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Beethoven / Bellucci - Complete Piano Sonatas 2 (CD)

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The second volume of Giovanni Bellucci's Beethoven cycle for Brilliant Classics takes the listener on a journey of six eventful years, from Op.22 of 1800 to the 'Appassionata' Sonata of 1806. During that time Beethoven established himself as Vienna's pre-eminent pianist-composer. He came to regard Op.22 as the best of his 'early' sonatas but a sea-change in the deepening of his expression is already evident in the piano-writing of Op.26, with it's funeral march 'in memory of a hero'. There follow the remarkable formal innovations of the Op.27 pair - No.2 immortally inscribed on the popular imagination as the 'Moonlight' - and then the smooth, undulating rhythms of the 'Pastorale' Op.28. The trio of Op.31 sonatas present a study in contrasts, from the graceful profile of No.1 in G major to the sound and fury of the 'Tempest' No.2 and then the hectic momentum of No.3, presaging the concision of works at the end of his 'middle' period such as the 'Serioso' Quartet and the Eighth Symphony. The proportions of the two-movement Op.54 are even more tautly circumscribed, before the reach of Beethoven's expressive range for his instrument expands to hitherto undreamt heights in the 'Waldstein' Op.53 and the 'Appassionata' Op.57. Giovanni Bellucci is among the most strikingly individual of modern pianists. Described by Italian critic Piero Rattalino as 'a force of nature, vast and palpitating', he cultivates an old-fashioned richness of piano timbre while still attending to the letter as well as the spirit of Beethoven's scores. According to Le Monde, 'he takes us back to the Golden Age of the Piano'. His recordings have been showered with prizes such as Diapason d'Or, Choc, Editor's Choice in Gramophone, CD Maestro etc.

Tracklist:

  1. Piano Sonata No. 11 In B-Flat Major, Op. 22: I. Allegro Con Brio
  2. Piano Sonata No. 11 In B-Flat Major, Op. 22: II. Adagio Con Molta Espressione
  3. Piano Sonata No. 11 In B-Flat Major, Op. 22: III. Minuetto
  4. Piano Sonata No. 11 In B-Flat Major, Op. 22: IV. Rondo. Allegretto
  5. Piano Sonata No. 12 In A-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. Andante Con Variazioni
  6. Piano Sonata No. 12 In A-Flat Major, Op. 26: II. Scherzo. Allegro Molto
  7. Piano Sonata No. 12 In A-Flat Major, Op. 26: III. Marcia Funebre Sulla Morte D'un Eroe. Maestoso Andante
  8. Piano Sonata No. 12 In A-Flat Major, Op. 26: IV. Allegro
  9. Piano Sonata No. 13 In E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: I. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I
  10. Piano Sonata No. 13 In E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: II. Allegro Molto E Vivace
  11. Piano Sonata No. 13 In E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: III. Adagio Con Espressione
  12. Piano Sonata No. 13 In E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: IV. Allegro Vivace - Tempo I - Presto
  13. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio Sostenuto
  14. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: II. Allegretto
  15. Piano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: III. Presto Agitato
  16. Piano Sonata No. 16 In G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: I. Allegro Vivace
  17. Piano Sonata No. 16 In G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: II. Adagio Grazioso
  18. Piano Sonata No. 16 In G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegretto
  19. Piano Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: I. Largo. Allegro
  20. Piano Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: II. Adagio
  21. Piano Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: III. Allegretto
  22. Piano Sonata No. 18 In E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: I. Allegro
  23. Piano Sonata No. 18 In E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: II. Scherzo. Allegretto Vivace
  24. Piano Sonata No. 18 In E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Moderato E Grazioso
  25. Piano Sonata No. 18 In E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: IV. Presto Con Fuoco
  26. Piano Sonata No. 22 In F Major, Op. 54: I. In Tempo D'un Menuetto
  27. Piano Sonata No. 22 In F Major, Op. 54: II. Allegretto
  28. Piano Sonata No. 15 In D Major, Op. 28: I. Allegro
  29. Piano Sonata No. 15 In D Major, Op. 28: II. Andante
  30. Piano Sonata No. 15 In D Major, Op. 28: III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
  31. Piano Sonata No. 15 In D Major, Op. 28: IV. Rondo. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
  32. Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53: I. Allegro Con Brio
  33. Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53: II. Introduzione. Adagio Molto
  34. Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53: III. Rondo. Allegretto Moderato - Prestissimo
  35. Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57: I. Allegro Assai
  36. Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57: II. Andante Con Moto
  37. Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57: III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Presto

UPC: 5028421951317
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release Date: 9.18.20
Format: CD

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