Artist: Evgeni Koroliov
Title: The Koroliov Series, Vol. 20
Year Of Release: 2017/2020
Label: TACET Musikproduktion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 112:15 min
Total Size: 346 MB
Tracklist:CD1:
01. Große Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 134
02. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 1, Allegretto
03. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 2, Andante con moto
04. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 3, À l'Allemande
05. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 4, Andante cantabile
06. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 5, Risoluto
07. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 6, Andante - Allegretto
08. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 7, Allegro ma non troppo
09. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 8, Moderato cantabile
10. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 9, Vivace moderato
11. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 10, Allegramente
12. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 11, Andante ma non troppo
13. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 1, Andante con moto
14. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 2, Allegro
15. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 3, Andante. Cantabile e grazioso
16. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 4, Presto
17. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 5, Quasi allegretto
18. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 6, Presto - Andante amabile e con moto
CD2:
01. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Theme.flac
02. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 1, Alla marcio maestoso.flac
03. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 2, Poco allegro.flac
04. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 3, L'istesso tempo.flac
05. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 4, Un poco più vivace.flac
06. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 5, Allegro vivace.flac
07. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 6, Allegro ma non troppo e serioso.flac
08. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 7, Un poco più allegro.flac
09. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 8, Poco vivace.flac
10. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 9, Allegro pesante e risoluto.flac
11. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 10, Presto.flac
12. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 11, Allegretto.flac
13. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 12, Un poco più moto.flac
14. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 13, Vivace.flac
15. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 14, Grave e maestoso.flac
16. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 15, Presto scherzando.flac
17. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 16, Allegro.flac
18. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 17, Allegro.flac
19. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 18, Poco moderato.flac
20. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 19, Presto.flac
21. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 20, Andante.flac
22. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 21, Allegro con brio.flac
23. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 22, Allegro molto alla :Notte e giorno faticar: di Mozart.flac
24. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 23, Allegro assai.flac
25. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 24, Fughetta.flac
26. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 25, Allegro.flac
27. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 26, Piacevole.flac
28. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 27, Vivace.flac
29. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 28, Allegro.flac
30. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 29, Adagio ma non troppo.flac
31. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 30, Andante, sempre cantabile.flac
32. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 31, Largo, molto espressivo.flac
33. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 32, Fuga. Allegro.flac
34. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 33, Tempo di menuetto moderato.flac
Although Beethoven's opus numbers extend to op. 135, there were no more piano sonatas after op. 111. There is, though, a variation cycle lasting almost an hour on a simple theme by Anton Diabelli. This astonishing cycle takes the listener into such distant moods, that even after the first variation it doesn't matter what the theme is, it is all so unmistakably Beethoven. Also on this disc, two cycles of "simple" piano pieces entitled "Bagatelles". Small, unimportant things, trivialities, which make you think involuntarily of much later romantic composers. And finally, the usually so self-critical Beethoven allocated his penultimate opus number (op. 134) to a "simple" piano score of the "Große Fuge" op. 133! So how does all this fit together?
Obviously, the scope of classical forms was too narrow for Beethoven. Did this apparent simplicity serve a wider purpose? The very last movement of the very last opus, the string quartet op. 135, is based on the text "Must it be? - It must be! " Was Beethoven in his last works pursuing an overall objective? Or did it all just happen like that? Find out now! You can find these last works for piano alongside each other on a double CD.
Just listen to the first few seconds of the "Große Fuge" with Ljupka Hadzigeorgiewa and Evgeni Koroliov. Succumb to the charm and allure of these two musicians, who lead us selflessly and confidently through this perplexing hiatus in musical history.
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