Composer: Anton Reicha
Performer: Ivan Ilić
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Release: 2021
Size: 1.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
L’art de varier, Op. 57
01. Thème. Andante
02. Var. 1
03. Var. 2
04. Var. 3
05. Var. 4
06. Var. 5
07. Var. 6
08. Var. 7
09. Var. 8
10. Var. 9
11. Var. 10
12. Var. 11
13. Var. 12
14. Var. 13
15. Var. 14
16. Var. 15
17. Var. 16, Allegretto
18. Var. 17, Tempo I
19. Var. 18
20. Var. 19
21. Var. 20
22. Var. 21
23. Var. 22
24. Var. 23
25. Var. 24
26. Var. 25
27. Var. 26, Colla destra e sinistra
28. Var. 27
29. Var. 28
30. Var. 29
31. Var. 30
32. Var. 31, Marche funèbre. Un poco più lento
33. Var. 32, Un poco allegretto
34. Var. 33, Tempo I
35. Var. 34
36. Var. 35
37. Var. 36
38. Var. 37
39. Var. 38
40. Var. 39, Colla destra e sinistra
41. Var. 40, Minuetto col suo tempo giusto
42. Var. 41, Tempo I
43. Var. 42
44. Var. 43, Colla destra e sinistra
45. Var. 44, Colla destra e sinistra
46. Var. 45, Colla destra e sinistra
47. Var. 46, Andante
48. Var. 47, Tempo I
49. Var. 48
50. Var. 49
51. Var. 50
52. Var. 51
53. Var. 52, Gavotte
54. Var. 53
55. Var. 54
56. Var. 55
57. Var. 56, Fuga
58. Var. 57, Presto
For this his third volume of works by Antoine Reicha, the pianist Ivan Ilic turns to one of the composer’s most extraordinary works, L’Art de varier, Op. 57. ‘The Art of Variation’ consists of fifty-seven variations on a theme (that the number of variations match the opus number is not a coincidence) and was composed in 1802-03, at the beginning of the six-year period which Reicha spent in Vienna, where he studied with Haydn and re-kindled his previous friendship with Beethoven. The set is remarkable for its scale and invention. Ivan Ilic describes the work as the missing link between Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, which was certainly influenced by Reicha’s work. The recording was made at Potton Hall in Suffolk, on a Steinway Model D grand piano.