Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Ronald Brautigam
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Release: 2019
Size: 5.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Sieben Bagatellen, Op. 33
01. No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Andante grazioso, quasi allegretto
02. No. 2 in C Major, Scherzo. Allegro
03. No. 3 in F Major, Allegretto
04. No. 4 in A Major, Andante
05. No. 5 in C Major, Allegro, ma non troppo
06. No. 6 in D Major, Allegretto, quasi andante
0.7 No. 7 in A-Flat Major, Presto
Bagatelles 1795-1804
08. Bagatelle in C Minor, Hess 69
Bagatelles 1795-1805
09. Bagatelle in C Major, Hess 73
Bagatelles 1795-1806
10. Bagatelle in E-Flat Major, Hess 74
Bagatelles 1795-1807
11. Allegretto in C Minor, WoO 53
Bagatelles 1795-1808
12. Andante in C Major, WoO 211
Bagatelles 1795-1809
13. Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 54 “Lustig-traurig”
Bagatelles 1795-1810
14. Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56
Bagatelles 1795-1811
15. Bagatelle in C Minor, WoO 52
Elf Neue Bagatellen, Op. 119
16. No. 1 in G Minor, Allegretto
17. No. 2 in C Major, Andante con moto
18. No. 3 in D Major, à l’Allemande
19. No. 4 in A Major, Andante cantabile
20. No. 5 in C Minor, Risoluto
21. No. 6 in G Major, Andante – Allegretto
22. No. 7 in C Major, Allegro, ma non troppo
23. No. 8 in C Major, Moderato cantabile
24. No. 9 in A Minor, Vivace moderato
25. No. 10 in A Major, Allegramente
26. No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Andante, ma non troppo
Bagatelles 1810-25
27. Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise” (I)
28. Bagatelle in B-Flat Major, WoO 60
29. Allegretto in B Minor, WoO 61
30. Allegretteo quasi andante in G Minor, WoO 61a
31. Bagatelle in C Major, Hess 57
Sechs Bagatellen, Op. 126 (1823–24)
32. No. 1 in G Major, Andante con moto
33. No. 2 in G Major, Allegro
34. No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Andante
35. No. 4 in B Major, Presto
36. No. 5 in G Major, Quasi allegretto
37. No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Presto – Andante amabile e con moto – Tempo I
38. 12 Variations on the Russian Dance from “Das Waldmädchen”, WoO 71
39. 8 Variations on “Une fièvre brûlante”, WoO 72
40. 10 Variations on “La stessa, la stessissima”, WoO 73
41. 7 Variations on “Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen”, WoO 75
42. 8 Variations on “Tändeln und Scherzen”, WoO 76
43. 6 Variations in G Major, WoO 77
44. Variations & Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 “Eroica”
45. 9 Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63
46. 6 Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO 64
47. 24 Variations on “Venni amore”, WoO 65
48. 13 Variations on “Es war einmal ein alter Mann”, WoO 66
49. 12 Variations on “Menuet a la Viganò”, WoO 68
50. 9 Variations on “Quant’è più bello”, WoO 69
51. 6 Variations on “Nel cor più non mi sento”, WoO 70
52. Rondo in C Major, WoO 48
53. Rondo in A Major, WoO 49
54. Rondo in B-Flat Major, Anh. 6
55. Rondo in C Major, Op. 51 No. 1
56. Rondo in G Major, Op. 51 No. 2
57. Rondo a capriccio in G Major, Op. 129 “Rage over a Lost Penny”
58. Ecossaise in E-Flat Major, WoO 86
59. 6 Ecossaises in E-Flat Major, WoO 83
60. Andante favori in F Major, WoO 57
61. Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 77
62. Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89
63. Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise” (II)
64. Andante maestoso in C Major, WoO 62, Hess 41 “Letzter musikalischer Gedanke” (Completed A. Diabelli for Piano)
Sechs Variationen in F major über ein eigenes Thema, Op. 34 (1802)
65. Theme
66. Var. 1
67. Var. 2
68. Var. 3
69. Var. 4
70. Var. 5
71. Var. 6 – Coda
Sieben Variationen in C major über God save the King, WoO78 (1803)
72. Theme
73. Var. 1
74. Var. 2
75. Var. 3
76. Var. 4
77. Var. 5
78. Var. 6
79. Var. 7
Fünf Variationen in D major über Rule Britannia, WoO79 (1803)
80. Theme
81. Var. 1
82. Var. 2
83. Var. 3
84. Var. 4
85. Var. 5
86. 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
Sechs Variationen in D major, Op. 76 (Die Ruinen von Athen)
87. Theme
88. Var. 1
89. Var. 2
90. Var. 3
91. Var. 4
92. Var. 5
93. Var. 6
Zwei Praeludien durch alle Dur-Tonarten, Op. 39, for piano or organ (1789)
94. No. 1 in C Major
95. No. 2 in C Major
96. Fugue in C Major, WoO 215, Hess 64
97. Prelude in F Minor, WoO 55
98. Minuet in F Major, WoO 217
99. Allemande in A Major, WoO 81
100. Anglaise in D Major, WoO 212, Hess 61
101. Minuet in E-Flat Major, WoO 82
102. Waltz in E-Flat Major, WoO 84
103. Waltz in D Major, WoO 85
33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von Anton Diabelli, Op. 120
104. Theme. Vivace
105. Var. 1, Alla marcia, maestoso
106. Var. 2, Poco allegro
107. Var. 3, L’istesso tempo
108. Var. 4, Un poco più vivace
109. Var. 5, Allegro vivace
110. Var. 6, Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
111. Var. 7, Un poco più allegro
112. Var. 8, Poco vivace
113. Var. 9, Allegro pesante e risoluto
114. Var. 10, Presto
115. Var. 11, Allegretto
116. Var. 12, Un poco più mosso
117. Var. 13, Vivace
118. Var. 14, Grave e maestoso
119. Var. 15, Presto scherzando
120. Var. 16, Allegro
121. Var. 17, Allegro
122. Var. 18, Poco moderato
123. Var. 19, Presto
124. Var. 20, Andante
125. Var. 21, Allegro con brio
126. Var. 22, Allegro molto
127. Var. 23, Allegro assai
128. Var. 24, Fughetta – Andante
129. Var. 25, Allegro
130. Var. 26, Piacevole
131. Var. 27, Vivace
132. Var. 28, Allegro
133. Var. 29, Adagio ma non troppo
134. Var. 30, Andante, sempre cantabile
135. Var. 31, Largo, molto espressivo
136. Var. 32, Fuga – Allegro
137. Var. 33, Tempo di menuetto, moderato
138. No. 1, Air ecossais in G Major “The Cottage Maid”
139. No. 2, Air ecossais in C Minor “Of Noble Stock Was Shinkin”
140. No. 3, Air autrichien in C Major “A Schüsserl und a Reindl”
141. No. 4, Air ecossais in E-Flat Major “The Last Rose of Summer”
142. No. 5, Air ecossais in E-Flat Major “Chiling O’Guiry”
143. No. 6, Air ecossais in D Major “Paddy Whack”
Between 2003 and 2015, Ronald Brautigam recorded all of Beethoven’s music for solo piano – a huge undertaking resulting in a grand total of 15 highly acclaimed albums. Choosing to perform the works on the fortepiano, Brautigam began with a sonata cycle which caused one reviewer to talk of a challenge to ‘the very notion of playing this music on modern instruments, a stylistic paradigm shift.’ In 2010, after nine albums of sonatas, he went on to record the composer’s variations, bagatelles and other piano pieces – a staggering array of works ranging from a Bagatelle lasting 11 seconds to the monumental Diabelli Variations, and from a charming Rondo in C major composed by a 13-year old Beethoven, to what is often referred to as the composer’s ‘Last Musical Thought’, an Andante maestoso dated 1826. Brautigam’s sonata recordings were released in a box set in 2014, and they are now followed by this 6-album set of the remaining works for solo piano, in the original hybrid format, and with full documentation in the form of the original booklets. Composed over the course of more than 40 years, the music is performed on three different instruments, all by the master builder Paul McNulty, demonstrating the rapid development that the fortepiano underwent during Beethoven’s lifetime.