Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen

This one is great too.
So many jewels lost among big symphonic pieces. It takes someone with good knowledge to pick these ones.
Great soft joyful interpretation by Alfred Brendel, Philips Digital Classics.

I have to confess that by the end I got a bit overwhelmed by the repetitions. :*(

1. Tema (Vivace) - Variation I (Alla marcia maestoso)


2. Variation II (Poco allegro)


3. Variation III (L'istesso tempo)


4. Variation IV (Un poco più vivace)


5. Variation V (Allegro vivace)


6. Variation VI (Allegro ma non troppo e serioso)


7. Variation VII (Un poco più allegro)


8. Variation VIII (Poco Vivace)


9. Variation IX (Allegro pesante e risoluto)


10. Variation X (Presto)


11. Variation XI (Allegretto)


12. Variation XII (Un poco più moto)


13. Variation XIII (Vivace)


14. Variation XIV (Grave e maestoso)


15. Variation XV (Presto scherzando)


16. Variation XVI (Allegro)


17. Variation XVII (Allegro)


18. Variation XVIII (Poco Moderato)


19. Variation XIX (Presto)


20. Variation XX (Andante)


21. Variation XXI (Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo I)


22. Variation Xxii (Allegro Molto: Alla "Notte E Giorno Faticar" Di Mozart )


23. Variation Xxiii (Allegro Assai)


24. Variation Xxiv: Fughetta (Andante)


25. Variation XXV (Allegro)


26. Variation Xxvi (Piacevole)


27. Variation Xxvii (Vivace)


28. Variation Xxviii (Allegro)


29. Variation Xxix (Adagio Ma Non Troppo)


30. Variation XXX (Andante, sempre cantabile)


31. Variation Xxxi (Largo, Molto Espressivo)


32. Variation Xxxii: Fuga (Allegro - Poco Adagio)


33. Variation Xxxiii (Tempo Di Minuetto Moderato)

Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Teil II

Now, this is nice. I guess it has to do more with my expectations... but it is hard to tell. The general comments before apply. I just have to say this is more listenable. (I hate my lack of expressive power >-( )

Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Claveir, Teil I (2)

This one I thought was too forcefully played. To much banging on the keyboardt to my taste. I enjoyed, notwithstanding, Prelude 15, and Prelude 21. I acknowledge it can be due to my lack of sensitivity to complex solo works, which require more on the part of the listener.
But today, BListener didn't appreciate it much.
Soloist: Leon Berben
Instrument: Copy after Couchet, by Willem Kroesbergen (1996)

Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Teil I

Ah, how lovely !!
So much energy, sometimes seeming even furious. For Brilliant's CDII-1, Leon Berben plays the harpsichord/Cembalo.
Trying to describe each or my impressions to each, would be too bold, on my part. I will leave it like this.
Noteworthy is track 19, Praeludium for Prelude and Fugue #10 in Em, for its force and tempo. And Praeludia for Prelude and Fugue #1 and 3.