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(5CD) 貝多芬: 奏鳴曲/小品/變奏曲 鋼琴作品全集, 第二集
阿佛雷多.佩爾 鋼琴
Following the internationally acclaimed first instalment of Alfredo Perl's three-part complete recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano works, the second box set spans the years 1801-1814. Musicological literature has long referred to this period as Beethoven's "middle" or "classical" phase; yet such labels risk obscuring a compositional and aesthetic practice fundamentally defined by recourse to the past as well as foreshadowings of the future, and by Beethoven's profound identification with his instrument. For him, the piano was a medium of self-exploration and of engagement with the world, a means of articulating the most intimate personal experience on the one hand and of responding to collective historical and political upheaval on the other.
Of the fourteen sonatas included here, at least six belong to the core repertoire of every pianist. Their popularity is reflected in the sobriquets - mostly not of Beethoven's own invention - by which they are known: the "Moonlight" (Op. 27/2), "Pastoral" (Op. 28), "Tempest" (Op. 31/2), "Waldstein" (Op. 53), "Appassionata" (Op. 57), and "Les Adieux" (Op. 81a). Among the variation sets, the "Eroica" Variations Op. 35 and the C minor Variations WoO 80 have long held a special fascination for performers and audiences alike. Yet most famous of all is the piano piece "Fur Elise", composed in 1810. For Beethoven it may have amounted to little more than a finger exercise, but it nonetheless demonstrates his ability to conjure an entire musical world out of the simplest motifs and gestures.
This spectrum of elemental expressive power to unprecedented virtuosity makes clear why Beethoven's piano works from this period represent a milestone in the history of the instrument's repertoire.
CD 1 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27/1
‘Quasi una fantasia’
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27/2 ‘Moonlight’
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ‘Pastorale’
CD 2 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31/1
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31/2 ‘The Tempest’
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31/3 ‘The Hunt’
5 Variations on “Rule Britannia”, WoO 79
CD 3 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33
6 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 34
15 Variations and a Fugue, Op. 35 ‘Eroica Variations’
32 Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 80
7 Variations on “God Save the King”, WoO 78
CD 4 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
Andante favori, WoO57
Prelude, WoO 55
‘Lustig und traurig’, WoO 54
CD 5 6 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 76
Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 77
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’
Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59
‘Fur Elise’ (1810 Version) |
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