Pierre-Laurent Aimard -Hammerklavier Sonata & Eroica Variations -Pentatone CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Sonate für Klavier Nr. 29 B-Dur op. 106 "Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier"

01. "1. Allegro"

02. "2. Scherzo: Assai vivace"

03. "3. Adagio sostenuto"

04. "4. Largo - Allegro risoluto"
15 Variationen mit Fuge über ein eigenes Thema Es-Dur op. 35 "Eroica Variationen"

05. "1. Introduktion (col Basso del Tema)"

06. "2. Variation 1"

07. "3. Variation 2"

08. "4. Variation 3"

09. "5. Variation 4"

10. "6. Variation 5"

11. "7. Variation 6"

12. "8. Variation 7"

13. "9. Variation 8"

14. "10. Variation 9"

15. "11. Variation 10"

16. "12. Variation 11"

17. "13. Variation 12"

18. "14. Variation 13"

19. "15. Variation 14"

20. "16. Variation 15"

21. "17. Finale: Alla fuga"

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.. Sonata Op. 106 & Eroica Variations Op. 35

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Beethoven: Hammerklavier Sonata Op. 106 & Eroica Variat by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, released 2 July 2021. This version of Beethoven: Hammerklavier Sonata Op. 106 & Eroica Variat comes as a 1xCD. - .. SONATA OP. 106 & EROICA VARIATIONS OP. 35

After his acclaimed interpretation of Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard returns to PENTATONE with a recording of Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata and Eroica Variations. The Hammerklavier Sonata is one of the pinnacles of Beethoven's creative output, and arguably one of the highest mountains to climb for any pianist. To Aimard, it poses one of the most frightening tests of a performer's life, but one that is as irresistible as it is insurmountable. The dazzling Eroica Variations are nicknamed after Beethoven's iconoclastic Third Symphony, and employ the melody he would later use as the main theme of the symphony's finale. Beethoven's fondness for this melody is evident, as he also used it in his ballet music for The Creatures of Prometheus, as well as in the seventh of his 12 Contredanses. Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and as a uniquely significant interpreter of piano repertoire from every age, Pierre-Laurent Aimard enjoys an internationally celebrated career. He started his exclusive engagement to PENTATONE with a complete recording of Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux (2018).

Recorded at the Stefaniensaal in Graz, Austria in July 2020

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PTC5186724

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