Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Isabelle Fraisse
Performer: Yumeto Suenaga
Number of DIscs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Artalinna
Catalogue: 526842
Release: 2020
Size: 2.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Beethoven: Alla ingharese quasi un capriccio in G Major, Op. 129 (Allegro vivace)
02. Beethoven: Bagatelle in B-Flat Major, WoO 60 (Ziemlich lebhaft)
03. Beethoven: Allegretto in B Minor, WoO 61
04. Beethoven: Bagatelle in G Minor, WoO 61a, Hess 56 (Allegro quasi andante)
Beethoven: 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von Diabelli, Op. 120
05. No. 1, Thema (Vivace)
06. No. 2, Variation I (Alla Marcia maestoso)
07. No. 3, Variation II (Poco allegro)
08. No. 4, Variation III (L’istesso tempo)
09. No. 5, Variation IV (Un poco più vivace)
10. No. 6, Variation V (Allegro vivace)
11. No. 7, Variation VI (Allegro ma non troppo e serioso)
12. No. 8, Variation VII (Un poco più allegro)
13. No. 9, Variation VIII (Poco vivace)
14. No. 10, Variation IX (Allegro pesante e risoluto)
15. No. 11, Variation X (Presto)
16. No. 12, Variation XI (Allegretto)
17. No. 13, Variation XII (Un poco più mosso)
18. No. 14, Variation XIII (Vivace)
19. No. 15, Variation XIV (Grave e maestoso)
20. No. 16, Variation XV (Presto scherzando)
21. No. 17, Variation XVI (Allegro)
22. No. 18, Variation XVII (Allegro)
23. No. 19, Variation XVIII (Poco moderato)
24. No. 20, Variation XIX (Presto)
25. No. 21, Variation XX (Andante)
26. No. 22, Variation XXI (Allegro con brio – Meno allegro)
27. No. 23, Variation XXII (Allegro molto alla “Notte e giorno faticar” by W. A. Mozart)
28. No. 24, Variation XXIII (Allegro assai)
29. No. 25, Variation XXIV, Fughetta (Andante)
30. No. 26, Variation XXV (Allegro)
31. No. 27, Variation XXVI (Allegro piacevole)
32. No. 28, Variation XXVII (Vivace)
33. No. 29, Variation XXVIII (Allegro)
34. No. 30, Variation XXIX (Adagio ma non troppo)
35. No. 31, Variation XXX (Andante sempre cantabile)
36. No. 32, Variation XXXI (Largo molto espressivo)
37. No. 33, Variation XXXII, Fuga (Allegro – Poco adagio)
38. No. 34, Variation XXXIII (Tempo di Menuetto, moderato ma non tirarsi dietro)
39. Beethoven: Waltz in E-Flat Major, WoO 84
CD 02
Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119:
01. II. Andante con moto
02. III. À l’Allemande
03. VI. Andante
Beethoven: 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von Diabelli, Op. 120
04. No. 1, Thema (Vivace) [Reprise]
Fraisse: 3 Moqueries sur une valse de Diabelli
05. No. 1
06. No. 2
07. No. 3
08. Beethoven: Ecossaise in E-Flat Major, WoO 86
09. Beethoven: Waltz in D Major, WoO 85
Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119:
10. IX. Vivace moderato
11. X. Allegramente
12. VII. Allegro, ma non troppo
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 134
13. Ouvertura (Allegro) – Meno mosso e moderato – Allegro – Fuga (Allegro) [Arrangement for Piano Four-Hands of “Große Fuge, Op. 133]
14. Meno mosso e moderato – Allegro – (poco a poco sempre più Allegro ed accelerando il tempo) [Arrangement for Piano Four-Hands of “Große Fuge, Op. 133]
15. Allegro molto e con brio – Allegro – Allegro molto e con brio (Arrangement for Piano Four-Hands of “Große Fuge, Op. 133)
16. Fraisse: 111. Dialogue avec l’opus 111 de Beethoven (Maestoso)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
17I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
18II. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)
Now in his early thirties, this French-Japanese musician invites us to a highly innovative journey at the heart of Beethoven’s late compositions, combining great architectural works such as the Diabelli Variations and the last sonata for keyboard, Op. 111, with miniatures and sometimes even very brief sketches. Here we see the genuine thinking in motion of one of the greatest names in musical history at the end of his life.
Yumeto Suenaga also plays for us two works composed by one of his friends, the French composer Isabelle Fraisse: a contemporary tribute to the titan from Bonn, first of all in a preamble to the 32nd Sonata (111) and a follow-up, or echo, to the Diabelli Variations in the Trois Moqueries.