[ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Thursday 14 December 2006
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A truly historic document: some 40 years ago Alfred Brendel recorded Beethoven's Bagatellen and Piano variations. Here the eminent pianist already showed his idiosyncratic self. Some people consider his playing dull; others find it refreshingly analytical.
CD 1
15 Variations on a Theme from "Prometheus", Op. 35 in E flat major "Eroica"
Sonata No. 20 in G major Op. 49/2
5 Variations on "Rule Brittannia"in D major WoO 79
7 Variations on "God Save The King" in C major WoO 78
12 Variations on a Russian Dance from Wranitsky's Ballet "Das Waldmädchen" in A major WoO 71
6 Variations on an Original Theme in F major Op. 34
6 Variations on a Theme from"Ruins of Athens"in D major Op. 76
CD 2
32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor WoO 80
7 Variations from Winter's Opera "Das unterbrochene Opferfest" in F major WoO 75
24 Variations on Righini's Air "Venni amore" in D major WoO 65
6 Variations on the Duet from Paisello's "La Molinara" in G major WoO 70
8 Variations on Süssmayr's Theme "Tändeln und Scherzen" in F major WoO 76
13 Variations on Dittersdorf's Air " Es war einmal ein alter Mann" in A major WoO 66
10 Variations on Salieri's Air "La stessa, la stessissima" in B flat major WoO 73
CD 3
6 Easy Variations on a Swiss Air in F major WoO 64 2:48
9 Variations on Paisello's Air "Quant'è più bello" in A major WoO 69
6 Variations on an Original Theme in G major WoO 77
8 Variations on Grétry's Air "Un fièvre brûlante" in C major WoO 72
Rondo in G major Op. 51 No. 2
Allegretto in C minor WoO 53
6 Ecossaises WoO 83
Bagatelle in A minor WoO 59 "Für Elise"
Polonaise in C major Op. 89
CD 4
33 VARIATIONS ON A WALTZ BY DIABELLI in C major Op. 120
11 Bagatelles Op. 119
CD 5
Variations Bagatelles
6 Bagatelles Op. 126
RONDO A CAPRICCIO in G major Op. 129 "Die Wut über den verlorenen Grosschen"
RONDO in C major Op. 51 No. 1
7 Bagatelles Op. 33
ANDANTE FAVORI in F major WoO 57
ZIEMLICH LEBHAFT in B flat major WoO 60