Pianist Glenn Gould popularized Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations with his landmark 1955 recording. Might Moisés Kaufman’s Tony-nominated play “33 Variations” — running this month at the Ahmanson Theatre ...
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In 1819, Anton Diabelli, a Viennese music publisher, composed a little waltz and sent it to dozens of composers—he wanted each of them to write and send him a single variation, which he’d publish ...
Igor Levit’s first recording for Sony was of Beethoven’s last five piano sonatas, and his second of Bach’s six keyboard partitas. His latest release features monumental works by both of those ...
The pianist’s clarity and dexterity brings humour and insights to Beethoven’s contradictory colossus of a work It has taken until now for Mitsuko Uchida to lay down a recording of Beethoven’s Diabelli ...
An often-overlooked piano work of Ludwig van Beethoven has a starring role in a new play in Washington, D.C. Characters in 33 Variations include Beethoven himself, and a 21st century musicologist ...
KALAMAZOO, MI —Serving as dominant concept behind the 2012 Gilmore Festival has been the use of theme and variations found in countless classical works. Many Gilmore events this year showcased the ...
Beethoven's Diabelli Variationsis a monster of a piece. The composer and publisher Anton Diabelli had asked the great and the good among composers of the time (1819) for a variation each on a simple ...
Bearing the deceptively simple umbrella title Variations, this CD embraces some of the richest and most original music ever composed for piano. Moreover, it is played by a pianist who understands ...
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