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Track(s) taken from CDA67879

Allegretto in C major, WoO56

composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
? 1804; first published in 1888

Steven Osborne (piano)
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Recording details: July 2011
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: May 2012
Total duration: 2 minutes 25 seconds

Cover artwork: House on the Water (1930). Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / Bridgeman Images
 

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Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

Reviews

‘It's part of Osborne's personal excursion to seek the individual potency of each Bagatelle … the more you listen (aided by a plausibly lifelike recording), the clearer it'll become that Osborne has delved deep to extract so much from cameos that pack emotional enormity within small spaces’ (Gramophone)

‘The joy of having a player of Steven Osborne's spare, rhythmically incisive brilliance … these pieces display Beethoven's genius for creating artistic grandeur from the most miniature of pianistic forms’ (The Observer)

‘Steven Osborne plays with pearly, silky insouciance … this disc follows on from his one of Beethoven sonatas, and it ignites a similar joy in the way that he conveys ideas so lucidly and with such subtle shades of tone, distilling the essence of each miniature with potency and freshness’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘Beautifully poised and unfailingly intelligent … the crystal clarity of Osborne's exquisitely polished pianism is an unalloyed joy to the ear’ (International Record Review)

‘Pure joy … Steven Osborne … plays with razor-sharp attack and articulation’ (Pianist)

‘Steven Osborne includes all the published bagatelles and some of the miscellaneous pieces and plays them superbly … a classy pianist’ (Dominion Post, New Zealand)

‘Steven Osborne's new CD of the Bagatelles, recorded with all the artistry and attention you expect from Hyperion, catches all the whimsy that Beethoven's title suggests’ (The New Zealand Herald)
The C major Allegretto WoO56, essentially a minuet and trio, was first published in 1888, and was probably composed in 1804. Its coda begins by inverting the two strands of the minuet’s closing bars, with the right hand taking what had previously been the left-hand part, and vice versa.

from notes by Misha Donat © 2012

L’Allegretto en ut majeur, WoO56, qui est en fait un menuet et trio, a probablement été composé en 1804. Publiée pour la première fois en 1888, sa coda commence par inverser les deux lignes des dernières mesures du menuet, la main droite jouant ce qui était auparavant la partie de la main gauche, et inversement.

extrait des notes rédigées par Misha Donat © 2012
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris

Das Allegretto in C-Dur, WoO56, das im Wesentlichen ein Menuett und Trio ist, wurde erstmals im Jahre 1888 herausgegeben, und war wahrscheinlich 1804 entstanden. Die Coda beginnt damit, dass die beiden Stränge der letzten Takte des Menuetts umgekehrt werden, wobei die rechte Hand das spielt, was davor in der linken lag, und umgekehrt.

aus dem Begleittext von Misha Donat © 2012
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

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Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
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