There's a compelling story behind the career of British pianist Nick van Bloss, but for those who don't know it, hold off until listening to this superb recording of Beethoven's 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli for piano: it's not really relevant to what's heard on the album, and it might distract some from a reading that needs a good deal of concentration. This recording has a similar ambition and scope to van Bloss' previous Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. Even in Beethoven's own time, the Diabelli variations ...
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There's a compelling story behind the career of British pianist Nick van Bloss, but for those who don't know it, hold off until listening to this superb recording of Beethoven's 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli for piano: it's not really relevant to what's heard on the album, and it might distract some from a reading that needs a good deal of concentration. This recording has a similar ambition and scope to van Bloss' previous Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. Even in Beethoven's own time, the Diabelli variations were regarded as something of an answer to Bach's set, but few pianists attempt the pair. Van Bloss' reading develops organically, both within individual variations and over the course of the whole set, which the pianist, in the interview-format notes, describes as a recapitulation of Beethoven's career, from the jocular early style through the dramatic middle to the revelatory, ecstatic late breakthroughs. He does not try to get your attention at the beginnings of variations or...
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