Muriel Chemin - Beethoven: 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 (2017) [Hi-Res]

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01. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Tema: Vivace
02. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 1 Alla Marcia maestoso
03. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 2 Poco allegro
04. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 3 L'istesso tempo
05. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 4 Un poco più vivace
06. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 5 Allegro vivace
07. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 6 Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
08. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 7 Un poco più allegro
09. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 8 Poco vivace
10. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 9 Allegro pesante e risoluto
11. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 10 Presto
12. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 11 Allegretto
13. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 12 Un poco più moto
14. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 13 Vivace
15. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 14 Grave e maestoso
16. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 15 Presto scherzando
17. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 16 Allegro
18. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 17 -
19. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 18 Poco moderato
20. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 19 Presto
21. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 20 Andante
22. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 21 Allegro con brio-Meno allegro
23. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 22 Allegro molto (alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart)
24. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 23 Allegro assai
25. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 24 Fughetta. Andante
26. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 25 Allegro
27. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 26 -
28. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 27 Vivace
29. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 28 Allegro
30. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 29 Adagio ma non troppo
31. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 30 Andante, sempre cantabile
32. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 31 Largo, molto espressivo
33. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 32 Fuga. Allegro
34. Beethoven, Diabelli Variations: Var. 33 Tempo di Menuetto, moderato (ma non tirarsi dietro)

Beethoven's Diabelli Variations represent one of the greatest works for solo piano ever to be written. Throughout this monumental work, Beethoven dazzles us with his ability to make Diabelli's theme become anything he wants it to be.

Diabelli's waltz has often been dismissed as rather primitive, even by Beethoven himself. The theme is, therefore, a wonderful example of the irrelevance of where a great composer's musical material comes from, and the corresponding importance of how the composer manipulates and develops that material. Just as composers of the Renaissance could build profound Mass settings from trivial secular tunes, so Beethoven develops a vast musical edifice from an apparently unlikely source.

For award-winning pianist Muriel Chemin, these variations are really "transformations" and, alongside Beethoven's sonatas, have become an integral part of her repertoire. She is considered one of the most convincing and original interpreters of Beethoven and Mozart, described by Hebdo National as: "Simply one of the best interpreters of Beethoven in the world."

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