Beethoven / Evgeny Kissin.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, composer.

Contributor:

Kisin, Evgeniĭ, 1971- instrumentalist.

Standardized Title:

Piano music. Selections

Language:

English

French

German

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Sonatas (Piano).

Variations (Piano).

Genre:

Sonatas.

Variations (Music)

Live sound recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (55:40; 73:14) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

plastic metal 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Evgeny Kissin : Beethoven

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Deutsche Grammophon, [2017]

System Details:

digital optical

audio file

CD audio

Summary:

CD 1. Piano sonata no. 3 in C major, op. 2, no. 3 ; 32 piano variations on a original theme : in C major, WoO 80 ; Piano sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2 : "Moonlight" -- CD 2. Piano sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57: "Appassionata" ; Piano sonata no. 26 in E flat major, op. 81a : "Les adieux" ; Piano sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111.

"This album represents Maestro Kissin's personal selection of performance highlights from 2006 to 2016. The live recordings, released for the first time, were chosen for their artistic and historical significance and consist of archival tapes produced under various technical conditions"--Booklet.

Contents:

CD 1. Piano sonata no. 3 in C major, op. 2, no. 3

32 piano variations on a original theme : in C major, WoO 80

Piano sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2 : "Moonlight"

CD 2. Piano sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57: "Appassionata"

Piano sonata no. 26 in E flat major, op. 81a : "Les adieux"

Piano sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111.

Participant:

Evgeny Kissin, piano.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

1st work of CD 1 recorded 2006 April 8 Seoul, Seoul Arts Center.

2nd work of CD 1 recorded during the Festival Internatinal de Radio France 2007 July 17 Montpellier, Le Corum.

3rd work of CD 1 recorded 2012 May 3 Stern Auditorium/Perlman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1st work of CD 2 recorded 2016 December 18 Amsterdam, Royal Concertgebouw.

2nd work of CD 2 recorded 2006 February 11 Vienna Musikverein, Großer Saal.

3rd work of CD 2 recorded 2013 July 26 Verbier, Salle des Combins.

Compact discs.

Program notes by Dorothea Walchshäusl in German with English and French translations (20 unnumbered pages : portraits) inserted in container.

Recorded in performance in the Seoul Arts Center, Apr. 8, 2006 (1st work); Le Corum/Festival International de Radio France, Montpellier, July 17, 2007 (2nd work); Stern Auditorium/Perlman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York City, May 3, 2012 (3rd work); Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Dec. 18, 2016 (4th work); Musikverein, Groβer Saal, Vienna, Feb. 11, 2006 (5th work); and the Salle des Combins, Verbier, July 26, 2013 (6th work).

Contains:

Container of: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 3, op. 2, no. 3, C major

Container of: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Variations, piano, WoO 80, C minor

Container of: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 14, op. 27, no. 2, C♯ minor

Container of: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 23, op. 57, F minor

Container of: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 26, op. 81a, E♭ major

Container of: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 32, op. 111, C minor

OCLC:

1000051867

Publisher Number:

00028947975816 gtin-14

0028947975816

028947975816

B002712902 Deutsche Grammophon

002894797581 Deutsche Grammophon (insert)

479 7581 Deutsche Grammophon (container spine)

00289 479 7586 Deutsche Grammophon (CD 1)

479 7586 Deutsche Grammophon (CD 1)

00289 479 7587 Deutsche Grammophon (CD 2)

479 7587 Deutsche Grammophon (CD 2)