Beethoven / Bartos Jan Bartos Plays Beethoven CD

Launching his Mozart debut recorded with the Czech Philharmonic and Jir? Belohlvek, Jan Barto drew to himself a lot of critical attention on an international scale. Those who reviewed the album especially appreciated his rare ability to combine thorough understanding both of the musical architecture and the deep emotionality of the works (a quality possessed also by the pianist's tutors Ivan Moravec and Alfred Brendel). From the early "Haydn-like" Sonata No. 3 in C major to the highly dramatic "Appassionata" to the transcendent last Sonata No. 32 in C minor, which gives an impression of the composer parting with this world, the pianist facilitates to us the amazing integrity and colorfulness of Beethoven's piano work. During the thirty years separating his first and last piano opus, the composer tried out numberless experiments, and yet some crucial themes come up again and again; the imprint of his unique musical DNA is discernible from his very first opuses. In the hands of Jan Barto, Beethoven whispers, sings and thunders. We encounter a world full of contrasts, an image whose colors remain impressed in our memory for a long time.

1. I. Allegro Con Brio 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Scherzo. Allegro 4. IV. Allegro Assai 5. I. Allegro 6. II. Allegretto 7. III. Rondo: Allegro Comodo 8. I. Allegro Assai 9. II. Andante Con Moto 10. III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Presto 11. 32 Variations on An Original Theme in C minor, Woo80 12. I. Andante Con Moto 13. II. Allegro 14. III. Andante Cantabile E Grazioso 15. IV. Presto 16. V. Quasi Allegretto 17. VI. Presto - Andante Amabile E Con Moto 18. I. Maestoso - Allegro Con Brio Ed Appassionato 19. II. Arietta. Adagio Molto Semplice E Cantabile