Beethoven: Complete Bagatelles; Diabelli & Eroica Variations

Maltempo, Vincenzo

PCL 10181

Celebrating Beethoven’s birthday in 2020 this 2CD set presents piano works by the master which don’t belong to the monumental Sonata-canon but to other forms in which the composer poured out his genius: Bagatelles and Variations. • The three sets of Bagatelles (Opp. 33, 119 and 126) show Beethoven the improviser, a mind overflowing with ideas, experiments and jokes, but also capable of penning down the most tender and intimate miniatures, infinitely touching in their sincerity and deep feeling. • The Eroica and Diabelli variations are masterworks of his middle and late period respectively, towering achievements of invention and expression. As a “bonus” we also hear the exquisite Op. 34 Variations and the Rondo Capriccioso Op. 129 (Rage over the Lost Penny). • Italian pianist Vincenzo Maltempo, one of the most interesting pianists of the young generation, made his name in his staggering recordings of unjustly forgotten romantic repertoire.

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Piano Classics

27-03-2020

5029365101813