Yojo Christen, Christoph Preiß, Alexander Maria Wagner - 2x33 for Piano (2026)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Diabelli Variations: Theme - Var. I
02. Diabelli Variations: Var. II. Presto
03. Diabelli Variations: Var. III. Adagio cantabile
04. Diabelli Variations: Var. IV
05. Diabelli Variations: Var. V. Allegro entusiastico
06. Diabelli Variations: Var. VI. Con allegrezz
07. Diabelli Variations: Var. VII. Presto, quasi studio
08. Diabelli Variations: Var. VIII
09. Diabelli Variations: Var. IX. Feroce
10. Diabelli Variations: Var. X
11. Diabelli Variations: Var. XI. Adagio cantabile
12. Diabelli Variations: Var. XII. Presto
13. Diabelli Variations: Var. XIII. Vivace
14. Diabelli Variations: Var. XIV. Molto rubato, passionato, parlando
15. Diabelli Variations: Var. XV
16. Diabelli Variations: Var. XVI. Allegro molto
17. Diabelli Variations: Var. XVII. Ländler. Comodo
18. Diabelli Variations: Var. XVIII. Presto
19. Diabelli Variations: Var. XIX. Feroce
20. Diabelli Variations: Var. XX
21. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXI. Tempestoso
22. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXII. Allegro con brio
23. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXIII. Intermezzo nostalgico
24. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXIV. Allegro molto
25. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXV. Allegro
26. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXVI
27. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXVII. Aria. Larghetto
28. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXVIII. Marcia funebre
29. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXIX. Toccata
30. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXX. Quasi presto
31. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXXI
32. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXXII. Prestissimo
33. Diabelli Variations: Var. XXXIII
34. Triabelli

CD2
01. 33 Hercher Variations: Theme - Var. I
02. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. II
03. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. III
04. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. IV
05. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. V
06. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. VI
07. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. VII
08. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. VIII
09. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. IX
10. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. X
11. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XI
12. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XII
13. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XIII
14. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XIV
15. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XV
16. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XVI
17. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XVII
18. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XVIII
19. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XIX
20. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XX
21. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXI
22. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXII
23. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXIII
24. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXIV
25. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXV
26. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXVI
27. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXVII
28. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXVIII
29. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXIX
30. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXX
31. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXXI
32. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXXII
33. 33 Hercher Variations: Var. XXXIII



Each part of this double album comprises a work of 33 variations by Franz Hummel. On the one hand, he felt challenged by Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and also composed 33 variations on the same theme. At a memorial concert in Riedenburg after Hummel's death on August 20, 2022, his three master students Yojo Christen, Christoph Preiß and Alexander Maria Wagner performed and reinterpreted these variations so vividly that the desire arose to record this experience on CD. The second CD features the Hercher Variations, composed by Franz Hummel between 2017 and 2019 and recorded by Christoph Preiß. A special feature is that there are only a few cycles with 30 or more variations in the known piano literature apart from these two Hummel works.