Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 3; No. 9; No. 23 Appassionata; No. 12: Recorded in Prague at the Martinů Hall, Academy of Performing Arts, 3–4 June 2017.

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Everything in this recording is outstanding, yet it also springs surprises: who would have thought that a performance of the Sonata in C major, Op. 2 No. 3, could have the listener more on the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 22nd Jun 2018
Catalogue No: SU42522
Label: Supraphon
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

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Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2

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I. Allegro con brio

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Ii. Adagio

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Iii. Scherzo. Allegro

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Iv. Allegro assai

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Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14

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I. Allegro

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Ii. Allegretto

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Iii. Rondo. Allegro comodo

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57

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I. Allegro assai

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Ii. Andante con moto

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Iii. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

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32 Piano Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 80

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6 Bagatells, Op. 126

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No. 1, Andante con moto

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No. 2, Allegro

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No. 3, Andante cantabile e grazioso

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No. 4, Presto

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No. 5, Quasi allegretto

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No. 6, Presto - Andante amabile e con moto

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Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111

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I. Maestoso. Allegro con brio ed appassionato

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Ii. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

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Interview, Jan Bartoš on Beethoven

18th July 2018

The Czech pianist shares his thoughts on his new Beethoven album, out now on Supraphon.

Launching his Mozart debut recorded with the Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Bělohlávek (Supraphon 2017), Jan Bartoš drew to himself a lot of critical attention on an international scale. Those who reviewed the album especially appreciated his rare ability to combine thorough understanding both of the musical architecture and the deep emotionality of the works (a quality possessed also by the pianist’s tutors Ivan Moravec and Alfred Brendel). From the early “Haydn-like” Sonata No. 3 in C major to the highly dramatic “Appassionata” to the transcendent last Sonata No. 32 in C minor, which gives an impression of the composer parting with this world, the pianist facilitates to us the amazing integrity and colourfulness of Beethoven’s piano work. During the thirty years separating his first and last piano opus, the composer tried out numberless experiments, and yet some crucial themes come up again and again; the imprint of his unique musical DNA is discernible from his very first opuses. In the hands of Jan Bartoš, Beethoven whispers, sings and thunders. We encounter a world full of contrasts, an image whose colours remain impressed in our memory for a long time.

Reviews

October 2018

Everything in this recording is outstanding, yet it also springs surprises: who would have thought that a performance of the Sonata in C major, Op. 2 No. 3, could have the listener more on the edge of their seat than a brilliantly-played Appassionata?...The Arietta of Op. 111 is here gorgeous beyond words: its serene beauty burns brightly, then folds itself in towards an ecstatic, trill-garlanded conclusion.

Awards Issue 2018

These two new Beethoven discs show Bartoš to be a serious craftsman and a thoughtful, if highly circumspect musician…This cool, objective approach may appeal to those for whom Beethoven’s voice is disturbingly neurotic and who prefer to experience his music at an emotional arm’s length.

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 3; No. 9; No. 23 Appassionata; No. 12

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