Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Paul Lewis
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Bagatelles (7), Op. 33
01. 1. Andante grazioso quasi allegretto (E-Flat Major)
02. 2. Scherzo. Allegro (C Major)
03. 3. Allegretto (F Major)
04. 4. Andante (A Major)
05. 5. Allegro ma non troppo (C Major)
06. 6. Allegretto quasi andante (D Major)
07. 7. Presto (A-Flat Major)
Bagatelles (11), Op. 119
08. 1. Allegretto (G Minor)
09. 2. Andante con moto (C Major)
10. 3. à l’Allemande (D Major)
11. 4. Andante cantabile (A Major)
12. 5. Risoluto (C Minor)
13. 6. Andante. Allegretto (G Major)
14. 7. [Allegro ma non troppo] (C major)
15. 8. Moderato cantabile (C Major)
16. 9. Vivace moderato (A Minor)
17. 10. Allegramente (A Major)
18. 11. Andante ma non troppo (B-Flat Major)
Bagatelles (6), Op. 126
19. 1. Andante con moto, cantabile e con piacevole (G Major)
20. 2. Allegro (G Major)
21. 3. Andante, Cantabile ed espressivo (E-Flat Major)
22. 4. Presto (B Major)
23. 5. Quasi allegretto (G Major)
24. 6. Presto. Andante amabile e con moto (E-Flat Major)
25. Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)
26. Bagatelle in B flat major, WoO 60
27. Allegretto in B minor WoO 61
28. Bagatelle in G minor, WoO 61a (Allegretto quasi Andante)
29. Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77
When we think of Beethoven and the piano, his monumental ‘Thirty-Two Sonatas’ come to mind. They have often been referred to as the ‘New Testament’ to Bach’s ‘Old Testament’, the ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’. However, over a period of decades, Beethoven constantly returned to the genre of the ‘Bagatelle’. He called them ‘trifles’, but this small form par excellence actually meant a great deal to him. As with the ‘Sonata’, Beethoven laid the foundations for a flourishing new genre of piano miniatures. Whether they last a few minutes or a few seconds, these ‘Bagatelles’ are masterpieces, rendered with in all their brief perfection by the infallible Paul Lewis.