Adelaide: Beethoven and the Guitar | Brilliant Classics 94631

Adelaide: Beethoven and the Guitar

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 94631

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 30th September 2013

Contents

About

This imaginative recital of chamber music by Beethoven takes its inspiration from the Romantic poem of the album title which describes the kind of unattainable love to which Beethoven was throughout his adult life susceptible, and from which he appears himself to have drawn creative energy.

His own setting of Adelaide (the text of which appears in the booklet in both Matthisson's original and in English translation) was arranged by the 19th‐century guitarist‐composer Nicholas Coste; it introduces not only the playful Op.8 Serenade, perhaps the most obvious contender among Beethoven's music for a transcription of the piano part to the piano, but movements from two of his string quartets and even the funeral march from his Piano Sonata Op.26, transcribed for guitar solo or duo and played here on instruments of the period by a young and dynamic ensemble of European musicians, led by Izhar Elias.

Izhar has already released acclaimed recordings on Brilliant Classics, including guitar music in memory of Debussy (BC 9246), spectacular transcriptions of Rossini arias (BC 93902) and a sparkling survey of 17th‐century music from the Spanish territories (BC 94352). Elias himself plays a selection of guitars on this recording, by Guadagnini and Stauffer père et fils, including a rare terz model, which is smaller than the regular model and tuned a minor third higher to produce a more brilliant and penetrating sound in company with other instruments.

Track Listing:
1. Adelaide Op.46 for Viola and Guitar
Arranged by N Coste

2. String quartet Op.59 No.3 'Razumovsky': Andante con moto quasi allegretto for Guitar Duo
Arranged by V Schuster as his Op.5

3. Potpourri on Favorite themes by Beethoven for Violin and Guitar
Arranged by A Diabelli

Piano Sonata No.12 Op.26
4. Marche Funèbre for Guitar Solo, Arranged by S Volker
5. Andante varié and Rondeau for Guitar Duo, arranged by F Carulli as his Op.155

String quartet Op.18 No.5
6. Tema con variazioni: Andante cantabile for Guitar Duo
Arranged by V Schuster as his Op.4

Serenade Op.8 for Guitar, Violin, Viola, arranged by W Matiegka / Izhar Elias
7. Marcia, Allegro non Molto - Adagio
8. Menuetto, Allegro - Trio
9. Adagio - Allegro scherzo
10. Allegretto a la Pollacca
11. Andante quasi Allegretto con variazioni - Allegro
12. Marcia, Allegro non Molto

13. Excerpt of Andante Favori WoO-57 for Guitar Solo, arranged by F Carulli as his Op.235

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