Beethoven: The Complete Early Variations
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete Early Variations
Alessandro Commellato (fortepiano)
[ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 26 January 2018
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Under the title "Early Variations" Alessandro Commellato has brought together all those works for solo and 4 hands piano that form part of one of the most distinctive musical genres of the 18th century: the theme with variations. These works were not included in the main catalogue of Beethoven's compositions, which is a mystery, given the high quality of the music and the incredible inventiveness and richness of the piano writing, which is on a par with that of the piano sonatas: wit, joy, drama, tragedy, all is included in these masterpieces, which are still undervalued by modern pianists.
Included are the WoO 63‐80, played on copies (made by the famous Italian instrument builder Guido Bizzi) of Böhm, Stein and Walter.
Alessandro Commellato is a great virtuoso, sensitive and stylish musician, who already to great critical acclaim recorded for Brilliant Classics piano concertos by Hummel and chamber music by Ries and Hummel.
Excellent and extensive liner notes written by renowned musicologist Oreste Bossini.
Tracks:
CD1
1. 32 Variations in C minor
WoO80 on an original theme 11'43
2. 5 Variations in D WoO79
on 'Rule Britannia' 5'36
3. 7 Variations in D WoO78
on 'God save the King' 8'43
4. 6 Variations in G WoO77
on an original theme 7'27
5. 8 Variations in F WoO76
from Süssmayr's theme 'Tändeln und Scherzen' 9'21
6. 7 Variations in F WoO75
from Winter's opera 'Das unterbrochene Opferfest' 11'54
7. 6 Variations in D Woo74
on 'Ich denke dein' for piano four hands 5'05
Total time 59'53
Sonja Angelina Krenn soprano (7)
Alessandro Commellato fortepiano
Elena Costa fortepiano (7)
Fortepianos: J. Böhm 1823 (1, 7)
A.Walter c.1789 after Guido Bizzi (2, 3)
A.Walter c.1792 after Guido Bizzi (4)
Walter & Sohn c.1805 after Guido Bizzi (5, 6)
CD2
1. 10 Variation in B flat Woo73
on Salieri's air 'La stessa la stessissima' 12'28
2. 8 Variations in C WoO72 on Grétry's air 'Un fievre brûlante' 7'12
3. 12 Variations in A WoO71 on a Russian Dance from Wranitsky's ballet Das Waldmädchen 12'20
4. 6 Variations in G WoO70
on Paisiello's air 'Nel cor più non mi sento' 5'45
5. 9 Variations in A WoO69 on Paisiello's air 'Quant'è più bello' 6'07
6. 12 Variations in C WoO68
on the 'Menuet à la Viganò' from Haibel's ballet Le nozze disturbate 14'41
Total time 58'39
Alessandro Commellato fortepiano
Fortepianos: Walter & Sohn c.1805 after Guido Bizzi (1, 4, 6)
A.Walter c.1792 after Guido Bizzi (2)
J. Böhm 1823 (3)
J.A. Stein c.1788 after Guido Bizzi (5)
CD3
1. 8 Variations in C WoO67
on a theme by Count Waldstein for piano four hands 8'58
2. 13 Variations in A WoO66
on Dittersdorf's air 'Es war einmal ein alter Mann' 14'55
3. 24 Variations in D WoO65
on Righini's air 'Venni amore' 23'29
4. 6 Easy Variations in F WoO64
on a Swiss air 2'57
5. 9 Variations in C minor WoO63
on a march by Dressler 12'41
Total time 63'05
