RUDOLF BUCHBINDER The Diabelli Project

RUDOLF BUCHBINDER The Diabelli Project 2CD 2020

Celebrated pianist and renowned Beethoven specialist Rudolf Buchbinder releases his first album on DG, a series of works based on Beethoven's monumental Diabelli Variations, in advance of the composer's 250th anniversary in December 2020. Buchbinder, who recorded Beethoven's Diabelli Variations early in his career, has invited 12 contemporary composers to write their own variations on Diabelli's theme, including Krzysztof Penderecki, Rodion Shchedrin, Max Richter, Lera Auerbach, and more.

Disc: 1
1. Tema Vivace (Original Version)
2. Variation 1 Alla marcia maestoso (Original Version)
3. Variation 2 Poco allegro (Original Version)
4. Variation 3 L'istesso tempo (Original Version)
5. Variation 4 Un poco più vivace (Original Version)
6. Variation 5 Allegro vivace (Original Version)
7. Variation 6 Allegro ma non troppo e serioso (Original Version)
8. Variation 7 Un poco più allegro (Original Version)
9. Variation 8 Poco vivace (Original Version)
10. Variation 9 Allegro pesante e risoluto (Original Version)
11. Variation 10 Presto (Original Version)
12. Variation 11 Allegretto (Original Version)
13. Variation 12 Un poco più moto (Original Version)
14. Variation 13 Vivace (Original Version)
15. Variation 14 Grave e maestoso (Original Version)
16. Variation 15 Presto scherzando (Original Version)
17. Variation 16 Allegro (Original Version)
18. Variation 17 (Original Version)
19. Variation 18 Poco moderato (Original Version)
20. Variation 19 Presto (Original Version)
21. Variation 20 Andante (Original Version)
22. Variation 21 Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo I (Original Version)
23. Variation 22 Allegro molto: Alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart (Original Version)
24. Variation 23 Allegro assai (Original Version)
25. Variation 24 Fughetta Andante (Original Version)
26. Variation 25 Allegro (Original Version)
27. Variation 26 (Original Version)
28. Variation 27 Vivace (Original Version)
29. Variation 28 Allegro (Original Version)
30. Variation 29 Adagio ma non troppo (Original Version)
31. Variation 30 Andante, sempre cantabile (Original Version)
32. Variation 31 Largo, molto espressivo (Original Version)
33. Variation 32 Fuga Allegro - Poco adagio (Original Version)
34. Variation 33 Tempo di minuetto moderato, ma non tirarsi dietro (Original Version)

Disc: 2
1. Tema Vivace (Original Version)
2. Diabellical Waltz
3. Variation for Rudi
4. Verlust
5. Rock it Rudi
6. Variation for R.B.
7. Zwei Jahrhunderte später
8. Diabelli
9. Variation on a Theme of Diabelli
10. A propos de Diabelli
11. Blue Orchid
12. Diabelli-Variation
13. Var. 16 for Anton Diabelli's Waltz
14. Var. 18 for Anton Diabelli's Waltz
15. Var. 21 for Anton Diabelli's Waltz
16. Var. 24 for Anton Diabelli's Waltz
17. Var. 26 for Anton Diabelli's Waltz
18. Var. 28 for Anton Diabelli's Waltz
19. Var. 38 for Anton Diabelli's Waltz
20. Var. 6 for Anton Diabelli's Waltz

Release Date: 6 Mar 2020