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Beethoven - Diabelli Variations / J S Bach - Partita No.4 | Onyx ONYX4035

Beethoven - Diabelli Variations / J S Bach - Partita No.4

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Label: Onyx

Cat No: ONYX4035

Barcode: 0880040403524

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 5th January 2009

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Penguin Guide 4 stars Gramophone Award Winner Gramophone Editor's Choice International Record Review Outstanding

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A very special release indeed: the return after more than 40 years to the piece that first brought him worldwide fame – Stephen Kovacevich playing Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations

In the 90s, Stephen recorded the complete Beethoven Sonatas for EMI for the first time and the set is one of the standard recommendations. Yet something was missing - this recording completes the cycle, which for Kovacevich has become a true life-cycle, having given his sensational Wigmore Hall debut with this piece in 1961 and recording it in a still-classic version for Philips in 1968.

His conception has changed – it has a more live quality (despite being a studio recording) and is more dramatic - quite simply it picks you up and sweeps you along irresistibly to the very end. Some of the most profound Beethoven playing ever put on disc!

As a generous bonus comes his first ever Bach recording, a concert favourite of his, Bach’s Partita No.4 which provides a wonderful palate-cleanser after the emotional rollercoaster of the Diabelli!

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