Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Andreas Staier
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Release: 2020
Size: 1.66 GB
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Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
01. I. Allegro vivace
02. II. Adagio grazioso
03. III. Rondo. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’
04. I. Largo
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 ‘The Hunt’
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
09. III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso – Trio
10. IV. Presto con fuoco
Variations (6) for Piano on an Original Theme in F major, Op. 34
11. Thema. Adagio. Cantabile
12. Variation I
13. Variation II. Allegro ma non troppo
14. Variation III. Allegretto
15. Variation IV. Tempo di Minuetto
16. Variation V. Marcia. Allegretto
17. Variation VI. Allegretto – Coda – Adagio molto
Eroica Variations, Op. 35
18. Introduzione col Basso del Thema. Allegretto vivace
19. Thema
20. Variation I
21. Variation II
22. Variation III
23. Variation IV
24. Variation V
25. Variation VI
26. Variation VII. Canone all’ottava
27. V ariation VIII
28. Variation IX
29. Variation X
30. Variation XI
31. Variation XII
32. Variation XIII
33. Variation XIV. Minore
34. Variation XV. Maggiore. Largo – Coda espressivo
35. Finale alla Fuga. Allegro con brio.
The year 1802 was a decisive one for Beethoven. In the autumn, he wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament, in which he clearly expressed his awareness of the outcome of his inexorably increasing deafness. At almost the same time, he told his friend Krumpholz that he was, “not satisfied” with his “work so far,” and he was planning to embark on “a new path.” The works, skillfully grouped together by Andreas Staier, correspond precisely to that new direction.