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One may be puzzled initially to see Mozart, Schumann (twice), and Webern on a program in a cycle devoted to the complete variation sets of Beethoven, but this is a typically ambitious idea from pianist Cédric Tiberghien and the music of the other composers mostly has connections to Beethoven. Schumann's Etudes in Variation form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31, are underrated indeed, weaving quotations from several other Beethoven symphonies into its basic material from the slow movement of the Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. Perhaps the Webern Variations, Op. 27, are the odd piece out here; it is debatable whether they are variations at all, but in a way, the pieces by the other composers strengthen Tiberghien's main thesis, which is that Beethoven's variations are fully serious works that shouldn't be underestimated. His cycle opens with the Variations and Fugue in E flat major, Op. 35, called the "Eroica Variations" because they use a theme that recurred in the finale of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55. Tiberghien gives these a big, sweeping performance that suggests the work's prominence in Beethoven's output. Yet even the smaller sets, based on simple operatic arias of the day, have some weight in Tiberghien's performances, which indicate ways in which Beethoven worked out problems of register and harmony in these works. By the end, when Tiberghien offers a transcendent performance of Schumann's Geistervariationen (the last work Schumann wrote, already in the grip of madness), the listener has the feeling of having been on quite a ride. One is excited to discover the content and structure of Tiberghien's next volume, which presumably will include the Diabelli Variations, Op. 120.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Variations & Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica Variations" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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6 Variations in F Major, Op. 34 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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6 Variations in D Major, Op. 76 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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DISC 2
Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Cédric Tiberghien, Piano, MainArtist
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Album review
One may be puzzled initially to see Mozart, Schumann (twice), and Webern on a program in a cycle devoted to the complete variation sets of Beethoven, but this is a typically ambitious idea from pianist Cédric Tiberghien and the music of the other composers mostly has connections to Beethoven. Schumann's Etudes in Variation form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31, are underrated indeed, weaving quotations from several other Beethoven symphonies into its basic material from the slow movement of the Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. Perhaps the Webern Variations, Op. 27, are the odd piece out here; it is debatable whether they are variations at all, but in a way, the pieces by the other composers strengthen Tiberghien's main thesis, which is that Beethoven's variations are fully serious works that shouldn't be underestimated. His cycle opens with the Variations and Fugue in E flat major, Op. 35, called the "Eroica Variations" because they use a theme that recurred in the finale of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55. Tiberghien gives these a big, sweeping performance that suggests the work's prominence in Beethoven's output. Yet even the smaller sets, based on simple operatic arias of the day, have some weight in Tiberghien's performances, which indicate ways in which Beethoven worked out problems of register and harmony in these works. By the end, when Tiberghien offers a transcendent performance of Schumann's Geistervariationen (the last work Schumann wrote, already in the grip of madness), the listener has the feeling of having been on quite a ride. One is excited to discover the content and structure of Tiberghien's next volume, which presumably will include the Diabelli Variations, Op. 120.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 94 track(s)
- Total length: 02:21:23
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Cédric Tiberghien
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Classical
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