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Beethoven: Works for Piano Four Hands
DCD34221 (Delphian Records, CD)
DDD
24-bit stereo
NEW RELEASE (31 January 2020)
Playing time: 48'50"
Tracks: 22
Booklet pages: 16
© 2020 Delphian Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Beethoven: Works for Piano Four Hands published on 21 October 2020
Listen: Beethoven: Grosse Fuge (track 22, 11:34-12:34)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Sonata in D, Op 6
1 Allegro molto
2 Rondo: Moderato
Eight Variations of a Theme by Count von Waldstein, WoO 67
3 Thema
4 Variation I
5 Variation II
6 Variation III
7 Variation IV
8 Variation V
9 Variation VI
10 Variation VII
11 Variation VIII
Three Marches, Op 45
12 Allegro ma non troppo
13 Vivace
14 Vivace
Six Variations on 'Ich denke dein', WoO 74
15 Lied: Ich denke dein
16 Variation I
17 Variation II
18 Variation III
19 Variation IV
20 Variation V
21 Variation VI
22 Grosse Fuge, Op 134
Recorded 12-13 July 2019 at the School of Music Concert Hall, Cardiff University, UK