Brendel is so much the ‘great man’ these days, the icon of musical integrity, the profound, probing and authoritative master of music which, in Schnabel’s phrase, is ‘better than it can be played’, ...

The publisher who originally commissioned the Op 109 Bagatelles was, to say the least, disappointed. He refused to publish them. Another publisher did put them out however and impressions were ...

The phrase ‘a mere bagatelle’ is ill-applied to the three sets of piano pieces Beethoven modestly called trifles. They are short, certainly, the shortest being a mere 12 seconds, but there is no ...

Paul Lewis delights in Beethoven’s bagatelles. Plus, a reconfigured Media vita and sacred music from Armenia Suffering from Beethoven anniversary fatigue? The British pianist Paul Lewis has the ideal ...

Beethoven wrote his Op 119 Bagatelles – 11 short pieces each lasting no more than a minute or two – when he was working on two of his biggest works: the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony. His ...

Occasionally a historically informed performance comes along that alters your perception of a work not just on modern instruments but on early ones, too. Staier and Dieltiens do exactly this in a ...

What exactly constitutes a Beethoven bagatelle is a moot point, as witness the varied add-ons to the standard published sets of Opp 33, 119 and 126, masterpieces all. As you’d expect from such an ...

11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 1 in G Minor, Allegretto 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 2 in C Major, Andante con moto 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 3 in D Major, À l ...

Album Review: Imogen Cooper - Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Diabelli Variations & Bagatelle No. 25 "Für Elise" Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of classical and romantic repertoire, Imogen ...

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