Volker Höhn - Beethoven on Guitar (2019)

Tracklist
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01. Andante & Variations in D Major, WoO 44b (Arr. for Guitar & Piano)
02. Mandolin Sonatina in C Minor, WoO 43a (Arr. for Terz Guitar & Piano)
03. Adagio in E-Flat Major, WoO 43b (Arr. for Terz Guitar & Piano)
04. Mandolin Sonatina in C Major, WoO 44a (Arr. for Terz Guitar & Piano)
05. Variations for Piano & Guitar, Op. 169 (After Beethoven Op. 66)
06. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 (Arr. W. T. Matiegka for Guitar, Violin & Viola): Ia. Marcia. Allegro
07. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 (Arr. W. T. Matiegka for Guitar, Violin & Viola): Ib. Adagio
08. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 (Arr. W. T. Matiegka for Guitar, Violin & Viola): II. Menuetto. Allegretto
09. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 (Arr. W. T. Matiegka for Guitar, Violin & Viola): III. Adagio
10. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 (Arr. W. T. Matiegka for Guitar, Violin & Viola): IV. Allegretto alla polacca
11. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 (Arr. W. T. Matiegka for Guitar, Violin & Viola): Va. Thema con variazioni. Andante-Quasi allegretto
12. Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 (Arr. W. T. Matiegka for Guitar, Violin & Viola): Vb. Marcia. Allegro


Beethoven lived in a time when the popularity of the guitar was vastly growing, especially in Vienna. Guitar teachers like the Bohemian Wenzel Matiegka were highly paid for their services to the Austrian nobility, while the internationally renowned masters of the instrument flooded the Viennese market with new editions of their own works and arrangements. The Neapolitan Ferdinando Carulli, living in Paris, and Mauro Giuliani from Apulia, living in Beethoven’s Viennese neighbourhood, were the most prominent figures in that scene. For the present recording Volker Hoh Volker Höh combined two Beethoven arrangements by Carulli and Matiegka with Beethoven’s own mandolin pieces, played on historical Viennese guitars. Parts of the repertoire are world première recordings.

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