Beethoven: Diabelli Variations Filippo Gorini

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120:
• 1 Tema (Vivace) 00:48
• 2 Variation I. Alla marcia maestoso 01:36
• 3 Variation II. Poco allegro 00:52
• 4 Variation III. L'istesso tempo 01:30
• 5 Variation IV. Un poco più vivace 01:11
• 6 Variation V. Allegro vivace 00:56
• 7 Variation VI. Allegro ma non troppo e serioso 01:47
• 8 Variation VII. Un poco più allegro 01:15
• 9 Variation VIII. Poco vivace 01:32
• 10 Variation IX. Allegro pesante e risoluto 01:39
• 11 Variation X. Presto 00:38
• 12 XI. Allegretto 01:28
• 13 Variation XII. Un poco più moto 00:47
• 14 Variation XIII. Vivace 01:08
• 15 Variation XIV. Grave e maestoso 05:05
• 16 Variation XV. Presto scherzando 00:36
• 17 Variation XVI. Allegro 00:58
• 18 Variation XVII. Allegro 01:00
• 19 Variation XVIII. Poco moderato 02:02
• 20 Variation XIX. Presto 00:56
• 21 Variation XX. Andante 02:35
• 22 Variation XXI. Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo primo 01:18
• 23 Variation XXII. Allegro molto, alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart 00:50
• 24 Variation XXIII. Allegro assai 00:53
• 25 Variation XXIV. Fughetta (Andante) 03:41
• 26 Variation XXV. Allegro 00:46
• 27 Variation XXVI. 01:20
• 28 Variation XXVII. Vivace 00:59
• 29 Variation XXVIII. Allegro 00:57
• 30 Variation XXIX. Adagio ma non troppo 01:29
• 31 Variation XXX. Andante, sempre cantabile 02:04
• 32 Variation XXXI. Largo, molto espressivo 05:48
• 33 Variation XXXII. Fuga (Allegro) 02:44
• 34 Variation XXXIII. Tempo di menuetto moderato 04:23
• Total Runtime 57:31

Info for Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

Supporting new talents is in Alpha's DNA. Here is the very first recording of the Italian pianist Filippo Gorini, who was recently awarded First Prize in the Telekom-Beethoven Competition in Bonn. He has also won the same competition's Audience Prize twice over. At just twenty years of age, he has already played in such prestigious venues as the Berlin Konzaerthaus, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Liederhalle in Stuttgart, Die Glocke in Bremen, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the Moscow Conservatory. Strongly supported by Alfred Brendel, with whom he studies, he has chosen to tackle a monument of the piano repertory, the Diabelli Variations, a work whose interpretation he has matured through frequent performance, notably at the Beethoven Competition where it was the key item in his winning programme. And, appropriately, it is at the Beethovenhaus in Bonn that he made this first albu, the start of a highly promising recording career.

Filippo Gorini, piano

Filippo Gorini
Italian pianist, Filippo Gorini, is praised for his “rare intellect, temperament…and vivid imagination”. In 2015, he received both the first and audience prizes at the Telekom-Beethoven Competition Bonn, for his performances of works by Schubert, Beethoven (including the Diabelli Variations), Schönberg, Bartok and Thomas Adès.

After hearing Filippo’s performance of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, Alfred Brendel invited Filippo to work with him, and they have since continued to work together regularly. The Diabelli Variations will feature on Filippo’s debut disc, which will be released later this year on Alpha Classics.

Upcoming performances include a selection of concerti with L’Orchestre de Chambre de Paris at the Play-Direct Academy, a recital tour throughout Italy, and further recital appearances at the Beethovenhaus Bonn, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and the Piano Days Festival in Flagey, Brussels. In May 2017, Filippo will receive the Beethoven-Ring prize from the Citizens for Beethoven Association in Bonn. His previous competition achievements include first prize at the Neuhaus Competition in Moscow, and prize of the Young Euro Classics Festival in Berlin.

His concert appearances in Europe have drawn unanimous acclaim; in particular, his tour with the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn and his debut in Warsaw at the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. He has performed on many prestigious stages such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Die Glocke Bremen, Royal Academy of Music London, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Beethovenhaus Bonn, and Sale Apollinee at Teatro La Fenice. Alongside his solo career, Filippo continues to perform as a chamber musician: last year he performed at “Chamber Music Connects the World” in Kronberg, with Steven Isserlis.

Filippo continues his studies with Alfred Brendel, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, and with Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

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