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Special offer. Stephen Kovacevich plays Beethoven

Stephen Kovacevich (formally Bishop) (piano)

BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Stephen Kovacevich plays Beethoven

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Stephen Kovacevich's recent Beethoven sonata cycle for EMI (reviewed May 2004) achieves arguably the most convincing Beethoven style of any pianist since Schnabel, and these 1970s recordings...

BBC Music Magazine, May 20054 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Stephen Kovacevich plays Beethoven

Stephen Kovacevich (formally Bishop) (piano)

BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

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Stephen Kovacevich's recent Beethoven sonata cycle for EMI (reviewed May 2004) achieves arguably the most convincing Beethoven style of any pianist since Schnabel, and these 1970s recordings...

BBC Music Magazine, May 20054 out of 5 stars

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Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Work length36:56
I. Allegro con brio
Track length17:47
II. Largo
Track length10:24
III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando
Track length8:45
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Work length36:19
I. Allegro con brio
Track length16:31
II. Largo
Track length10:49
III. Rondo. Allegro
Track length8:59
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Work length29:53
I. Allegro con brio
Track length13:38
II. Adagio
Track length10:24
III. Rondo. Molto allegro
Track length5:51
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Work length33:05
I. Allegro moderato
Track length18:30
II. Andante con moto
Track length5:30
III. Rondo. Vivace
Track length9:05
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Work length39:46
I. Allegro
Track length20:30
II. Adagio un poco moto –
Track length9:09
III. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length10:07
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Work length19:22
I. Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo –
Track length3:51
II. Prestissimo
Track length2:13
III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo. Gesangvoll mit innigster Empfindung
Track length13:18
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Work length20:01
1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
Track length6:45
2. Allegro molto
Track length1:48
3. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo)
Track length11:28
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Work length18:10
1. Allegro molto e con brio
Track length5:21
2. Adagio molto
Track length8:22
3. Finale (Prestissimo)
Track length4:27
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'
Work length19:22
1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
Track length8:59
2. Adagio cantabile
Track length6:21
3. Rondo. Allegro
Track length4:02
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
Work length21:17
I. Allegro
Track length8:02
II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
Track length4:54
III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
Track length3:47
IV. Presto con fuoco
Track length4:34
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Work length20:28
1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo)
Track length4:24
2. Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Vivace alla marcia)
Track length5:37
3. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto)
Track length3:11
4. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossen- heit (Allegro)
Track length7:16
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Work length54:18
Tema (Vivace) - Variation I (Alla marcia maestoso)
Track length2:26
Variation II (Poco allegro)
Track length0:41
Variation III (L'istesso tempo)
Track length1:25
Variation IV (Un poco più vivace)
Track length0:55
Variation V (Allegro vivace)
Track length0:53
Variation VI (Allegro ma non troppo e serioso)
Track length1:54
Variation VII (Un poco più allegro)
Track length1:05
Variation VIII (Poco vivace)
Track length1:37
Variation IX (Allegro pesante e risoluto)
Track length1:49
Variation X (Presto)
Track length0:37
Variation XI (Allegretto)
Track length1:08
Variation XII (Un poco più moto)
Track length0:57
Variation XIII (Vivace)
Track length1:06
Variation XIV (Grave e maestoso)
Track length5:16
Variation XV (Presto scherzando)
Track length0:35
Variation XVI (Allegro)
Track length1:02
Variation XVII
Track length1:02
Variation XVIII (Poco moderato)
Track length1:28
Variation XIX (Presto)
Track length0:49
Variation XX (Andante)
Track length2:05
Variation XXI (Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo I)
Track length1:06
Variation XXII (Allegro molto): Alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart
Track length0:45
Variation XXIII (Allegro assai)
Track length0:51
Variation XXIV: Fughetta (Andante)
Track length3:15
Variation XXV (Allegro)
Track length0:46
Variation XXVI
Track length1:13
Variation XXVII (Vivace)
Track length0:56
Variation XXVIII (Allegro)
Track length0:51
Variation XXIX (Adagio ma non troppo)
Track length1:28
Variation XXX (Andante, sempre cantabile)
Track length2:06
Variation XXXI (Largo, molto espressivo)
Track length5:05
Variation XXXII: Fuga (Allegro - Poco adagio)
Track length2:51
Variation XXXIII (Tempo di minuetto moderato, ma non tirarsi dietro)
Track length4:15
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
Work length23:52
1. Largo - Allegro
Track length8:37
2. Adagio
Track length8:46
3. Allegretto
Track length6:29
Beethoven: Bagatelles (7), Op. 33
Work length16:47
1. Andante grazioso, quasi Allegretto
Track length3:01
2. Scherzo (Allegro)
Track length2:28
3. Allegretto
Track length1:59
4. Andante
Track length2:27
5. Allegro, ma non troppo
Track length2:55
6. Allegretto quasi Andante
Track length2:12
7. Presto
Track length1:45
Beethoven: Bagatelles (11), Op. 119
Work length13:48
1. Allegretto
Track length2:27
2. Andante con moto
Track length0:47
3. à l'Allemande
Track length1:19
4. Andante cantabile
Track length1:25
5. Risoluto
Track length1:06
6. Andante - Allegretto leggiermente
Track length1:34
7. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length0:53
8. Moderato cantabile
Track length1:40
9. Vivace moderato
Track length0:47
10. Allegramente
Track length0:11
11. Andante, ma non troppo
Track length1:39
Beethoven: Bagatelles (6), Op. 126
Work length19:13
1. Andante con moto
Track length3:27
2. Allegro
Track length2:33
3. Andante
Track length2:37
4. Presto
Track length3:33
5. Quasi Allegretto
Track length2:53
6. Presto - Andante amabile e con moto
Track length4:10
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Work length26:55
1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Track length9:28
2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)
Track length17:27

Awards and reviews

May 2005

Stephen Kovacevich's recent Beethoven sonata cycle for EMI (reviewed May 2004) achieves arguably the most convincing Beethoven style of any pianist since Schnabel, and these 1970s recordings for Philips are cut from the same cloth. Brusque, urgent, playful and eloquent by turns, they compel attention through unflagging insistence that this music is vitally important. Colin Davis is a sympathetic partner for Kovacevich's vision, and also evokes memorable lyrical solemnity at the beginning of No. 4.
4 out of 5 stars
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