Patrick Gallois, Maria Prinz - Beethoven: Variations on Folk Songs (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105: No. 1, The Cottage Maid
02. 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105: No. 2, Of Noble Stock was Shinkin
03. 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105: No. 3, A Schlüsserl und a Reindel
04. 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105: No. 4, The Last Rose of Summer
05. 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105: No. 5, Chling O'Guiry
06. 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105: No. 6, Paddy Whack
07. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 1, I bin a tiroler bua
08. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 2, Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie
09. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 3, Volkslied aus Kleinrußland
10. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 4, St. Patrick's Day
11. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 5, A madel, ja a madel
12. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 6, Peggy's Daughter
13. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 7, Schöne Minka
14. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 8, O Mary, at the Window Be
15. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 9, Oh, Thou Art the Lade of My Heart
16. 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107: No. 10, The Highland Watch


Beethoven’s letters show an extensive and prolonged correspondence with George Thomson, a keen amateur musician who had made it his task to collect and publish settings of folk songs, commissioning the likes of Pleyel, Koželuch and Haydn. The Opp. 105 and 107 collections, written for piano with optional parts for flute or violin, are filled with delightfully decorative but virtuoso writing. This recording offers versions with improvisation and ornamentation by Patrick Gallois based on the performance practice of the early eighteenth century.

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