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Special offer. Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

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Her Diabelli Variations are a triumph of wit and character…Yet it's in her handling of the profundity lying beneath that Uchida makes her *Diabellis* stand out. Underneath the constantly changing...

BBC Music Magazine, July 20225 out of 5 stars

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Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

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Her Diabelli Variations are a triumph of wit and character…Yet it's in her handling of the profundity lying beneath that Uchida makes her *Diabellis* stand out. Underneath the constantly changing...

BBC Music Magazine, July 20225 out of 5 stars

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Revered pianist and peerless interpreter of the music of Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert, Mitsuko Uchida presents a recording of this Everest of the piano repertoire.

  • Release date: 8th Apr 2022
  • Label: Decca
  • Catalogue number: 4852731
  • Length: 58 minutes
  • Genre:

Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Work length58:31
Theme. Vivace – Var. 1. Alla marcia maestoso
Track length0:53
Var. 1. Alla marcia maestoso
Track length1:58
Var. 2. Poco allegro
Track length1:00
Var. 3. L'istesso tempo
Track length1:26
Var. 4. Un poco più vivace
Track length1:03
Var. 5. Allegro vivace
Track length1:01
Var. 6. Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
Track length1:42
Var. 7. Un poco più allegro
Track length1:20
Var. 8. Poco vivace
Track length1:33
Var. 9. Allegro pesante e risoluto
Track length2:15
Var. 10. Presto
Track length0:44
Var. 11. Allegretto
Track length1:13
Var. 12. Un poco più moto
Track length0:59
Var. 13. Vivace
Track length1:15
Var. 14. Grave e maestoso
Track length3:56
Var. 15. Presto scherzando
Track length0:40
Var. 16. Allegro
Track length1:00
Var. 17. Allegro
Track length1:03
Var. 18. Poco moderato
Track length2:01
Var. 19. Presto
Track length0:55
Var. 20. Andante
Track length2:37
Var. 21. Allegro con brio – Meno allegro – Tempo I
Track length1:20
Var. 22. Allegro molto, alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart
Track length0:50
Var. 23. Allegro assai
Track length0:59
Var. 24. Fughetta. Andante
Track length3:14
Var. 25. Allegro
Track length0:47
Var. 26. Piacevole
Track length1:20
Var. 27. Vivace
Track length1:01
Var. 28. Allegro
Track length1:02
Var. 29. Adagio ma non troppo
Track length1:26
Var. 30. Andante, sempre cantabile
Track length2:32
Var. 31. Largo, molto espressivo
Track length5:12
Var. 32. Fugue. Allegro – Poco adagio
Track length3:18
Var. 33. Tempo di minuetto moderato
Track length4:56

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

  • BBC Music Magazine
    July 2022
    Instrumental Choice
  • Gramophone Awards
    2022
    Winner - Piano
  • Grammy Awards
    65th Awards (2023)
    Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
  • Presto Recordings of the Year
    Finalist 2022
  • International Classical Music Awards
    2023
    Nominated - Solo Instrument
  • The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year
    2022

July 2022

Her Diabelli Variations are a triumph of wit and character…Yet it's in her handling of the profundity lying beneath that Uchida makes her *Diabellis* stand out. Underneath the constantly changing surface runs a seam of solemnity and devotion, whether mystical, enigmatic, lyrical, or consolatory.
5 out of 5 stars

17th April 2022

Uchida’s response on this superb recording is the same: she audibly relishes the 33 variations’ endless juxtapositions of light and shade.
4 out of 5 stars

7th April 2022

Her playing conveys a keen sense of the music’s absurdities without exaggerating its quirks, gently raising an eyebrow at Beethoven’s passages of deliberate heavy-footedness and revealing a sincere, profound truth right behind them.
5 out of 5 stars
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