CD 1 - The Complete Bagatelles: Sieben Bagatellen, Op. 33 Bagatelles 1795–1804 Elf Neue Bagatellen, Op. 119 Bagatelles 1810–25 Sechs Bagatellen, Op. 126
CD 2 - Variations (I): Zwölf Variationen, WoO 71 Acht Variationen, WoO 72 Zehn Variationen, WoO 73 Sieben Variationen, WoO 75 Acht Variationen, WoO 76 Sechs Variationen über ein eigenes Thema G-Dur, WoO 77 Fünfzehn Variationen mit einer Fuge Es-Dur, Op. 35 (‘Eroica’ Variations)
CD 4 - Rondos & Klavierstücke: Rondo in C major, WoO 48 Rondo in A major, WoO 49 Rondo in B flat major Rondo in C major, Op. 51 No. 1 Rondo in G major, Op. 51 No. 2 Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129 Ecossaise in E flat major, WoO 86 Six Ecossaises, WoO 83 Andante in F major, WoO 57 Fantasie, Op. 77 Polonaise in C major, Op. 89 Klavierstück ‘Für Elise’ Andante maestoso in C major
CD 5 - Variations & Klavierstücke: Sechs Variationen in F major, Op. 34 Sieben Variationen in C major, WoO 78 Fünf Variationen in D major, WoO 79 Zweiunddreißig Variationen in C minor, WoO 80 Sechs Variationen in D major, Op. 76, „Die Ruinen von Athen“ Zwei Präludien durch alle Dur-Tonarten for piano or organ, Op. 39 Dreistimmige Fuge in C major, Hess 64 Präludium in F minor, WoO 55 Menuett in F major, WoO 217 Allemande in A major, WoO 81 Anglaise in D major, WoO 212 Menuett in E flat major, WoO 82 Walzer in E flat major, WoO 84 Walzer in D major, WoO 85
CD 6 - Diabelli Variations: 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105
Between 2003 and 2015, Ronald Brautigam recorded all of Beethoven’s music for solo piano – a huge undertaking resulting in a grand total of 15 highly acclaimed discs. Choosing to perform the works on the fortepiano, Brautigam began with a sonata cycle which caused one reviewer to talk of a challenge to ‘the very notion of playing this music on modern instruments, a stylistic paradigm shift.’ In 2010, after nine discs of sonatas, he went on to record the composer’s variations, bagatelles and other piano pieces – a staggering array of works ranging from a Bagatelle lasting 11 seconds to the monumental Diabelli Variations, and from a charming Rondo in C major composed by a 13-year old Beethoven, to what is often referred to as the composer's ‘Last Musical Thought’, an Andante maestoso dated 1826.
Ronald Brautigam’s sonata recordings were released as a box set in 2014, and they are now followed by this 6-disc box of the remaining works for solo piano, in the original hybrid SACD format, and with full documentation in the form of the original booklets. Composed over the course of more than 40 years, the music is performed on three different instruments, all by the master builder Paul McNulty, demonstrating the rapid development that the fortepiano underwent during Beethoven’s lifetime. Reedycja płyt BISSACD 1673, 1882, 1883, 1892, 1942, 1943. Instrument by Paul McNulty, after a 4-stringed fortepiano by Conrad Graf, c. 1822, Op. 423. Cardboard box – Original booklets included.
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