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What exactly is this “new path” (neuer Weg) that the infamous fortepianist Andreas Staier is inviting us on with this new album published as part of harmonia mundi’s vast Beethoven 2020-2027 project? All the works offered here were composed at the dawn of the 19th century by a young tempestuous composer who was conscious of his worth but also of his weakness as he began to feel the first effects of the deafness that would go on to take over his life.
This recital is mind blowing from the first few beats of the thundering Sonata No. 16 in G major. With his crystalline, weightless fortepiano built by Mathias Müller around 1810, Staier seems to show us how much this frail instrument labours to show the full spectrum of the composer’s genius, boundary-breaking as it was at the time.
The three sonatas and two series of variations that make up this programme were all published in 1802, at a time when Beethoven wanted to “start something new” at the turn of the century after the slew of revolutionary torment that had shaken Europe to its core. It was a new way of thinking for a composer who spoke with a more authoritative tone than his predecessors, in the “first person”. Andreas Staier is without a doubt one of the best possible performers to portray this new era of musical and artistic thinking that arose during a troubled time (the rise of Napoleon) when the clarity of language rivalised the closing off of individuality. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'The Tempest' (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt' (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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DISC 2
Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, Op. 34 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Fifteen Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 'Eroica Variations' (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano Mathias Müller, Vienna circa 1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2017 harmonia mundi
Album Description
What exactly is this “new path” (neuer Weg) that the infamous fortepianist Andreas Staier is inviting us on with this new album published as part of harmonia mundi’s vast Beethoven 2020-2027 project? All the works offered here were composed at the dawn of the 19th century by a young tempestuous composer who was conscious of his worth but also of his weakness as he began to feel the first effects of the deafness that would go on to take over his life.
This recital is mind blowing from the first few beats of the thundering Sonata No. 16 in G major. With his crystalline, weightless fortepiano built by Mathias Müller around 1810, Staier seems to show us how much this frail instrument labours to show the full spectrum of the composer’s genius, boundary-breaking as it was at the time.
The three sonatas and two series of variations that make up this programme were all published in 1802, at a time when Beethoven wanted to “start something new” at the turn of the century after the slew of revolutionary torment that had shaken Europe to its core. It was a new way of thinking for a composer who spoke with a more authoritative tone than his predecessors, in the “first person”. Andreas Staier is without a doubt one of the best possible performers to portray this new era of musical and artistic thinking that arose during a troubled time (the rise of Napoleon) when the clarity of language rivalised the closing off of individuality. © François Hudry/Qobuz
Details of the original recording : Recorded June 2017 and May 2018, Teldex Studio Berlin (Germany)
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 01:45:08
- Main artists: Andreas Staier
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Renaissance Music
- Instrument: Pianoforte
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