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BAND/ARTIST: Emanuel Ax
- Title: Variations
- Year Of Release: 2013
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 44.1kHz
- Total Time: 01:23:54
- Total Size: 330 / 700 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Introduzione col basso del tema. Allegretto vivace - Tema
02. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 1
03. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 2
04. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 3
05. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 4
06. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 5
07. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 6
08. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 7
09. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 8
10. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 9
11. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 10
12. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 11
13. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 12
14. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 13
15. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 14
16. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 15
17. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Finale. Alla fuga. Allegro con brio
18. Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6
19. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Thema. Andante
20. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 1
21. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 2
22. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 3
23. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 4
24. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 5
25. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation 4
26. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation 5
27. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 6
28. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 7
29. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 8
30. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation 2
31. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 9
32. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 10
33. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 11
34. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 12
35. Piano Variations
This is not the first all-variation recital by a leading pianist, but it's a fresh outing by the venerable Emanuel Ax that uses the variation form to explore the innovative currents percolating through some less commonly played works. Beethoven's Variations and Fugue for piano in E flat major, Op. 35, are known as the "Eroica Variations" because they are based on the same two themes that would later appear in the Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica"). It's very easy to construct a splashy reading pointing to Beethoven's early career as a virtuoso pianist, and that's what's often been done. Ax, on the other hand, takes the reasonable step of treating the work as a prelude to the "Eroica" symphony, damping down the virtuosity a good deal (of course, he's enough of a virtuoso to get away with that) and bringing the variations together into larger groups. His reading seems almost meditative at first, although it eventually builds in power, and it's quite absorbing. Likewise for the Variations for piano in F minor, Hob. 17/6, of Haydn, perhaps the single piece in Haydn's entire catalog that points forward most clearly to the Romantic era. The work, with its harmonic excursions and unusual double variation structure, offers plenty to chew on if the pianist slows down enough to get inside it, and Ax's reading brings out its adventurous quality. The Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13, of Schumann are given a confidently, coolly controlled performance, even in the midst of extreme technical challenges. The upshot is to make these three works sound quite close to one another, no mean feat, and one that brings fresh insights to each.
01. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Introduzione col basso del tema. Allegretto vivace - Tema
02. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 1
03. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 2
04. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 3
05. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 4
06. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 5
07. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 6
08. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 7
09. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 8
10. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 9
11. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 10
12. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 11
13. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 12
14. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 13
15. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 14
16. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 15
17. Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Finale. Alla fuga. Allegro con brio
18. Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6
19. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Thema. Andante
20. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 1
21. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 2
22. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 3
23. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 4
24. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 5
25. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation 4
26. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation 5
27. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 6
28. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 7
29. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 8
30. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Variation 2
31. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 9
32. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 10
33. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 11
34. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude 12
35. Piano Variations
This is not the first all-variation recital by a leading pianist, but it's a fresh outing by the venerable Emanuel Ax that uses the variation form to explore the innovative currents percolating through some less commonly played works. Beethoven's Variations and Fugue for piano in E flat major, Op. 35, are known as the "Eroica Variations" because they are based on the same two themes that would later appear in the Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica"). It's very easy to construct a splashy reading pointing to Beethoven's early career as a virtuoso pianist, and that's what's often been done. Ax, on the other hand, takes the reasonable step of treating the work as a prelude to the "Eroica" symphony, damping down the virtuosity a good deal (of course, he's enough of a virtuoso to get away with that) and bringing the variations together into larger groups. His reading seems almost meditative at first, although it eventually builds in power, and it's quite absorbing. Likewise for the Variations for piano in F minor, Hob. 17/6, of Haydn, perhaps the single piece in Haydn's entire catalog that points forward most clearly to the Romantic era. The work, with its harmonic excursions and unusual double variation structure, offers plenty to chew on if the pianist slows down enough to get inside it, and Ax's reading brings out its adventurous quality. The Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13, of Schumann are given a confidently, coolly controlled performance, even in the midst of extreme technical challenges. The upshot is to make these three works sound quite close to one another, no mean feat, and one that brings fresh insights to each.
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