Adelaide: Beethoven and the Guitar: Beethoven transcriptions

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Release Date: 30th Sep 2013
Catalogue No: 94631
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 78 minutes

Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46

Work length6:32

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Izhar Elias, Ivan Iliev

Excerpt, Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3'

Work length7:53

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Izhar Elias, Fernando Cordas

I. Andante con moto quasi allegretto (Arr. V. Schuster for 2 guitars)

Track length7:53

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Diabelli: Potpourri (version for violin and guitar) [After Beethoven]

Work length10:45

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Izhar Elias, Zefira Valova

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26, "Sonate mit dem Trauermarsch"

Work length5:32

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Izhar Elias

III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe (Arr. S. Volker for guitar)

Track length5:32

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Carulli: Andante varie et Rondeau, Op. 155

Work length7:41

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Izhar Elias, Fernando Cordas

I. Andante con variazioni (after Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26) [After Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26]

Track length7:41

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Schuster, V: Variations on a Quartet by Beethoven for 2 Guitars, Op. 4

Work length9:14

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Izhar Elias, Fernando Cordas

Beethoven: Serenade for string trio in D major, Op. 8

Work length29:22

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Izhar Elias, Zefira Valova, Ivan Iliev

I. Marcia. Allegro - II. Adagio (Arr. I. Elias for guitar, violin and viola)

Track length8:31

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III. Menuetto. Allegretto (Arr. I. Elias for guitar, violin and viola)

Track length2:39

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IV. Adagio - Scherzo. Allegro molto (Arr. I. Elias for guitar, violin and viola)

Track length4:52

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V. Allegretto alla Polacca (Arr. I. Elias for guitar, violin and viola)

Track length3:35

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VI. Thema con variazioni: Andante quasi allegretto (Arr. I. Elias for guitar, violin and viola)

Track length8:26

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VII. Marcia. Allegro (Arr. I. Elias for guitar, violin and viola)

Track length1:19

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Beethoven: Andante Favori in F, WoO 57

Work length2:00

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Izhar Elias

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This imaginative recital of chamber music by Beethoven takes its inspiration from the Romantic poem of the album title which describes the kind of unattainable love to which Beethoven was throughout his adult life susceptible, and from which he appears himself to have drawn creative energy. His own setting of Adelaide (the text of which appears in the booklet in both Matthisson's original and in English translation) was arranged by the 19th‐century guitarist‐composer Nicholas Coste; it introduces not only the playful Op.8 Serenade, perhaps the most obvious contender among Beethoven's music for a transcription of the piano part to the piano, but movements from two of his string quartets and even the funeral march from his Piano Sonata Op.26, transcribed for guitar solo or duo and played here on instruments of the period by a young and dynamic ensemble of European musicians, led by Izhar Elias. Izhar already released acclaimed recordings on Brilliant Classics, including guitar music in memory of Debussy (BC 9246), spectacular transcriptions of Rossini arias (BC 93902) and a sparkling survey of 17th‐century music from the Spanish territories (BC 94352). Elias himself plays a selection of guitars on this recording, by Guadagnini and Stauffer père et fils, including a rare terz model, which is smaller than the regular model and tuned a minor third higher to produce a more brilliant and penetrating sound in company with other instruments.

This original and appealing programme presents works of Beethoven in chamber music arrangements with guitar, written by contemporaries, a practice that was quite common in the period, playing its role in the popularisation of the music.

Eminent guitarist Izhar Elias plays on several period instruments, including a rare ‘terz’ instrument, smaller in size and tuned a minor third higher in order to achieve a more brilliant sound. He is joined by violin, viola and another guitar, according to the setting of the arrangements.

Liner notes written by the artist.

Adelaide: Beethoven and the Guitar

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