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Beethoven, Mustonen
Variations / Bagatelle
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. 6 Variirte Themen, op.105: The Cottage Maid (Wales)
2. 6 Variirte Themen, op.105: Of Noble Race Was Shenkin (Scotland)
3. 6 Variirte Themen, op.105: A Schusserl und a Reindl (Austria)
4. 6 Variirte Themen, op.105: The Last Rose Of Summer (Ireland)
5. 6 Variirte Themen, op.105: Chiling O'Guiry (Ireland)
6. 6 Variirte Themen, op.105: Paddy Whack (Ireland)
7. 7 Landlerische Tanze, WoO 11: 7 Landler
8. 6 Leichte Variationen, WoO 77: 6 Easy Variations On An Original Theme
9. Rondo in C-Dur, Op.51 No.1: Moderato e grazioso
10. 12 Variationen uber das Menuett a la Vigano aus 'Le nozze disturbate' von J. Haibel, WoO 68
11. Menuet in Es-Dur Woo 82: Moderato
12. 6 Ecossaisen, WoO 83
13. 6 Bagatellen, Op.126: Andante Con Moto In G Major
14. 6 Bagatellen, Op.126: Allegro In G Minor
15. 6 Bagatellen, Op.126: Andante Cantabile E Grazioso In E Flat Major
16. 6 Bagatellen, Op.126: Presto In B Minor
17. 6 Bagatellen, Op.126: Quasi allegretto In G Major
18. 6 Bagatellen, Op.126: Presto - Andante amabile E con moto In E Flat Major
19. Klavierstuck In B minor, WoO 61: Allegretto

CD Details

All Artists: Beethoven, Mustonen
Title: Variations / Bagatelle
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 10/15/1996
Genre: Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ecossaises, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Short Forms, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Keyboard, Reeds & Winds
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028945220628

Synopsis

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The young pianist Olli Mustonen relies on exaggerated articulation in this collection of little-known Beethoven--a very interesting program. Is Mustonen trying to duplicate the sound of a fortepiano? (If so, he should have used one.) Or is he just trying out new effects at the keyboard? But the results of this playing style have to be heard to be disbelieved. It takes your attention away from the music and focuses it firmly on the pianist, which may well be his idea. --Leslie Gerber

CD Reviews

Colorful

12/29/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I find this interpretation actually quite colorful and entertaining, really. These are dances! These are variations and bagatelles; alone their mere titles would suggest a rather, say, improvised approach rather than mechanical following of tempi and notes in a sense of "how the composer would have wanted it".I wouldn't recommend this style for pieces like the moonlight sonata, but here, why not. A much needed fresh wind so to speak.Some of the shortest 68.43 min I ever had."