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Beethoven's 32 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, have been programmed before with other variations that were published by Diabelli in a two-part volume along with Beethoven's set, and contemporary composers have written new variations on Diabelli's original waltz, but the program of pianist Rudolf Buchbinder's Diabelli Project is unique. Buchbinder offers a three-act sequence beginning with Beethoven's set and concluding with variations from the original Diabelli group, ending with the fine, brilliant coda by Carl Czerny. In the middle are contemporary pieces commissioned by Buchbinder and includes variations by several compositional heavyweights. One is the nearly nonagenarian Rodion Shchedrin, whose variation is delightful. Other highlights are the atmospheric Blue Orchid of Tan Dun and the variation by Jörg Widmann, who, unlike several of the others, writes a true variation on Diabelli's waltz rather than on one of Beethoven's variations. The original Diabelli variations include an impressively ambitious piece by the 11-year-old Liszt, one by Schubert, and one by Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart. Buchbinder's Beethoven set itself is straightforward and well-crafted; there are more dramatic versions, but his works well in this setting. The sound from Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche is not ideal and robs the contemporary works of spontaneity, but this is an important entry in the continuing history of the Diabelli variations.
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33 Variations in C Major, Op. 120 on a Waltz by Diabelli (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lera Auerbach, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Brett Dean, Composer - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toshio Hosokawa, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Jost, Composer - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Lubman, Composer - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Philippe Manoury, Composer - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Max Richter, Composer - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rodion SHCHEDRIN, Composer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johannes Maria Staud, Composer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Tan Dun, Composer - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jörg Widmann, Composer - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, ComposerLyricist - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Friedrich Kalkbrenner, ComposerLyricist - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Conradin Kreutzer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franz Liszt, ComposerLyricist - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rudolf Buchbinder, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Nedel, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ignaz Moscheles, ComposerLyricist - Martin Kistner, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Beethoven's 32 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, have been programmed before with other variations that were published by Diabelli in a two-part volume along with Beethoven's set, and contemporary composers have written new variations on Diabelli's original waltz, but the program of pianist Rudolf Buchbinder's Diabelli Project is unique. Buchbinder offers a three-act sequence beginning with Beethoven's set and concluding with variations from the original Diabelli group, ending with the fine, brilliant coda by Carl Czerny. In the middle are contemporary pieces commissioned by Buchbinder and includes variations by several compositional heavyweights. One is the nearly nonagenarian Rodion Shchedrin, whose variation is delightful. Other highlights are the atmospheric Blue Orchid of Tan Dun and the variation by Jörg Widmann, who, unlike several of the others, writes a true variation on Diabelli's waltz rather than on one of Beethoven's variations. The original Diabelli variations include an impressively ambitious piece by the 11-year-old Liszt, one by Schubert, and one by Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart. Buchbinder's Beethoven set itself is straightforward and well-crafted; there are more dramatic versions, but his works well in this setting. The sound from Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche is not ideal and robs the contemporary works of spontaneity, but this is an important entry in the continuing history of the Diabelli variations.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 53 track(s)
- Total length: 01:34:21
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Rudolf Buchbinder
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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