Beethoven / Olga Pashchenko- Appassionata / Les Adieux / Waldstein
Olga Pashchenko is in the process of creating a unique place for herself in the world of the keyboard: she moves with astounding ease and skill from the harpsichord to the fortepiano, the organ, and the modern piano. After a recording of Beethoven's variations in 2015, the young pianist has now gone to the legendary Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, a venue she knows well since she regularly gives concerts within it's walls, to record three monuments of the pianistic literature - the Appassionata, Les Adieux and Waldstein sonatas - on the original Conrad Graf piano of 1824 conserved there. She utilizes all the sonic possibilities and the full palette of colors of this instrument made around fifteen years after the composition of these sonatas, three of the finest in the corpus of thirty-two that Hans von Bulow called 'the New Testament of every pianist'.
Tracklist:
- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro Con Brio
- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": II. Introduzione. Adagio Molto
- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": III. Rondo. Allegretto Moderato - Prestissimo
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": I. Allegro Assai
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": II. Andante Con Moto
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Presto
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": II. Abwesenheit. Andante Espressivo
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": III. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente
Olga Pashchenko is in the process of creating a unique place for herself in the world of the keyboard: she moves with astounding ease and skill from the harpsichord to the fortepiano, the organ, and the modern piano. After a recording of Beethoven's variations in 2015, the young pianist has now gone to the legendary Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, a venue she knows well since she regularly gives concerts within it's walls, to record three monuments of the pianistic literature - the Appassionata, Les Adieux and Waldstein sonatas - on the original Conrad Graf piano of 1824 conserved there. She utilizes all the sonic possibilities and the full palette of colors of this instrument made around fifteen years after the composition of these sonatas, three of the finest in the corpus of thirty-two that Hans von Bulow called 'the New Testament of every pianist'.
Tracklist:
- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro Con Brio
- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": II. Introduzione. Adagio Molto
- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": III. Rondo. Allegretto Moderato - Prestissimo
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": I. Allegro Assai
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": II. Andante Con Moto
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Presto
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": II. Abwesenheit. Andante Espressivo
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": III. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente