Karim Said - Beethoven Mozart Schoenberg & Webern (CD)

The first and second Viennese school is the focus of Karim Said's third album for Rubicon. The music spans just over a century, but in that time, two composers who changed the course of music - Beethoven and Schoenberg flourished. Schoenberg's music is no longer 'modern'. It is over 100 years old. It has influences of jazz and the waltz. Just over a century earlier, Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, Eroica pushed the boundaries of the classical symphony to breaking point and ushered in a new age. Beethoven's Eroica Variations can still shock and sound a world away from Mozart and his Vienna. In many ways these variations have an affinity with 20th century piano writing. Schoenberg had turned away from late romanticism and large-scale compositions. His works here are extreme in their brevity and concentration, something his greatest pupil Webern was to develop further in his set of extremely dissonant and terse Variations.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Piano Sonata No. 12 in F K. 332I. Allegro
2. Piano Sonata No. 12 in F K. 332II. Adagio
3. Piano Sonata No. 12 in F K. 332III. Allegro assai
4. Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 33Piano Piece Op. 33a
5. Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 33Piano Piece Op. 33b
6. Variations for Piano Op. 27I. Sehr mäßig
7. Variations for Piano Op. 27II. Sehr schnell
8. Variations for Piano Op. 27III. Ruhig, fließend
9. Five Piano Pieces Op. 23I. Sehr langsam
10. Five Piano Pieces Op. 23II. Sehr rasch
11. Five Piano Pieces Op. 23III. Langsam
12. Five Piano Pieces Op. 23IV. Schwungvoll
13. Five Piano Pieces Op. 23V. Walzer
14. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Introduzione col Basso del Tema. Allegretto vivace
15. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Tema
16. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. I
17. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. II
18. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. III
19. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. IV
20. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. V
21. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. VI
22. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. VII Canone all'ottava
23. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. VIII
24. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. IX
25. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. X
26. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. XI
27. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. XII
28. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. XIII
29. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. XIV Minore
30. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Var. XV Maggiore. Largo - Coda
31. 15 Variations and Fugue in E flat Op. 33 'Eroica'Finale: Alla Fuga. Allegro con brio - Andante con moto
32. Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19I. Leicht, zart
33. Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19II. Langsam
34. Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19III. Sehr langsam
35. Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19IV. Rasch, aber leicht
36. Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19V. Etwas rasch
37. Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19VI. Sehr langsam