Beethoven Manacorna

After a formidable first volume, Cedric Tiberghien continues his exploration of Beethoven's corpus of variations. At the heart of this new album are the famous Thirty-two Variations in C minor and their tangy reminiscences of Bach - the Ciaccona from Partita No.2 for violin solo, presented here in Brahms's masterly transcription. He also takes the opportunity to show us what a certain school of American composers (Crumb, Cage, Feldman) has made of this tradition of variation form.

After a formidable first volume, Cedric Tiberghien continues his exploration of Beethoven's corpus of variations.

Rudolf Buchbinder is one of the legendary artists of our time. His piano playing is an unparalleled fusion of the authority of a career spanning more than 60 years with spirit and spontaneity. Few musicians have engaged with Beethoven's music as intensively and over such a long period as legendary Austrian Maestro Rudolf Buchbinder. He has performed the 32 piano sonatas 60 times in cycles all over the world and developed the story of their interpretation over decades. At the Salzburger Festspiele in 2014 he was the first pianist ever playing all 32 Sonatas on several recitals in one festival season.

Beethoven’s influence over the string quartet was profound; in his hands, the genre acquired a new significance, becoming a powerful vehicle for the expression and exploration of an inner world. Featured in this box set is the Alban Berg Quartett’s acclaimed recording of the complete cycle, a showcase of the group’s accomplished artistry and seamless ensemble playing.

Yumeto Suenaga, a Franco-Japanese pianist invites us on a most inventive journey, in the heart of late Beethoven, combining great architectures such as the Diabelli Variations or the last sonata for keyboard, Op. 111, and miniatures, sometimes even very short sketches. A true thought in motion unfolds here. Yumeto Suenaga also reveals two works by the French composer Isabelle Fraisse: 111, a tribute to the 32nd Sonata, taken from Three Dialogues with the Work of Beethoven, and the fruit of a most original enterprise, the 3 Moqueries on a Waltz by Diabelli.Franco-japonais, Yumeto Suenaga nous invite à un périple des plus inventifs, au cœur du Beethoven tardif, combinant grandes architectures telles les Variations Diabelli ou la dernière sonate pour clavier, l’Op. 111, et miniatures, parfois même des esquisses très brèves. C’est une véritable pensée en mouvement qui se dévoile ici. Yumeto Suenaga révèle en outre deux œuvres de la compositrice française Isabelle Fraisse : 111, un hommage à la 32e Sonate, extrait des Trois Dialogues avec l’oeuvre de Beethoven, et fruit d’une entreprise des plus originales, les 3 Moqueries sur une valse de Diabelli.

The genre of string quartet emerged in the middle of the eighteenth century as music for leisure, but the works of Haydn and Mozart turned it into a phenomenon of high art. Beethoven continued the tradition by creating sixteen string quartets between 1799 and 1826. Almost all of them were devised for the professional string quartet formed in the 1790s in Vienna and led by Ignaz Schuppanzigh. The ensemble was in the service of Prince Karl Lichnowsky and Count Andrei Razumovsky who were patrons of art, and began to perform chamber music in public concerts in the 1820s.

Evgeny Kissin releases Beethoven album to launch new exclusive collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon after 25 years.

Since its formation in 1975, the Takács Quartet has been recognized as one of the world's leading string quartets. Their award-winning recordings include the complete Beethoven String Quartets for Decca, recorded between 2002 and 2004. Decca Classics celebrates the acclaimed quartet with this multi-media presentation of the Beethoven quartets on 7 CDs,