Ludwig van Beethoven is probably one of the most interpreted composers of all time. Especially in the Beethoven year 2020 there are countless releases of his well-known works. For his new album, pianist Matthias Kirschnereit has therefore set himself the challenge of exploring and recording the unknown jewels of Beethoven’s piano music: “My aim in this album is to take works by Beethoven that are not generally familiar and give them new lustre (I hope!). Pieces, that is, that do not necessarily set out to change the world. I am no archaeologist; my task is not to rummage in attics or search libraries and archives for hitherto unpublished works. Everything has long been in print, as my intensive collaboration with the publishers Henle and Wiener Urtext Edition has confirmed. So I started looking at what I could put together on this CD – and I was simply amazed.

• Beethoven: Allegretto in B minor WoO 61
• Beethoven: Allegretto in C minor,WoO 53
• Beethoven: Andante in C minor, WoO 211
• Beethoven: Bagatelle in B flat major, WoO 60
• Beethoven: Bagatelle in C major, WoO 54, 'Lustig-Traurig'
• Beethoven: Bagatelle in C minor, WoO52
• Beethoven: Bagatelle in G minor, WoO 61a (Allegretto quasi Andante)
• Beethoven: Ecossaises (6) in E flat major, WoO 83
• Beethoven: Ländler (7), WoO 11
• Beethoven: Minuet in E flat major, WoO 82
• Beethoven: Piano Sonatina No. 38 in F major, Anh. 5, No. 2
• Beethoven: Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
• Beethoven: Prelude in F minor WoO 55
• Beethoven: Rondo in C major, WoO 48
• Beethoven: Variations (6) for Piano on an Original Theme in F major, Op. 34
• Beethoven: Waltz in E flat major WoO 84