Beethoven - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 9 - BIS: BISSACD1672 - SACD or download

Brautigam's propensity for fast speeds occasionally robs the music of its naive charm, but at least he never fails to bring it to life — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Sep 2010
Catalogue No: BISSACD1672
Label: BIS
Series: Ronald Brautigam Beethoven
Length: 60 minutes

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatina in Eb major, WoO 47, No. 1 (Kurfürsten)

Work length12:26

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Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Recorded: August 2008
Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden

I. Allegro cantabile

Track length4:26

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II. Andante

Track length5:27

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III. Rondo vivace

Track length2:33

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatina in F minor, WoO 47, No. 2 (Kurfürsten)

Work length10:42

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Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Recorded: August 2008
Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden

I. Larghetto maestoso - Allegro assai

Track length3:48

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II. Andante

Track length3:52

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III. Presto

Track length3:02

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatina in D major, WoO 47, No. 3 (Kurfürsten)

Work length18:16

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Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Recorded: August 2008
Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden

I. Allegro

Track length6:30

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II. Menuetto. Sostenuto (con 6 variazioni)

Track length7:26

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III. Scherzando: Allegretto, ma non troppo

Track length4:20

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Beethoven: Two Movements from a Sonatina in F major WoO 50

Work length2:24

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Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Recorded: August 2008
Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden

Track length1:38

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II. Allegretto

Track length0:46

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatina No 37 in G major, Anh. 5, No. 1

Work length3:46

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Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Recorded: August 2008
Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden

I. Moderato

Track length1:34

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II. Romanze

Track length2:12

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatina No. 38 in F major, Anh. 5, No. 2

Work length5:11

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Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Recorded: August 2008
Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden

I. Allegro

Track length2:47

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II. Rondo: Allegro

Track length2:24

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51

Work length8:02

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Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Recorded: August 2008
Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden

I. Allegro

Track length4:53

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II. Adagio

Track length3:09

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In eight previous volumes Ronald Brautigam has traversed what is often called 'The New Testament of Piano Music', namely Beethoven's 32 numbered sonatas. The present disc may be regarded as an appendix to these, as it explores the composer's first attempts in the genre. It opens with the three Kurfürsten Sonatas from 1783, in which Beethoven - at the tender age of twelve - demonstrates a remarkable maturity. With influences from C.P.E. Bach's ground-breaking keyboard music, as well as the sonatas from Haydn's 'Sturm und Drang' perod, the pieces earn their nickname from being dedicated to Archduke Maximilian Friedrich, Kurfürst of Cologne and the employer of Beethoven's father. The Kurfürsten Sonatas were published upon completion, whereas the remaining, later pieces on this disc remained unpublished during Beethoven's lifetime. Zwei Sätze einer Sonatine and Zwei Stücke für Klavier (Orphika) - often called 'Leichte Sonate' - were composed as gifts to two friends from Beethoven's youth: Franz Wegeler and Eleonore von Breuning. In the case of the Two Easy Sonatinas, the manuscript scores were found among Beethoven's papers after his death. There is no proof that Beethoven really is the composer, however, and although they are usually dated as having been written around 1790, this is no more than an educated guess. As a whole, the pieces presented here are the earliest so far in this series, and Ronald Brautigam has consequently chosen to introduce a new instrument for his performances: a copy of a fortepiano by Johann Andreas Stein from 1788. The opportunity it provides of following the evolution of the piano during a momentous period in piano music and instrument building certainly adds to the attractions of this universally acclaimed series. But Brautigam's interpretations have a directness and urgency to them that far surpasses such considerations - as summed in a review in Classic FM Magazine of a recent instalment: 'Brautigam has more to say about the music than any recent cycle recorded on modern instruments. An outstanding disc of an outstanding series.'

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December 2010

Brautigam's propensity for fast speeds occasionally robs the music of its naive charm, but at least he never fails to bring it to life

November 2010

Brautigam brings these works to life by lavishing on them the same care and engaged musicality that have distinguished his cycle's finest performances to date...This may be minor Beethoven, yet Brautigam's interpretations are never less than major, and sumptuously engineered too.

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