COMPANY: Harmonia Mundi
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven

Product: 3149020941850

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When we think of Beethoven and the piano, his monumental 'Thirty-Two Sonatas' come to mind. They have often been referred to as the 'New Testament' to Bach's 'Old Testament', the 'Well-Tempered Clavier'. However, over a period of decades, Beethoven constantly returned to the genre of the 'Bagatelle'. He called them 'trifles', but this small form par excellence actually meant a great deal to him. As with the 'Sonata', Beethoven laid the foundations for a flourishing new genre of piano miniatures. Whether they last a few minutes or a few seconds, these 'Bagatelles' are masterpieces, rendered with in all their brief perfection by the infallible Paul Lewis.

Beethoven: Allegretto in B minor WoO 61
Beethoven: Bagatelle in B flat major, WoO 60
Beethoven: Bagatelle in G minor, WoO 61a (Allegretto quasi Andante)
Beethoven: Bagatelles (11), Op. 119
Beethoven: Bagatelles (6), Op. 126
Beethoven: Bagatelles (7), Op. 33
Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77
Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)