Encores after Beethoven
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Label: ECM New Series
Cat No: 4814474
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 25th November 2016
Contents
Works
Partita no.1 in B flat major, BWV825Piano Sonata no.32 in G minor, Hob.XVI:44
Gigue in G major, K574
Allegretto in C minor, D915
Hungarian Melody in B minor, D817
Klavierstucke (3), D946
Artists
Andras Schiff (piano)Works
Partita no.1 in B flat major, BWV825Piano Sonata no.32 in G minor, Hob.XVI:44
Gigue in G major, K574
Allegretto in C minor, D915
Hungarian Melody in B minor, D817
Klavierstucke (3), D946
Artists
Andras Schiff (piano)About
Sound/Video
Paused
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1Schubert - Allegro assai in E flat minor from Three Piano Pieces D946
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2Schubert - Allegretto in C minor D915
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3Mozart - Eine kleine Gigue in G major KV574
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4Haydn - Keyboard Sonata in G minor Hob.XVI:44 - Moderato
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5Haydn - Keyboard Sonata in G minor Hob.XVI:44 - Allegretto
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6Schubert - Hungarian Melody in B minor D817
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7Beethoven - Andante favori in F major WoO57
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8Bach - Menuets I & II from Partita no.1 in B flat major BWV825
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9Bach - Gigue from Partita no.1 in B flat major BWV825
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10Bach - Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Prelude
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11Bach - Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Fugue
Europadisc Review
Right from the very first encore (the E flat minor Allegro assai from Schubert’s Three Piano Pieces, D946) it is evident that this is a pianist who combines formidable intellect with musical sensitivity and a gift for exploiting the most subtle shades of colour: an artist at the peak of his game. Schubert’s Hungarian Melody, D817, and Beethoven’s Andante favori, WoO57 (originally intended as the second movement of the ‘Waldstein’ Sonata), are the most striking instances of Schiff’s feeling for colour, the Schubert imbued with delicate folk hues, the Beethoven a performance of unassuming depth.
While the Mozart Gigue is the shortest of the encores (at less than two minutes), by far the longest is Haydn’s G minor Sonata, Hob. XVI:44: both movements, running to almost 14 minutes! Not so much an encore-and-a-half as a double helping. Bulking out a concert that consisted of Beethoven’s opp.14, 22 and 49 sonatas, that would have been an event to relish, the Haydn straddling the worlds of mature Classicism and Sturm und Drang anxiety. For the later Beethoven sonatas (opp.54 to 106), Bach seems the ideal choice. The aforementioned Gigue is preceded by a vivid yet always graceful account of the Menuets from the same Partita, while the last encore (to opp.90, 101 and 106) is the Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier, a wondrously reflective performance with supreme delicacy of touch and crystalline voicing of the various lines.
As Schiff himself explains, nothing could possibly have followed Beethoven’s last three sonatas, the only one of the original concerts to do without an encore of any kind. But all the others are gathered here for us to savour, and it makes for an immensely rewarding disc. If you’ve been collecting the individual Beethoven sonatas as they have appeared, you’ll certainly want this handsome adjunct, and it is also available as part of the newly-issued complete set (ECM 4812908). Or you can just enjoy it on its own, as a delightful collection of masterly keyboard miniatures played with consummate and penetrating artistry. The Swiss audience is, of course, immaculately behaved throughout, the applause warmly appreciative but never intrusive.
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