Beethoven: Bagatelles
CASE MEMORIAL LIBRARY CALL NUMBER: CD/CLASSICAL/Beethoven
CONTENTS: 7 Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 33; Rondo No. 1 in C, Op. 51; Allegretto in C minor, WoO 53; 11 Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 119; 6 Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 126; Klavierstück in B flat, WoO 60; Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
PERFORMER: Alfred Brendel
Leon Wieseltier wrote recently in the New York Times: "[Brendel] has . . . demonstrated how big the 'small' Beethoven can be: he makes the Bagatelles, Op. 126, sound like the late works that they are -- sublimity at ease" ("Appreciating Brendel at 75," 1/27/06).
"Apart from his sonatas and variation sets for piano, Beethoven made signal contributions to the genre of the bagatelle: a short, lyrical or whimsical piano piece. . . . Op. 33 appeared in 1802. . . . The Eleven Bagatelles of Op. 119, issued in 1823, juxtapose . . . pieces composed about 1800-1804 with freshly composed pieces. . . . Op. 126 . . . dates from 1824, and represents Beethoven's last important composition for the piano." -- From the liner notes by William Kinderman.
CONTENTS: 7 Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 33; Rondo No. 1 in C, Op. 51; Allegretto in C minor, WoO 53; 11 Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 119; 6 Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 126; Klavierstück in B flat, WoO 60; Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
PERFORMER: Alfred Brendel
Leon Wieseltier wrote recently in the New York Times: "[Brendel] has . . . demonstrated how big the 'small' Beethoven can be: he makes the Bagatelles, Op. 126, sound like the late works that they are -- sublimity at ease" ("Appreciating Brendel at 75," 1/27/06).
"Apart from his sonatas and variation sets for piano, Beethoven made signal contributions to the genre of the bagatelle: a short, lyrical or whimsical piano piece. . . . Op. 33 appeared in 1802. . . . The Eleven Bagatelles of Op. 119, issued in 1823, juxtapose . . . pieces composed about 1800-1804 with freshly composed pieces. . . . Op. 126 . . . dates from 1824, and represents Beethoven's last important composition for the piano." -- From the liner notes by William Kinderman.
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