Hyperion Records | Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

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CDH55082
(Originally issued on CDA66763)
Archive Service Only

Recording details: January 1994
Schloss Gottesaue, Karlsruhe, Germany
Produced by Marc Seiffge
Engineered by Marc Seiffge
Release date: January 2002
Total duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds

'William Kinderman is the scholar-performer to whom Alfred Brendel entrusts his programme notes ... and the author of a recent Beethoven monograph ... [This playing] takes an expansive delight in the music's wonder-filled journey ... toughened by the many insights his research has yielded ... Not to be missed' (The Times)

'Really in a class of its own, remarkably fresh and well thought out ... The most outstanding Diabelli Variations to have appeared for ages' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Pianistically and interpretatively engaging, Kinderman's Diabelli Variations is certainly one of the most original and compelling to date' (Journal of The Beethoven Society of Europe)

'A formidable pianist … Kinderman's exemplary clarity allows us to hear every detail of the amazing score and to marvel afresh at its beauty and sheer ingenuity' (The Sunday Times)

		'Diabelli' Variations. Thirty-three variations in C on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op 120
1		Movement 01: Theme and Variation 1. Vivace; alla marcia maestoso [2'37]
2		Movement 02: Variation 2. poco allegro [0'56]
3		Movement 03: Variation 3. L'istesso tempo [1'30]
4		Movement 04: Variation 4. un poco piu vivace [1'03]
5		Movement 05: Variation 5. Allegro vivace [0'56]
6		Movement 06: Variation 6. Allegro ma non troppo [1'35]
7		Movement 07: Variation 7. Un poco piu allegro [1'13]
8		Movement 08: Variation 8. Poco vivace [1'38]
9		Movement 09: Variation 9. Allegro pesante e risoluto [1'40]
10		Movement 10: Variation 10. Presto [0'00]
11		Movement 11: Variation 11. Allegretto [1'19]
12		Movement 12: Variation 12. Un poco piu moto [0'59]
13		Movement 13: Variation 13. Vivace [0'57]
14		Movement 14: Variation 14. Grave e maestoso [4'09]
15		Movement 15: Variation 15. Presto scherzando [0'34]
16		Movement 16: Variation 16. Allegro [1'03]
17		Movement 17: Variation 17. Allegro [1'02]
18		Movement 18: Variation 18. Poco moderato [1'52]
19		Movement 19: Variation 19. Presto [0'52]
20		Movement 20: Variation 20. Andante [2'40]
21		Movement 21: Variation 21. Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo primo [1'08]
22		Movement 22: Variation 22. Allegro molto, alla 'Notte e giorno faticar' di Mozart [0'47]
23		Movement 23: Variation 23. Allegro assai [0'55]
24		Movement 24: Variation 24. Fughetta (andante) [3'27]
25		Movement 25: Variation 25. Allegro [0'48]
26		Movement 26: Variation 26. (Piacevole) [1'06]
27		Movement 27: Variation 27. Vivace [1'01]
28		Movement 28: Variation 28. Allegro [0'53]
29		Movement 29: Variation 29. Adagio ma non troppo [1'25]
30		Movement 30: Variation 30. Andante, sempre cantabile [2'28]
31		Movement 31: Variation 31. Largo, molto espressivo [5'00]
32		Movement 32: Variation 32. Fuga; Allegro [3'01]
33		Movement 33: Variation 33. Tempo di Menuetto moderato [3'55]