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Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Giovanni Bellucci
Brilliant Classics

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Giovanni Bellucci

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
Giovanni Bellucci
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Sep 18, 2020
Catalog #
BRI95131
UPC
5028421951317

About

The second volume of Giovanni Bellucci’s Beethoven cycle for Brilliant Classics takes the listener on a journey of six eventful years, from Op.22 of 1800 to the ‘Appassionata’ Sonata of 1806. During that time Beethoven established himself as Vienna’s pre-eminent pianist-composer. He came to regard Op.22 as the best of his ‘early’ sonatas but a sea-change in the deepening of his expression is already evident in the piano-writing of Op.26, with its funeral march ‘in memory of a hero’. There follow the remarkable formal innovations of the Op.27 pair – No.2 immortally inscribed on the popular imagination as the ‘Moonlight’ – and then the smooth, undulating rhythms of the ‘Pastorale’ Op.28. The trio of Op.31 sonatas present a study in contrasts, from the graceful profile of No.1 in G major to the sound and fury of the ‘Tempest’ No.2 and then the hectic momentum of No.3, presaging the concision of works at the end of his ‘middle’ period such as the ‘Serioso’ Quartet and the Eighth Symphony. The proportions of the two-movement Op.54 are even more tautly circumscribed, before the reach of Beethoven’s expressive range for his instrument expands to hitherto undreamt heights in the ‘Waldstein’ Op.53 and the ‘Appassionata’ Op.57. Giovanni Bellucci is among the most strikingly individual of modern pianists. Described by Italian critic Piero Rattalino as ‘a force of nature, vast and palpitating’, he cultivates an old-fashioned richness of piano timbre while still attending to the letter as well as the spirit of Beethoven’s scores. According to Le Monde, ‘he takes us back to the Golden Age of the Piano’. His recordings have been showered with prizes such as Diapason d’Or, Choc, Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, CD Maestro etc.

Tracklist 37 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con brio 05:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  2. 2 II. Adagio con molta espressione 09:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio con molta espressione
    Duration
    09:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  3. 3 III. Minuetto 03:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Minuetto
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  4. 4 IV. Rondo: Allegretto 06:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  5. 5 I. Andante con variazioni 08:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  6. 6 II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 02:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  7. 7 III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe 08:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe
    Duration
    08:04
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  8. 8 IV. Allegro 02:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  9. 9 I. Andante 04:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  10. 10 II. Allegro molto e vivace 01:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegro molto e vivace
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  11. 11 III. Adagio con espressione 03:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Adagio con espressione
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  12. 12 IV. Allegro vivace 05:54
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  13. 13 I. Adagio sostenuto 05:47
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  14. 14 II. Allegretto 03:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  15. 15 III. Presto agitato 05:44
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Presto agitato
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  16. 16 I. Allegro vivace 05:01
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  17. 17 II. Adagio grazioso 12:49
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Adagio grazioso
    Duration
    12:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  18. 18 III. Rondo: Allegretto 06:36
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  19. 19 I. Largo - Allegro 06:06
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Largo - Allegro
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  20. 20 II. Adagio 07:25
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  21. 21 III. Allegretto 07:59
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  22. 22 I. Allegro 06:40
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  23. 23 II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace 04:09
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  24. 24 III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso - Trio 05:08
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso - Trio
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  25. 25 IV. Presto con fuoco 04:23
    Track
    25
    Title
    IV. Presto con fuoco
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  26. 26 I. In tempo d'un menuetto 05:37
    Track
    26
    Title
    I. In tempo d'un menuetto
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  27. 27 II. Allegretto - Più allegro 05:10
    Track
    27
    Title
    II. Allegretto - Più allegro
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  28. 28 I. Allegro 09:12
    Track
    28
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  29. 29 II. Andante 07:03
    Track
    29
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  30. 30 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 02:42
    Track
    30
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  31. 31 IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 05:27
    Track
    31
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  32. 32 I. Allegro con brio 08:43
    Track
    32
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    08:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  33. 33 II. Introduzione: Adagio molto 04:46
    Track
    33
    Title
    II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  34. 34 III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato 09:43
    Track
    34
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato
    Duration
    09:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  35. 35 I. Allegro assai 10:37
    Track
    35
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    10:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  36. 36 II. Andante con moto 06:54
    Track
    36
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    06:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  37. 37 III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto 08:29
    Track
    37
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci