Scherzo, Hess 104 01:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 2. Scherzo, Hess 104
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  16. 16 2 Stücke, WoO 33b, Hess 106: No. 2. Allegretto (arr. D. Halász for guitar) 04:58
    Track
    16
    Title
    2 Stücke, WoO 33b, Hess 106: No. 2. Allegretto (arr. D. Halász for guitar)
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  17. 17 No. 3. Allegro, Hess 105 01:47
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Allegro, Hess 105
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  18. 18 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66 (arr. F. Carulli for guitar and piano) 07:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66 (arr. F. Carulli for guitar and piano)
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász