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Evil Penguin

Inside The Hearing Machine

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
Tom Beghin
Format
CD
Label
Evil Penguin
Released
Jan 05, 2018
Catalog #
EPRC0025
UPC
608917721324

About

Can we get into Beethoven’s creative mind, especially in the last phase of his life when he was coping with severe hearing loss? Tom Beghin’s new recording of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Opus 109, 110, and 111 is an artistic exploration of how Beethoven’s musicking was shaped by the work environment he created with the help of colleagues and friends. Not only does pianist Tom Beghin perform Beethoven’s trilogy of pianistic masterpieces on a magnificent new replica of Beethoven’s Broadwood piano, he uses a reconstruction of the Gehormaschine that was mounted on the composer’s piano so he could continue to create music as his hearing declined. “You do hear better when you bring your head under this machine, don’t you?” Andre Stein asked Beethoven. Two centuries later, we too can bring our heads under the machine and wonder: Do we hear Beethoven differently? Beghin draws us inside the hearing machine, where we feel as well as hear the essence of Beethoven’s rambunctious and irresistibly poetic musical vibrations. Inside the Hearing Machine invites us into the multisensory playground of a deaf composer for whom the machine was more than a hearing aid and who interacted with his instrument through much more than sound.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Vivace ma non troppo 03:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Vivace ma non troppo
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tom Beghin
  2. 2 II. Prestissimo 02:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Prestissimo
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tom Beghin
  3. 3 III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo 12:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
    Duration
    12:20
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tom Beghin
  4. 4 I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 05:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tom Beghin
  5. 5 II. Scherzo - Allegro molto 02:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Scherzo - Allegro molto
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tom Beghin
  6. 6 III. Adagio ma non troppo - 09:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Adagio ma non troppo -
    Duration
    09:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tom Beghin
  7. 7 I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 09:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
    Duration
    09:31
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tom Beghin
  8. 8 II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile 17:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
    Duration
    17:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tom Beghin