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Following on his acclaimed recordings of Beethoven’s sonatas, sonatinas and bagatelles, Ronald Brautigam here presents the first disc of four with variations, comprising works composed between 1796 and 1802.
The ‘Eroica variations’ Op.35 is on a much larger scale than any of the variations he had written before, and Beethoven himself described it as a work in ‘a wholly new style’.
Brautigam has used two different fortepianos on this recording: the earlier works are played on an instrument by Paul McNulty after Walter & Sohn c.1805, while the Op.35 set is performed on another by the same maker, after Conrad Graf c.1819.
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Variations on a Russian Dance from Wranitzky's Das Waldmadchen, WoO 71
12 Variations on a Russian Dance from Wranitzky's Das Waldmadchen, WoO 71
Ludwig van Beethoven: 8 Variations in C major on the Romance Un fievre brulante from Gretry's Richard Coeur-de-lion, WoO 72
8 Variations in C major on the Romance Un fievre brulante from Gretry's Richard Coeur-de-lion, WoO 72
Ludwig van Beethoven: 10 Variations on the Duet La stessa, le stessissima from Salieri's Falstaff in B flat major, WoO 73
10 Variations on the Duet La stessa, le stessissima from Salieri's Falstaff in B flat major, WoO 73
Ludwig van Beethoven: 7 Variations in F major on the Quartet Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen from Winter's Das unterbrochene Opferfest, WoO 75
7 Variations in F major on the Quartet Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen from Winter's Das unterbrochene Opferfest, WoO 75
Ludwig van Beethoven: 8 Variations on the Trio Tandeln und Scherzen from Sussmayr's Solimann der Zweite in F major, WoO 76
8 Variations on the Trio Tandeln und Scherzen from Sussmayr's Solimann der Zweite in F major, WoO 76
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Variations in G major on an Original Theme, WoO 77
6 Variations in G major on an Original Theme, WoO 77
Ludwig van Beethoven: 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat major, Op. 35, "Eroica Variations"
15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat major, Op. 35, "Eroica Variations"
June 2012
*****
“They are virtuoso works, and Ronald Brautigam, who tends to favour quick tempos, plays them in genuine virtuoso style, but without ever failing to bring out the music's more expressive moments...A must for those interested in the byways of Beethoven's keyboard music.”
July 2012
“Brautigam's interpretations are stunning. He brings stylish character and life to each of the small variation sets and never misses a trick, so to speak...What breathtaking elan and point Brautigam brings to the flashy scales and biting trills throughout the [Salieri] Variations...He also gives one of the finest recorded performances of the Eroica Variations...Raise a glass to this terrific disc.”
May 2012
“BIS’s SACD sonics are superb, and with the usual accessible and informative booklet notes by Roeland Hazendonk this is something of a highlight even of Brautigam’s brilliant Beethoven.”
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12 Variations on a Russian Dance from Wranitzky's Das Waldmadchen, WoO 71
