Beethoven: Complete Variations for Solo Piano

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The piano music of Beethoven is an indispensable part of the repertoire of any serious pianist. Especially appealing are the variations, magnificent compositions second only to the sonatas and concertos in importance, and among the most recorded and performed music in the piano literature.

This volume contains all 21 sets of Beethoven's solo piano variations, including the extremely popular Diabelli Variations, Op. 120, which, in the view of many critics, accomplished for the piano what Bach's Goldberg Variations did for the harpsichord. Also included are the perennially admired Thirty-two Variations in C Minor, the Eroica Variations, Op. 35, and a treasury of variations on themes by Dressler, Salieri, Süssmayr, Righini, and other composers.

Reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, this music manifests the prodigious invention and imagination the master brought to the variation form. Now the complete corpus of variations is available in this inexpensive reliable edition, ready to inspire and challenge pianists and music lovers.

Reprint of selections from "Serie 17. Variationen für das Pianoforte," Ludwig van Beethoven's Werke, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1862–65.

Inhoudsopgave

1. Eight Variations On The Romance 'Une Fievre Brulante'
2. Fifteen Variations And A Fugue On A Original Theme Eroica Variations
3. Seven Variations On The Quartet 'Kind Willst Du Ruhig Schlafen'
4. Six Variations On An Original Theme
5. Eight Variations On The Song Ich Hab Ein Kleines Huttchen Nur
6. Six Easy Variations On A Swiss Song
7. Twelve Variations On The Russian Dance From The Ballet Das Waldmadchen
8. Nine Variations On The Aria 'Quant'e Piu Bello'
9. Twelve Variations On The Menuet A La Vigano From The Ballet Le Nozze Disturbate
10. Six Variations On The Duet 'Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento'
11. Thiry Two Variations On An Original Theme
12. Eight Variations On The Trio 'Tandeln And Scherzen'
13. Ten Variations On The Duet 'La Stessa, La Stessissima' From The Comic Opera Falstaff
14. Thirty-three Variations On A Waltz By Diabelli
15. Five Variations On Rule Britannia
16. Seven Variations On God Save The King
17. Arietta [Hand, Colin]
18. Nine Variations On A March
19. Thirteen Variations On The Arietta 'Es War Einmal Ein Alter Mann'
20. Six Easy Variations On An Original Theme
21. Six Variations On An Original Theme F Major