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Allegretto in B flat major, WoO39
composer
June 1812; composed for Maximiliane Brentano
Beethoven composed the little Allegretto in B flat in June 1812 for ten-year-old Maximiliane, daughter of Antonie Brentano who is now the favourite candidate as the composer’s ‘Immortal Beloved’. This deliberately easy piece is a sonata movement in 6/8 ‘pastoral’ metre, wholly free of Beethoven’s trademark developmental tension yet full of gentle, guileless charm.
from notes by Richard Wigmore © 2003
Beethoven composa le petit Allegretto en si bémol majeur en juin 1812 pour Maximiliane, la fille de dix ans d’Antonie Brentano, laquelle est actuellement la candidate favorite au titre d’ « immortelle bien-aimée » du compositeur. De coupe sonate à 6/8, la mesure de la pastorale, cette pièce délibérément facile évite totalement la tension développement typiquement beethovénienne pour un charme franc plein de douceur.
extrait des notes rédigées par Richard Wigmore © 2003
Français: Isabelle Battioni
Beethoven komponierte das kleins Allegretto in B-Dur im Juni 1812 für die zehnjährige Maximiliane komponierte – sie war die Tochter von Antonie Brentano, die heutzutage als bevorzugte Kandidatin bei der Identifizierung der “Unsterblichen Geliebten” des Komponisten gilt. Dieses bewusst leicht gehaltene Stück ist ein Sonatensatz im “pastoralen” 6/8-Takt, gänzlich frei von der für Beethoven ansonsten so typischen Spannung in der Themenverarbeitung, doch voller sanftem, arglosem Charme.
aus dem Begleittext von Richard Wigmore © 2003
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller
Recordings
 Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano TrioCDS44471/44CDs Boxed set (at a special price)  Each instalment of The Florestan Trio’s Beethoven Piano Trio cycle was rapturously received. Now reissued as a special-price box-set, this superb series of benchmark recordings should not be missed.» More |
 Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol. 1Studio Master: CDA67327Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available ‘A recording that immediately, from the first impetuous bars of Op 70 No 1, feels just right’ (Gramophone) ‘For an exhilarating sense of live music-making, of players constantly challenging and coaxing each other to new insights, these irresistible performa ...» More |
Details
Track 8 on CDS44471/4
CD1 [5'05]
4CDs Boxed set (at a special price)
