{"product_id":"652264","title":"Muriel Chemin - Beethoven: Diabelli Variations. Op. 120 [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have chosen Beethoven's Diabelli Variations \\u2013 more 'transformations' than variations \\u2013 quite simply because I could not do otherwise. They are necessary to me \\u2013 vital. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAfter playing his 32 Sonatas, it seemed to me essential, but also natural, to meet a new challenge with him, to enjoy another great journey in his company; one could say, another 'initiation'. This monumental Op. 120 concentrates many of the difficulties I have experienced with the sonatas, but its language has become more and more familiar over the years. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eNot only did I want to play Beethoven's Diabelli to experience, once more, a cathartic encounter through the pinnacle of his art, but also because I love them more than anything! When starting the purely instrumental work on the Diabelli, I did not realise that what seemed the least difficult was in fact incredibly complex to render, and all the things that seemed relatively 'simple' were key to the interpretation. I worked out the pianistic aspects long before other parameters, themselves so complex, so that the whole edifice remains coherent, according to my personal experience with Beethoven and my own personality.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eI first confronted the structural aspects based on the Golden Section which is fundamental to the unity of these variations. For example, how long must we wait \\u2013or not\\u2013 between one variation and another? Polyphony requires great independence from each finger and extremely accurate fingering, not to mention pedal work which in some cases becomes structural. Beethoven is wonderfully creative when transforming the original material, but never gives up on the idea, sometimes veering towards baroque or conversely, towards the impalpability of certain 20th- century works. I have come to realise how each variation seems miles away from its predecessor whilst remaining closely related to its core. Each of them caused me some reflex problems regarding the speed of change in terms of writing, colour, pianistic difficulty and sound! But work on the diversity of expression as well as the harsh, poignant but also contemplative and joyful sides was a daily source of immeasurable pleasure.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eI am grateful to have rubbed shoulders with a superior being, the macrocosm of Beethoven's spirituality which makes me as a musician always in search of the absolute. An ocean of humanity which allows me to touch the sky!\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Tema: Vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 1 Alla Marcia Maestoso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 2 Poco Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 3 L'istesso Tempo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 4 Un Poco Pi\\xf9 Vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 5 Allegro Vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 6 Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Serioso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 7 Un Poco Pi\\xf9 Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 8 Poco Vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 9 Allegro Pesante E Risoluto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 10 Presto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 11 Allegretto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 12 Un Poco Pi\\xf9 Moto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 13 Vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 14 Grave E Maestoso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 15 Presto Scherzando\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 16 Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 17 -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 18 Poco Moderato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 19 Presto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 20 Andante\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 21 Allegro Con Brio - Meno Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 22 Allegro Molto (alla 'Notte E Giorno Faticar' Di Mozart)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 23 Allegro Assai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 24 Fughetta. Andante\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 25 Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 26 -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 27 Vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 28 Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 29 Adagio Ma Non Troppo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 30 Andante, Sempre Cantabile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 31 Largo, Molto Espressivo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 32 Fuga. Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: Diabelli Variations -\\xa0Var. 33 Tempo Di Menuetto, Moderato (ma Non Tirarsi Dietro)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55164611232129,"sku":"652264","price":13.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/61dJRpbfCFL._SL1500.jpg?v=1768019955","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/652264","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}