Martin Helmchen – Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Martin Helmchen – Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:59 minutes | 800 MB | Genre: Classical
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The pianist Martin Helmchen has now joined Alpha for several recordings. Acknowledged as one of the leading pianists of his generation, an eminent interpreter of the German repertoire, Helmchen will explore various periods and composers (including Messiaen!), but Beethoven will have a preponderant place in his forthcoming recording projects. Before the complete Concertos, planned for 2020, he tackles the Diabelli Variations, ‘a climax in the life of a pianist’. He sees these variations as ‘a voyage to the very heart of the infinity of human feelings and moods, by turns profound, philosophical, satirical’. He regards the cycle as a visionary work that heralds future developments in music, containing the first stirrings of twentieth-century minimalism, atonality and abstraction. This recording is the end result of a long personal association and numerous concerts.

Tracklist:
01. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Tema, Vivace (00:49)
02. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. I. Alla marcia maestoso (01:33)
03. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. II. Poco allegro (00:52)
04. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. III. L’istesso tempo (01:19)
05. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. IV. Un poco più vivace (00:56)
06. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. V. Allegro vivace (00:54)
07. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. VI. Allegro ma non troppo e serioso (01:42)
08. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. VII. Un poco più allegro (01:10)
09. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. VIII. Poco Vivace (01:20)
10. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. IX. Allegro pesante e risoluto (01:39)
11. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. X. Presto (00:37)
12. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XI. Allegretto (01:19)
13. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XII. Un poco più moto (00:54)
14. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. XIII. Vivace (01:14)
15. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XIV. Grave e maestoso (03:55)
16. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XV. Presto scherzando (00:31)
17. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XVI. Allegro (01:00)
18. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. XVII. Allegro (01:01)
19. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. XVIII. Poco Moderato (01:40)
20. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XIX. Presto (00:56)
21. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XX. Andante (02:55)
22. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XXI. Allegro con brio-Meno allegro-Tempo primo (01:13)
23. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxii. Allegro Molto, Alla ‘Notte E Giorno Faticar’ Di Mozart (00:55)
24. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxiii. Allegro Assai (00:56)
25. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxiv. Fughetta (Andante) (03:00)
26. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XXV. Allegro (00:46)
27. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxvi. Piacevole (01:08)
28. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxvii. Vivace (00:57)
29. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxviii. Allegro (01:04)
30. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxix. Adagio Ma Non Troppo (01:31)
31. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120: Var. XXX. Andante, sempre cantabile (01:54)
32. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxxi. Largo, Molto Espressivo (05:23)
33. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxxii. Fuga (Allegro) (03:24)
34. Martin Helmchen – Diabelli Variations In C Major, Op. 120: Var. Xxxiii. Tempo Di Menuetto Moderato (04:15)

Personnel:
Martin Helmchen (piano)

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