Lugansky - Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major (2016)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 (1820)
Nikolai Lugansky, piano, 2016

I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo [0:00]
II. Prestissimo [4:01]
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo [6:43]
Var. I - Molto espressivo [9:20]
Var. II - Leggiermente [11:28]
Var. III - Allegro Vivace [13:07]
Var. IV - Un poco meno andante, ciò è un poco più adagio come il Tema [13:35]
(Var. V) - Allegro, ma non troppo [16:15]
(Var. VI) - Tempo I del tema. Cantabile [17:14]

“The variations concluding Op 109 embody two cycles of transformation: the first five variations recast the theme and develop its structures and character in a variety of expressive contexts, while the sixth variation initiates a new series of changes compressed into a single continuous process that is guided by the logical unfolding of rhythmic development. In the final variation an urgent will to overcome the inevitable passing of time and sound seems to fill up the spaces of the slow theme with an unprecedented density of material. This idea, in turn, was to be expanded by Beethoven into the controlling framework of the variations on the Arietta that conclude Op 111, the last movement of his last sonata....”

- William Kinderman, 2002

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