Larry Weng - Beethoven: Variations on themes by Grétry, Paisiello, Righini and Winter (2019) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 7 Variations on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen", WoO 75
02. 9 Variations on "Quant'e piu bello", WoO 69
03. Waltz in E-Flat Major, WoO 84
04. Waltz in D Major, WoO 85
05. Piano Sonata in C Major, WoO 51: I. Allegro
06. Piano Sonata in C Major, WoO 51: II. Adagio (Completed F. Ries)
07. 8 Variations on "Une fièvre brûlante", WoO 72
08. 24 Variations on "Venni amore", WoO 65


Even so great a composer as Beethoven wrote music that is now almost completely neglected and unperformed. This sequence brings together a portfolio of such works that focuses on his variations on popular operatic music of the time by Giovanni Paisiello, Peter Winter and André Grétry, and includes the witty and inventive variations on an arietta by Vincenzo Righini. The Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51 was found among Beethoven’s papers after his death and published in 1830. While it lacks a finale, it too offers a revealing look at an overlooked composition as do the two charming and unusual waltzes.

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