Beethoven / Andsnes,Ingrid Ingrid Andsnes: 33 + 1 CD

The Norwegian pianist, Ingrid Andsnes played Beethoven's vaunted Diabelli Variations as the soundtrack in the play '33 Variations' that premiered in Oslo in 2014. Now in her CD solo debut, Andsnes revisits these powerful and demanding Variations with the addition of a cadenza written for her by the Norwegian composer, Lars Petter Hagen and gives a deeply musical interpretation of this notoriously demanding work that can be humbling for the requirements it makes of pianists. Andsnes is clearly up to the challenge of this work and makes a wonderfully nervy debut as a result.

1. Ludwig Van Beethoven: Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz By Diabelli, Op. 120, Tema. Vivace 2. Variation 1: Alla Marcia Maestoso 3. Variation 2: Poco Allegro 4. Variation 3: L'istesso Tempo 5. Variation 4: Un Poco Pi? Vivace 6. Variation 5: Allegro Vivace 7. Variation 6: Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Serioso 8. Variation 7: Un Poco Pi? Allegro 9. Variation 8: Poco Vivace 10. Variation 9: Allegro Pesante E Risoluto 11. Variation 10: Presto 12. Variation 11: Allegretto 13. Variation 12: Un Poco Pi? Moto 14. Variation 13: Vivace 15. Variation 14: Grave E Maestoso 16. Variation 15: Presto Scherzando 17. Variation 16: Allegro 18. Variation 17: Allegro 19. Variation 18: Poco Moderato 20. Variation 19: Presto 21. Variation 20: Andante 22. Variation 21: Allegro Con Brio - Meno Allegro - Tempo Primo 23. Variation 22: Allegro Molto, Alla 'Notte E Giorno Faticar' Di Mozart 24. Variation 23: Allegro Assai 25. Variation 24: Fughetta (Andante) 26. Variation 25: Allegro 27. Variation 26: (Piacevole) 28. Variation 27: Vivace 29. Variation 28: Allegro 30. Variation 29: Adagio Ma Non Troppo 31. Variation 30: Andante, Sempre Cantabile 32. Variation 31: Largo, Molto Espressivo 33. Variation 32: Fuga: Allegro 34. Lars Petter Hagen: Diabelli Cadenza - for Piano and Ebow 35. Variation 33: Tempo Di Menuetto Moderato