Beethoven - A Chronological Odyssey
P21-060 (Piano 21, CD, 6 discs)
NEW RELEASE (1 May 2020)
Tracks: 19 + 11 + 11 + 15 + 7 + 11
Booklet pages: 56
© 2019 Piano 21
Main country of recording: France
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Beethoven - A Chronological Odyssey published on 16 December 2020
Listen: Beethoven: Andante (Seven Bagatelles, Op 33) (CD4 track 8, 0:01-0:50)
Cyprien Katsaris, piano (C Bechstein D-282 Concert Grand, No 212034 plus No 206565 for CD4, tracks 1-3)
Ludwig van Beethoven:
CD1
1 Nine Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63 (1782)
Keyboard Sonata in E flat, WoO 47/1 (1782-3)
2 Allegro cantabile
3 Andante
4 Rondo vivace
Two Preludes Through All the Major Keys, for Piano or Organ, Op 39 (1789)
5 I
6 II
Musik zu einem Rittersballet (Music for a Knightly Ballet), WoO 1 (1791) (transcribed by Beethoven)
7 Marsch
8 Deutscher Gesang. Allegro moderato
9 Jagdlied. Allegretto
10 Romanze. Andantino
11 Kriegslied. Allegro assai con brio
12 Trinklied. Allegro con brio - Trio
13 Deutscher Tanz. Walzer
14 Coda. Allegro vivace
Piano Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op 2 No 1 (1794)
15 Allegro
16 Adagio
17 Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio
18 Prestissimo
Alla Ingharese quasi un Capriccio (Rondo a Capriccio) (Rage Over a Lost Penny, Vented in a Caprice), Op 129 (1795)
19 Allegro vivace
CD2
Grande Sonate pour le Piano after the String Trio in E flat, Op 3 (1796, transcribed 1815 by Beethoven? Diabelli?)
1 Allegro con brio
2 Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio - Menuetto da capo - Coda
3 Andante
4 Menuetto. Moderato - [Minore] - Menuetto da capo
5 Finale. Allegro - Coda. Adagio tempo primo
Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 5 No 2 (1796, transcribed by Louis Winkler, 1820-1886)
6 III Rondo (Allegro)
Sonatina and Adagio for mandolin and harpsichord (1796, transcribed by Vladimir Mikhailovich Blok, 1932-1996)
7 Sonatina in C, WoO 44 No 1
8 Adagio in E flat, WoO 43 No 2
Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor, Op 10 No 1 (1795-1798)
9 Allegro molto e con brio
10 Adagio molto
11 Finale (Prestissimo)
CD3
Piano Sonata No 10 in G, Op 14 No 2 (1799)
1 Allegro
2 Andante
3 Scherzo (Allegro assai)
Septet in E flat for Violin, Viola, Clarinet, Horn, Bassooon, Violoncello and Double Bass, Op 20 (1799, transcribed by Franz Liszt, 1811-1886)
4 III Tempo di Menuetto - Trio
String Quartet No 6 in B flat, Op 18 No 6 (1799-1800, transcribed by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
5 II Adagio ma non troppo
String Quartet No 4 in C minor, Op 18 No 4 (1799-1800, transcribed by Gustav Rösler, 1819-1883)
6 I Allegro ma non tanto
Violin Sonata No 5 in F, Op 24, 'Spring' (1800-1801, transcribed by Louis Winkler)
7 Allegro
8 Adagio molto espressivo
9 Scherzo (Allegro molto) - Trio
10 Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
Serenade in D for Flute, Violin and Alto, Op 25 (1801, transcribed by Louis Winkler)
11 I Entrata (Allegro)
CD4
Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 'Moonlight' (1801)
1 Adagio sostenuto
2 Allegretto
3 Presto agitato
Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor, Op 30 No 2 (1802, transcribed by Louis Winkler)
4 II Adagio cantabile
Seven Bagatelles, Op 33 (1801-1802)
5 Andante grazioso quasi allegretto
6 Scherzo. Allegro
7 Allegretto
8 Andante
9 Allegro ma non troppo
10 Allegretto quasi andante
11 Presto
Twelve Contredanses for Orchestra, WoO 14 (1802, transcribed by Ludwig or Kaspar Karl von Beethoven)
12 Contredanse No 12
Piano Sonata No 17 in D minor, Op 31 No 2 'The Tempest' (1802-3)
13 Largo - Allegro
14 Adagio
15 Allegretto
CD5
Violin Sonata No 9 in A, Op 47 'Kreutzer' (1803)
1 Adagio sostenuto - Presto (anonymous transcription)
2 Andante con variazioni (transcribed by Carl Czerny)
3 Finale (Presto) (anonymous transcription)
Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Op 57 'Appassionata' (1804)
4 Allegro assai
5 Andante con moto
6 Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 (1806, transcribed by Franz Kullak, 1844-1913; cadenza by Beethoven, from 'Op 61a/III')
7 III Rondo. Allegro
CD6
Thirty-two Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 (1806-7)
1 Tema (Allegretto) - Variations1-XXXII
Fantasia for Piano, Op 77 (1809) in G minor
2 Allegro - Poco adagio - Allegro, ma non troppo - Allegro con brio - Adagio - Più presto - Allegretto - Tempo primo
March in F, WoO 18 (1st version, 1809, transcribed by Beethoven?)
3 Allegro
Piano Sonata No 24 in F sharp, Op 78, 'A Thérèse' (1809)
4 I Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
5 II Allegro vivace
Piano Sonata No 32 in C minor, Op 111 (1821-2)
6 I Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
7 II Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)
Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125 (1823-4, transcribed by Richard Wagner, 1813-1883)
8 III Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato - Tempo primo
String Quartet No 16 in F, Op 135 (1826, transcribed by Modest Musorgsky, 1839-1881)
9 III Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo - Più lento
String Quintet in C (sketch), WoO 62, Hess 41 (1826-7, transcribed by Anton Diabelli, 1781-1858)
10 Introduction. Andante maestoso
Musikalischer Scherz, 'Wir irren allesamt', WoO 198 'Rätselkanon' (3 December 1826)
11 Musical joke - Plaisanterie musicale
Recorded in Summer 2019 (except CD4 tracks 1-3, recorded in 2016) at Église Évangélique Saint-Marcel, Paris, France