Piet Kuijken – Beethoven: An Eternal Love (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Piet Kuijken - Beethoven: An Eternal Love (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

For his fourth release on the Fuga Libera label, the pianist and fortepianist Piet Kuijken, professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and the Antwerp Conservatory, presents a programme of music by Ludwig van Beethoven. The starting point of this double album is an artistic approach that is both pedagogical and musical: the first half of the release contains pieces such as the Sonate Pathétique op.13 and the Sonata op.110 performed on a historical piano (a Tomkison original from 1808), while the second invites you to compare this with pieces of the same magnitude – the Appassionata Sonata op.23 and the imposing op.111, amongst others – played on a modern piano.

A text written by the eminent musician invites you to follow the artist’s approach, within the same type of repertory when faced with these two different instruments.

A sensitive and interesting album to help you discover all the different facets of this artist!

Tracklist:

1-01. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”: I. Grave-Allegro di molto e con brio (Live) (09:31)
1-02. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile (Live) (05:37)
1-03. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”: III. Rondo. Allegro (Live) (05:13)
1-04. Piet Kuijken – 2 Rondos, Op. 51: No. 1 in C Major. Moderato e grazioso (05:41)
1-05. Piet Kuijken – 2 Rondos, Op. 51: No. 2 in G Major. Andante cantabile e grazioso (09:27)
1-06. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 “À Thérèse”: I. Adagio cantabile-Allegro ma non troppo (07:13)
1-07. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 “À Thérèse”: II. Allegro vivace (03:26)
1-08. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (Live) [1] (06:41)
1-09. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto (Live) (02:29)
1-10. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo-Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo (Live) (10:02)
1-11. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile (Live) (05:15)
1-12. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (Live) [2] (07:15)
2-01. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”: I. Allegro assai (10:14)
2-02. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”: II. Andante con moto (06:21)
2-03. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”: III. Allegro ma non troppo-Presto (08:47)
2-04. Piet Kuijken – Andante in F Major, WoO 57 “Andante favori” (08:10)
2-05. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 1 in G Minor (1) (02:03)
2-06. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 2 in C Major (00:57)
2-07. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 3 in D Major (01:43)
2-08. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 4 in A Major (01:40)
2-09. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 5 in C Minor (01:14)
2-10. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 6 in G Major (01:45)
2-11. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 7 in C Major (00:55)
2-12. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 8 in C Major (01:31)
2-13. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 9 in A Minor (Live) (00:39)
2-14. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 10 in A Major (00:18)
2-15. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 11 in B-Flat Major (Live) (01:39)
2-16. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso-Allegro con brio ed appassionato (Live) (09:26)
2-17. Piet Kuijken – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile (17:06)
2-18. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 1 in G Minor (2) (02:06)
2-19. Piet Kuijken – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 11 in B-Flat Major (01:25)