Beth Levin - Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (2010)

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Title: Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Centaur Records, Inc.
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 1:00:36
Total Size: 228 MB
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Tracklist:

1. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Theme: Vivace (00:57)
2. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 1: Alla Marcia, maestoso (02:01)
3. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 2: Poco allegro (00:52)
4. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 3: L'istesso tempo (01:59)
5. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 4: Un poco piu vivace (01:23)
6. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 5: Allegro vivace (00:56)
7. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 6: Allegro ma non troppo e serioso (01:57)
8. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 7: Un poco piu allegro (01:14)
9. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 8: Poco vivace (01:45)
10. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 9: Allegro pesante e risoluto (02:14)
11. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 10: Presto (00:36)
12. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 11: Allegretto (01:05)
13. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 12: Un poco piu mosso (01:12)
14. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 13: Vivace (01:03)
15. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 14: Grave e maestoso (03:49)
16. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 15: Presto scherzando (00:44)
17. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 16: Allegro (01:12)
18. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 17: (Allegro) (01:12)
19. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 18: Poco moderato (02:02)
20. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 19: Presto (01:09)
21. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 20: Andante (02:29)
22. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 21: Allegro con brio (01:31)
23. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 22: Allegro molto (00:44)
24. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 23: Allegro assai (01:03)
25. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 24: Fughetta - Andante (04:12)
26. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 25: Allegro (00:51)
27. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 26: (Piacevole) (01:29)
28. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 27: Vivace (01:08)
29. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 28: Allegro (01:13)
30. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 29: Adagio ma non troppo (01:46)
31. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 30: Andante, sempre cantabile (02:09)
32. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 31: Largo, molto espressivo (04:51)
33. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 32: Fuga - Allegro (03:33)
34. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 33: Tempo di Menuetto, moderato (04:00)

American pianist Beth Levin has devoted herself to playing music in the Romantic tradition, and her repertoire of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, and Rachmaninov outlines her main area of interest. Yet she has also played new music by contemporary composers, such as David Del Tredici, Alexander Goretzky, Louis Karchin, and Scott Walker, showing that she is much in demand as an interpreter of modern and neo-Romantic music. Raised in Philadelphia, Levin began taking music lessons at age 3, and studied piano with Cecille Sharlip until she was 12, when she auditioned for Marian Filar at the Settlement Music School, and debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra. At 17, Levin began studying with Rudolf Serkin at the Curtis Institute of Music, and in subsequent years, studied with Paul Badura-Skoda. She has perfomed with violinist Sándor Végh, bassist Julius Levine, violist Raphael Hillyer, and flutist Paula Robison. In concert, Levin has appeared as a soloist with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic, and Milton Katims and the Seattle Symphony. She has performed extensively across the United States and Europe, forming a special connection with Iceland, where she became a founding member of the Trio Borealis. She established herself in New York, where she has played recitals at Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has recorded for Centaur and Navona Records. ~ Blair Sanderson