Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as Für Elise (German: [fyːɐ̯ ʔeˈliːzə], English: "For Elise"), is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered (by Ludwig Nohl) 40 years after his death, and may be termed either a Bagatelle or an Albumblatt.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Für_Elise
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Cooper describes [the Diabellis] as ‘a wonderful journey…I am instantly in a good mood when practising or performing this piece.’ And that is what overwhelmingly comes over in her superb recording…Cooper... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Instrumental Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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This disc serves to remind us how much marvellous music Beethoven wrote where there isn’t a scowl in sight…Throughout, Paul Lewis plays with the most natural, relaxed but concentrated enjoyment,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th July 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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His playing is immaculately polished, but here he misses something of the arresting brusqueness, heartfelt lyricism, madcap zaniness, and tender melancholy...Osborne's most expressive playing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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He treats them all with love; treats them as great music, too, showering on even the frailest the full blast of his interpretive powers...Clarity and elegance illuminate two bits of Bach and... —
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Brautigam’s fortepiano survey is magnificent, comprising four full discs of variations (including Eroica and Diabelli), the complete bagatelles, rondos and other miscellaneous pieces. Disc 1... —
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Alice Sara Ott - Beethoven
Alice Sara Ott (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis
The clarity and realism of the recording in the concerto are what first impress...Of course, such an achievement would be meaningless if the performance was not at the same level, but the orchestral... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Concerto Choice
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His readings have the easy authority of one who has no difficulty in tracing the composer's most casual thoughts, even if he does not always follow his instructions to the letter. Brendel shows... —
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Building a Library, September 2004, First Choice
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Building a Library, September 2004, Highly Recommended
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With Williams…expressiveness is all. He paradoxically achieves this through emotional restraint, and in a style which you might call ‘plain’, but which allows the individual character of each... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, Recording of the Month
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Je n'aime pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone),...
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