Performance Details pages. As our listeners know, many of the Performance Details pages contain liner notes. Very often these notes are written by those who recorded the piece, or, in case of contemporary compositions, by the composers themselves. We also add new descriptions on a regular basis, especially for the larger, historically important compositions. Here, for example, are some thoughts about Diabelli Variations, which Alfred Brendel called "the greatest of all piano works." This is a double treat: first, the pianist, Beth Levin, wrote a very detailed series of notes on each variation, and then we added the notes from Joseph DuBose.
The Variations’ place in the world of piano music may be compared to that of Bach's Goldberg Variations and Johannes Brahms' Handel Variations (some ideas about Brahms’s masterpiece could be found here). And as far as Beethoven is concerned, you may also enjoy the notes on Beethoven’s late sonatas: Hammerklavier, Op. 106, Sonata no. 30, Op. 109 and the last one, Sonata no. 32, Op. 111.
June 21, 2010
Performance Details pages. As our listeners know, many of the Performance Details pages contain liner notes. Very often these notes are written by those who recorded the piece, or, in case of contemporary compositions, by the composers themselves. We also add new descriptions on a regular basis, especially for the larger, historically important compositions. Here, for example, are some thoughts about Diabelli Variations, which Alfred Brendel called "the greatest of all piano works." This is a double treat: first, the pianist, Beth Levin, wrote a very detailed series of notes on each variation, and then we added the notes from Joseph DuBose.
The Variations’ place in the world of piano music may be compared to that of Bach's Goldberg Variations and Johannes Brahms' Handel Variations (some ideas about Brahms’s masterpiece could be found here). And as far as Beethoven is concerned, you may also enjoy the notes on Beethoven’s late sonatas: Hammerklavier, Op. 106, Sonata no. 30, Op. 109 and the last one, Sonata no. 32, Op. 111.