Beethoven - Bagatelles (11), Op. 119
Composed: 1823Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos » Bagatelles
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This disc serves to remind us how much marvellous music Beethoven wrote where there isn’t a scowl in sight…Throughout, Paul Lewis plays with the most natural, relaxed but concentrated enjoyment,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th July 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Cooper describes [the Diabellis] as ‘a wonderful journey…I am instantly in a good mood when practising or performing this piece.’ And that is what overwhelmingly comes over in her superb recording…Cooper... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Instrumental Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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His readings have the easy authority of one who has no difficulty in tracing the composer's most casual thoughts, even if he does not always follow his instructions to the letter. Brendel shows... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2004, First Choice
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Building a Library, September 2004, Highly Recommended
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If the programme sounds familiar, the reality is anything but. The first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 emerges spacious and unhurried…The Op. 119 Bagatelles are an even greater... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th May 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Devotees of Beethoven on period instruments will need no further encouragement. But sceptics, too, could do a lot worse than start here. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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The early Beethoven sonata on offer here (Op. 2/3) possesses true grace and elegance, with the slow movement engendering the tenderest of timbres from Sokolov. His way of shaping a phrase is... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th May 2020
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Stephen Kovacevich plays Beethoven
RecommendedStephen Kovacevich (formally Bishop) (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Stephen Kovacevich's recent Beethoven sonata cycle for EMI (reviewed May 2004) achieves arguably the most convincing Beethoven style of any pianist since Schnabel, and these 1970s recordings... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Brautigam’s fortepiano survey is magnificent, comprising four full discs of variations (including Eroica and Diabelli), the complete bagatelles, rondos and other miscellaneous pieces. Disc 1... — More…
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His playing is immaculately polished, but here he misses something of the arresting brusqueness, heartfelt lyricism, madcap zaniness, and tender melancholy...Osborne's most expressive playing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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