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This is (not) Beethoven

Variations by Arash Safaian

Zürcher Kammerorchester, Sebastian Knauer

This is (not) Beethoven
Rounding off Beethoven year are these compelling, inventive reworkings of some of the composer’s most famous works. Harmonic twists and turns, plus some fine orchestrations, add to the enjoyment.

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20204 out of 5 stars

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This is (not) Beethoven

Variations by Arash Safaian

Zürcher Kammerorchester, Sebastian Knauer

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Rounding off Beethoven year are these compelling, inventive reworkings of some of the composer’s most famous works. Harmonic twists and turns, plus some fine orchestrations, add to the enjoyment.

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20204 out of 5 stars

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Following on from the internationally acclaimed, prize-winning success of ÜBERBACH, this is the second joint production by the pianist Sebastian Knauer and the composer Arash Safaian: “This Is (Not) Beethoven”. The Piano Concerto that Arash Safaian has composed in variation form for Sebastian Knauer transports themes by Ludwig van Beethoven into the modern world of music to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth.

  • Release date: 14th Aug 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Catalogue number: 538607292
  • Length: 62 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Safaian: Una Fantasia
Work length6:14
Safaian: Kammermusik
Work length3:38
Safaian: Barcelona Pavillon
Work length3:47
Safaian: Fuge 106
Work length5:18
Safaian: Variation I-III March
Work length4:11
Safaian: Variation IV Heroic
Work length3:45
Safaian: Variation V Grid
Work length3:23
Safaian: Variation VI Aria in Black
Work length3:36
Safaian: Florestan
Work length5:10
Safaian: Torso Belvedere
Work length4:06
Safaian: Variation VII-IX
Work length2:05
Safaian: Variation X Ricercar
Work length4:12
Safaian: Variation XI The Unknown of the Seine
Work length4:31
Safaian: Variation XII Wanderer
Work length2:49
Arash Safaian, Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagietto
Work length2:22
  • Arash Safaian, Sebastian Knauer
  • Recorded: 2019-09-14
  • Recording Venue: ZKO-Haus Zürich
Arash Safaian, Ludwig van Beethoven: Una Fantasia
Work length3:38

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Christmas 2020

Rounding off Beethoven year are these compelling, inventive reworkings of some of the composer’s most famous works. Harmonic twists and turns, plus some fine orchestrations, add to the enjoyment.
4 out of 5 stars
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