BEETHOVEN: 'Diabelli' Variations

Catalog Number: RRC1140
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD

Categories: Chamber Music, Instrumental Music
Budget Periods: Classical, Romantic

Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performers: Oleg Kagan, Sviatoslav Richter

Available: 17
Price: $8.99

Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Diabelli' Variations Op. 120

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Mozart: Violin Sonata in G major K379
Oleg Kagan, violin; Sviatoslav Richter, piano

	Track Listing	Time
	'Diabelli' Variations: Thema-Vivace	52:06
1	Alla marcia maestoso	2:24
2	Poco allegro	0:55
3	L'istesso tempo	1:20
4	Un poco Piu vivace	1:00
5	Allegro vivace	0:53
6	Allegro ma non troppo e serioso	1:43
7	Un poco piu allegro	1:09
8	Poco vivace	1:02
9	Allegro pesante e risoluto	1:36
10	Presto	0:41
11	Allegretto	1:09
12	Un poco piu moto	0:48
13	Vivace	1:12
14	Grave e maestoso	3:46
15	Presto scherzando	0:39
16	Allegro	0:57
17	Allegro	1:01
18	Poco moderato	2:10
19	Presto	0:55
20	Andante	2:43
21	Allegro con brio. Meno allegro	1:38
22	Molto allegro alla 'Notte e giorno faticar' di Mozart	0:49
23	Assai allegro	0:58
24	Fughetta. Andante	3:07
25	Allegro	0:46
26	Piacevole	0:50
27	Vivace	0:59
28	Allegro	0:54
29	Adagio, ma non troppo	1:02
30	Andante, sempre cantabile	1:56
31	Largo molto espressivo	3:47
32	Fuga. Allegro. Poco Adagio	3:00
33	Tempo di Menuetto, moderato	3:08
	Mozart: Violin Sonata in G major K379	22:27
34	Adagio	6:44
35	Allegro	6:10
36	Andantino cantabile	9:36

"Diabelli was overwhelmed by the work (on his waltz theme) submitted by Beethoven which quite overshadowed anything else sent by others. He pronounced it 'a work to set aside J S Bach's masterpiece (Goldberg Variations) and he must have been gratified that his otherwise ordinary tune would survive in perpetuity as a result of Beethoven's efforts (indeed it has been considered by the finest living interpreter of Beethoven's piano works, Alfred Brendel, to be 'the greatest of them'). It is certainly the longest of his piano works and predictably covers every emotion"
James Murray