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On the wake of the box-set featuring some live and studio recordings of Dino Ciani (CDS 413/1-6), which has met with great success, Dynamic releases another publication dedicated to the artistry of this fine pianist, who died tragically and prematurely almost thirty years ago.
This new set of nine CDs holds the entire cycle of Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas which Ciani performed at the Unione Musicale in Turin in eight concerts, from 4th October to 29th November 1970, which were recorded but never published before. Listening to these recordings from over thirty years ago we clearly perceive the wealth, complexity and, in many ways, the novelty of Dino Ciani’s approach as a performer. With impressively profound introspection, Dino Ciani follows the extraordinary journey that leads him from opus 2 on to opus 111. It is perhaps in the last Sonatas that Ciani gives of his best. In a sort of ecstasy of sound, he exalts and savours the cantabile element in these compositions. Then he abandons himself unguardedly as he unleashes a musical force that seems to create itself out of nothing and to find its rules and justification in itself alone. Extraordinary are also Ciani’s encores: the Finale of the Hammerklavier Sonata, with dizzying counterpoint passages, and the entire Moonlight Sonata, opus 27 n. 2.
The enclosed booklet contains unpublished photos.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2
I. Allegro vivace
II. Largo appassionato
III. Scherzo: Allegretto
IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV. Allegro assai
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49, No. 2
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Tempo di menuetto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
I. Allegro molto e con brio
II. Largo con gran espressione
III. Allegro
IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
I. Molto allegro e con brio
II. Adagio molto
III. Finale: Prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2
I. Allegro
II. Allegretto
III. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3
I. Presto
II. Largo e mesto
III. Menuetto: Allegro
IV. Rondo: Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1
I. Andante
II. Rondo: Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique"
I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
II. Adagio cantabile
III. Rondo: Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1
I. Allegro
II. Allegretto
III. Rondo: Allegro comodo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14, No. 2
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro assai
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio con molto espressione
III. Minuetto
IV. Rondo: Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26
I. Andante con variazioni
II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe
IV. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia"
I. Andante
I. Allegro
I. Tempo I
II. Allegro molto e vivace
III. Adagio con espressione
IV. Allegro vivace
IV. Adagio - Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
I. Adagio sostenuto
II. Allegretto
III. Presto agitato
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, "Pastoral"
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31, No. 1
I. Allegro vivace
II. Adagio grazioso
III. Rondo: Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest"
I. Largo - Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31, No. 3, "La Chasse"
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
IV. Presto con fuoco
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"
I. Allegro con brio
II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
II. Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79
I. Presto alla tedesca
II. Andante
III. Vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
I. In tempo d'un minuetto
II. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"
I. Allegro assai
II. Andante con moto
III. Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
I. Mit lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
II. Lebhaft. Marschmassig
III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll - IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu schnell
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Assai vivace
III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
IV. Largo - V. Allegro risoluto
IV. Largo - V. Allegro risoluto (encore)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
II. Prestissimo
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
III. Variation 1: Molto espressivo
III. Variation 2: Leggieramente
III. Variation 3: Allegro vivace
III. Variation 4: Etwas langsamer, als das Thema
III. Variation 5: Allegro ma non troppo - Variation 6: Tempo I del tema
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux"
I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio - Allegro
II. Abwesenheit: Andante espressivo
III. Das Wiedersehn: Vivacissimamente
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
II. Allegro molto
III. Adagio, ma non troppo
IV. Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo - V. L'istesso tempo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
I. Maestoso, Allego con brio e appassionato
II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
I. Adagio sostenuto
II. Allegretto
III. Presto agitato
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