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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations [IMPORT]

Maurizio Pollini | Format: Audio CD
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  • Performer: Maurizio Pollini
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Audio CD (12 Mar 2013)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Uni/Deutsche Grammophon
  • ASIN: B00004XQJX
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Listen  1. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Tema (Vivace)0:52£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation I (Alla marcia maestoso) 1:40£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation II (Poco allegro)0:51£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation III (L'istesso tempo) 1:12£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation IV (Un poco più vivace)0:58£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation V (Allegro vivace)0:50£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation VI (Allegro ma non troppo e serioso) 1:32£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation VII (Un poco più allegro) 1:15£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation VIII (Poco Vivace) 1:24£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen10. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation IX (Allegro pesante e risoluto) 1:58£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen11. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation X (Presto)0:37£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen12. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XI (Allegretto) 1:02£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen13. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XII (Un poco più moto)0:50£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen14. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation XIII (Vivace)0:55£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen15. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XIV (Grave e maestoso) 3:26£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen16. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XV (Presto scherzando)0:35£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen17. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XVI (Allegro)0:56£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen18. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation XVII0:58£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen19. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation XVIII (Poco Moderato) 1:23£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen20. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XIX (Presto)0:49£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen21. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XX (Andante) 2:05£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen22. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XXI (Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo I) 1:09£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen23. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxii (Allegro Molto): Alla "Notte E Giorno Faticar" Di Mozart0:50£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen24. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxiii (Allegro Assai)0:53£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen25. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxiv: Fughetta (Andante) 2:49£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen26. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XXV (Allegro)0:47£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen27. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxvi0:57£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen28. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxvii (Vivace)0:54£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen29. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxviii (Allegro)0:59£0.39  Buy MP3 
Listen30. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxix (Adagio Ma Non Troppo) 1:07£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen31. 33 Piano Variations in C, Op.120 on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli - Variation XXX (Andante, sempre cantabile) 1:46£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen32. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxxi (Largo, Molto Espressivo) 4:48£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen33. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxxii: Fuga (Allegro - Poco Adagio) 2:54£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen34. 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli - Variation Xxxiii (Tempo Di Minuetto Moderato, Ma Non Tirarsi Dietro) 3:57£0.79  Buy MP3 

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Maurizio Pollini likes to live with a work before he commits it to CD, and he's been refining his approach to these astonishing variations for 25 years. Though as he himself stresses, they are not so much variations as transformations--of a theme which stays relentlessly in the banal key of C major. Until now, Alfred Brendel's has been the ideal version, but here he's been trumped: Pollini brings Beethoven's vast landscape into high and exciting relief in an unprecedented fashion. The opening few pieces seem quite unassuming, but by the time he reaches the visionary stasis at the work's pivotal point he's got the listener in the palm of his hand. Thereafter it's all magic: massive mountains emerge and furious storms erupt on their slopes; the moments of delicate lyricism and broad comedy are played out with a touch which is marvellously varied, but always imbued with nobility and grandeur. Addictive. --Michael Church

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Pollini makes magic - again. 5 Jun 2001
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
If the Beethoven Diabelli variations have not yet interested you, and if you had thought they were boring variations on a banal theme, please listen to Pollini's interpretation and judge again. By the end of the performance, you will feel as if a rare jewel has shone its amazing light onto you. Pollini succeeds more than others in illuminating the areas of infinite genuis that the composer has put into these variations.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Maurizio Pollimi Plays the Beethoven variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli 7 Nov 2009
By Gordon Clay
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The superb pianistic skill of Maurizio Pollini needs no further comment from me.
I can thoroughly recommend this CD to anyone considering adding it to their collection. A real gem!
G, Clay
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3.0 out of 5 stars Beethoven by the numbers 29 July 2009
By I, Roflbot
Format:Audio CD
This isn't the worst Diabelli Variations I've ever heard (it's better than the atrocious Barenboim Erato recording), nor is it even especially bad. However if you place it side by side with the Brendel, for example, it seriously lacks in some places. Pollini approaches the music in an almost mechanical way, giving us nothing more (and nothing less) than the notes on the page. Maybe some people like this kind of objective approach, but in this case it falls flat because it fails to convey the sly humour in many of the variations.

Having said that, Pollini polished virtuosity gives him the edge over Brendel in the faster variations (and his account of Vars 31-33 is definitely a keeper) but he is painfully unexpressive in the earlier slow variations.

Fortunately, the ability to create our own playlists means we can create our own 'ideal' Diabelli Variations from all the recordings out there. If you're one of the people who do this, I can suggest this disc for Vars 31-33, 27-28 and 9.
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