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In 1819 the Viennese publisher Anton Diabelli asked ‘the most excellent composers and virtuosi of Vienna and the Austrian Empire’, to write a variation on a waltz theme he had composed. Beethoven was also asked, and although he at first refused, he did finally deliver a cycle of 33 variations as his own contribution to this strange competition. His set was published separately in 1823. The 50 variations by the other composers appeared a year later, under the collective title of ‘National Society of Artists, Part 2’. From these, Jörg Demus chooses 32, basing his decisions both on the quality of the pieces themselves, and the playing-time of an LP, on which the recording first appeared. Played on various fortepianos of the time, this marks this unique recording’s first release on CD.
Walzer (Thema)
Walzer (Thema)
Ignatz Assmayer: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 1
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 1
Carl Maria Bocklet: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 2
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 2
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 3
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 3
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 4
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 4
Joseph Czerny: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 5
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 5
Joseph Drechsler: Variation On A Thema By Diabelli: Variation 7
Variation On A Thema By Diabelli: Variation 7
Jacob Freystädtler: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 9
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 9
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 10
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 10
Abbé Josef Gelinek: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 11
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 11
Anton Halm: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 12
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 12
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 13
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 13
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 14
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 14
Joseph Huglmann: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 15
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 15
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 16
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 16
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 18
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 18
Joseph Kerzkowsky: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 20
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 20
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 21
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 21
Eduard Freiherr von Lannoy: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 22
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 22
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 23
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 23
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 24
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 24
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 26
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 26
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 28
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 28
Gottfried Rieger: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 33a
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 33a
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 35
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 35
Franz Schubert: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 38
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 38
Abbé Maximilian Stadler: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 41
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 41
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli. Variation 42
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli. Variation 42
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 43
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 43
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 47
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 47
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 49
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 49
Jan Hugo Vorísek: Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 50
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Variation 50
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Coda
Variation On A Theme By Diabelli: Coda
Ludwig van Beethoven: 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli
Tema (Vivace)
Variation I (Alla marcia maestoso)
Variation II (Poco allegro)
Variation III (L'istesso tempo)
Variation IV (Un poco più vivace)
Variation V (Allegro vivace)
Variation VI (Allegro ma non troppo e serioso)
Variation VII (Un poco più allegro)
Variation VIII (Poco vivace)
Variation IX (Allegro pesante e risoluto)
Variation X (Presto)
Variation XI (Allegretto)
Variation XII (Un poco più moto)
Variation XIII (Vivace)
Variation XIV (Grave e maestoso)
Variation XV (Presto scherzando)
Variation XVI (Allegro)
Variation XVII
Variation XVIII (Poco moderato)
Variation XIX (Presto)
Variation XX (Andante)
Variation XXI (Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo I)
Variation XXII (Allegro molto): Alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart
Variation XXIII (Allegro assai)
Variation XXIV: Fughetta (Andante)
Variation XXV (Allegro)
Variation XXVI
Variation XXVII (Vivace)
Variation XXVIII (Allegro)
Variation XXIX (Adagio ma non troppo)
Variation XXX (Andante, sempre cantabile)
Variation XXXI (Largo, molto espressivo)
Variation XXXII: Fuga (Allegro - Poco adagio)
Variation XXXIII (Tempo di minuetto moderato, ma non tirarsi dietro)
December 2012
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“Demus's 1971 account of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations is solid if rather didactic.”
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Walzer (Thema)
