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Beethoven: Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 2

Sweelinck - Bach - Cage - Feldman - Crumb

Cédric Tiberghien (piano)

Beethoven: Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 2
This is the rewarding second volume, weaving between Beethoven’s music and illuminating interjections by others. His playing is characterful and lively, relishing the inventive ways in which...

BBC Music Magazine, February 20244 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Beethoven: Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 2

Sweelinck - Bach - Cage - Feldman - Crumb

Cédric Tiberghien (piano)

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This is the rewarding second volume, weaving between Beethoven’s music and illuminating interjections by others. His playing is characterful and lively, relishing the inventive ways in which...

BBC Music Magazine, February 20244 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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After a formidable first volume, Cedric Tiberghien continues his exploration of Beethoven's corpus of variations. At the heart of this new album are the famous Thirty-two Variations in C minor and their tangy reminiscences of Bach - the Ciaccona from Partita No.2 for violin solo, presented here in Brahms's masterly transcription. He also takes the opportunity to show us what a certain school of American composers (Crumb, Cage, Feldman) has made of this tradition of variation form.

Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
Work length11:49
Theme. Allegretto
Track length0:22
Variation I
Track length0:15
Variation II
Track length0:15
Variation III
Track length0:16
Variation IV
Track length0:17
Variation V
Track length0:18
Variation VI
Track length0:14
Variation VII
Track length0:18
Variation VIII
Track length0:18
Variation IX. Espressivo
Track length0:24
Variation X
Track length0:17
Variation XI
Track length0:18
Variation XII
Track length0:25
Variation XIII
Track length0:21
Variation XIV
Track length0:20
Variation XV
Track length0:18
Variation XVI
Track length0:19
Variation XVII
Track length0:21
Variation XVIII
Track length0:16
Variation XIX
Track length0:14
Variation XX
Track length0:13
Variation XXI
Track length0:12
Variation XXII
Track length0:12
Variation XXIII
Track length0:24
Variation XXIV
Track length0:14
Variation XXV. Leggiermente
Track length0:13
Variation XXVI
Track length0:13
Variation XXVII
Track length0:16
Variation XXVIII
Track length0:18
Variation XXIX
Track length0:16
Variation XXX
Track length0:28
Variation XXXI
Track length0:24
Variation XXXII
Track length2:20
Sweelinck: Mein junges Leben hat ein End - variations
Work length7:38
Variation I. Allegretto
Track length1:20
Variation II
Track length1:11
Variation III. Più lento
Track length0:57
Variation IV.
Track length1:16
Variation V. Più lento
Track length1:01
Variation VI. Andantino
Track length1:53
Beethoven: Variations (24) on Righini's Arietta 'Venni amore,' WoO 65
Work length25:23
Theme. Allegretto
Track length0:43
Variation I
Track length0:44
Variation II
Track length0:39
Variation III
Track length0:36
Variation IV
Track length0:42
Variation V
Track length0:40
Variation VI
Track length0:37
Variation VII
Track length0:42
Variation VIII
Track length1:02
Variation IX
Track length0:42
Variation X
Track length0:32
Variation XI
Track length0:40
Variation XII
Track length1:04
Variation XIII
Track length0:46
Variation XIV
Track length1:42
Variation XV
Track length0:44
Variation XVI
Track length0:53
Variation XVII
Track length1:19
Variation XVIII
Track length0:47
Variation XIX
Track length0:37
Variation XX. Scherzando
Track length0:43
Variation XXI
Track length1:05
Variation XXII
Track length0:52
Variation XXIII. Adagio sostenuto
Track length4:12
Variation XXIV. Allegro
Track length2:20
Bach, J S: Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana'
Work length16:20
Aria
Track length1:59
Variation I. Largo
Track length1:44
Variation II
Track length1:13
Variation III
Track length1:30
Variation IV. Allegro
Track length1:08
Variation V. Un poco allegro
Track length1:27
Variation VI. Andante
Track length1:43
Variation VII. Allegro
Track length0:56
Variation VIII. Allegro
Track length1:00
Variation IX
Track length1:07
Variation X
Track length2:33
Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne
Work length13:45
Beethoven: Variations (5) on 'Rule Britannia', WoO 79
Work length5:39
Theme. Tempo moderato
Track length0:48
Variation I
Track length0:46
Variation II
Track length0:54
Variation III
Track length0:45
Variation IV
Track length0:43
Variation V. Allegro
Track length1:43
Feldman, M: Last Pieces (1959)
Work length11:16
No. 1, Slow - Soft
Track length2:36
No. 2, Fast - Soft
Track length1:29
No. 3, Very slow - Soft
Track length5:19
No. 4, Very fast - Soft as possible
Track length1:52
Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme in G major for Piano, WoO 77
Work length7:49
Theme. Andante, quasi allegretto
Track length1:12
Variation I
Track length1:10
Variation II
Track length0:52
Variation III
Track length0:47
Variation IV. Poco sostenuto
Track length1:25
Variation V
Track length0:52
Variation VI
Track length1:31
Cage: Seven Haiku
Work length2:12
No. 1, For Elsa
Track length0:14
No. 2, For Merle Armitage
Track length0:21
No. 3, For Aghavni Uomini
Track length0:24
No. 4, For Richard Lippold
Track length0:17
No. 5, For Maro Ajemian
Track length0:17
No. 6, For Willem de Kooning
Track length0:13
No. 7, For Sonia Sekula
Track length0:26
Beethoven: Variations (9) on a March by Dressler, WoO 63
Work length6:38
Theme. Maestoso
Track length0:45
Variation I
Track length0:38
Variation II
Track length0:38
Variation III
Track length0:33
Variation IV
Track length0:44
Variation V
Track length0:41
Variation VI
Track length0:35
Variation VII
Track length0:42
Variation VIII
Track length0:28
Variation IX. Allegro
Track length0:54
Crumb, G: Processional
Work length11:32
Beethoven: Variations (12) on the 'Menuet à la Vigano' by Haibel, WoO 68
Work length15:19
Theme. Allegretto
Track length0:57
Variation I
Track length0:56
Variation II
Track length0:51
Variation III
Track length0:59
Variation IV
Track length1:12
Variation V
Track length1:02
Variation VI
Track length1:11
Variation VII
Track length1:01
Variation VIII
Track length0:58
Variation IX
Track length0:53
Variation X
Track length0:59
Variation XI
Track length1:13
Variation XII. Allegro
Track length3:07
Cage: In a Landscape
Work length8:37
Beethoven: Variations (7) on 'God save the King', WoO 78
Work length9:04
Theme
Track length1:03
Variation I
Track length0:53
Variation II
Track length0:48
Variation III
Track length0:47
Variation IV
Track length0:50
Variation V. Con espressione
Track length1:21
Variation VI. Allegro alla marcia
Track length1:04
Variation VII
Track length2:18

Awards and reviews

February 2024

This is the rewarding second volume, weaving between Beethoven’s music and illuminating interjections by others. His playing is characterful and lively, relishing the inventive ways in which the composer could play with an idea.
4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

April 2024

as a whole, Tiberghien’s reframing of Beethoven is full of delights.
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