Browse: Beethoven - Variations (12) on a Russian Dance, WoO 71

They are virtuoso works, and Ronald Brautigam, who tends to favour quick tempos, plays them in genuine virtuoso style, but without ever failing to bring out the music's more expressive moments...A... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The barnstorming theme is set out with pointed determination, only to immediately fall away in a shadow of itself. Kholodenko’s carefully contoured opener is followed by five variations that... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Everything here is so satisfying that I hesitate to offer any criticisms. Sustaining interest for 76 tracks is an accomplishment that Mazari achieves with exuberance and vibrancy. I enjoyed myself... — Fanfare, May/June 2020 More…

If the Mozart variations are nothing special, those by Beethoven and Brahms are masterpieces, which Trpčeski conveys with his characteristic refinement. His Brahms has grave beauty, and his Beethoven... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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... — International Piano, January 2020 More…

…Ashkenazy's…Beethoven style if more forthright and sharply contoured than in the past, with no loss in pianistic clarity and bravura, as the supple, winged 10th variation and the blazing, powerfully... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 More…