℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited; A Decca Classics Release
Released | April 8, 2022 |
Duration | 58m 58s |
Record Label | Decca Music Group |
Genre | Classical |
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Mitsuko Uchida
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
33 Variations in C Major, Op. 120 on a Waltz by Diabelli
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1.1
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Tema. Vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
0:54 | |||
1.2
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Var. 1. Alla marcia maestoso
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:59 | |||
1.3
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Var. 2. Poco allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:01 | |||
1.4
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Var. 3. L'istesso tempo
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:27 | |||
1.5
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Var. 4. Un poco più vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:04 | |||
1.6
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Var. 5. Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:02 | |||
1.7
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Var. 6. Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:43 | |||
1.8
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Var. 7. Un poco più allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:21 | |||
1.9
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Var. 8. Poco vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:34 | |||
1.10
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Var. 9. Allegro pesante e risoluto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
2:16 | |||
1.11
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Var. 10. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
0:44 | |||
1.12
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Var. 11. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:14 | |||
1.13
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Var. 12. Un poco più moto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:00 | |||
1.14
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Var. 13. Vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:16 | |||
1.15
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Var. 14. Grave e maestoso
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
3:57 | |||
1.16
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Var. 15. Presto scherzando
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
0:40 | |||
1.17
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Var. 16. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:01 | |||
1.18
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Var. 17. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:03 | |||
1.19
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Var. 18. Poco moderato
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
2:02 | |||
1.20
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Var. 19. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
0:56 | |||
1.21
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Var. 20. Andante
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
2:38 | |||
1.22
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Var. 21. Allegro con brio - Meno allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:21 | |||
1.23
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Var. 22. Allegro molto, alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
0:51 | |||
1.24
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Var. 23. Allegro assai
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
0:59 | |||
1.25
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Var. 24. Fughetta. Andante
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
3:15 | |||
1.26
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Var. 25. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
0:48 | |||
1.27
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Var. 26. Piacevole
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:21 | |||
1.28
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Var. 27. Vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:02 | |||
1.29
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Var. 28. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:02 | |||
1.30
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Var. 29. Adagio ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
1:26 | |||
1.31
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Var. 30. Andante, sempre cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
2:33 | |||
1.32
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Var. 31. Largo, molto espressivo
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
5:12 | |||
1.33
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Var. 32. Fugue. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
3:19 | |||
1.34
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Var. 33. Tempo di Minuetto moderato
Ludwig van Beethoven; Mitsuko Uchida |
4:57 |
Grammy Award Nomination, 2023 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Mitsuko Uchida
Decca Classics releases Mitsuko Uchida’s new recording of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. Among the most celebrated living interpreters of the music of the Classical period, Uchida captures on record her interpretation of one of the greatest works in the piano repertoire.
Uchida’s live performances of the Diabelli Variations have been praised as “mesmerizing” by The Guardian, “dazzling” by The Arts Desk and “compelling to the end” by the New York Times. The new recording of the work was made at Snape Maltings in Suffolk, a concert hall with which Uchida feels a strong affinity.
Mitsuko Uchida, DBE, has recorded exclusively on Decca Classics and Philips across four decades. Her acclaimed discography, which includes the complete Mozart and Schubert piano sonatas, has earned her two Grammy Awards, a Gramophone Award and two BBC Music Magazine Awards. She is regarded as a peerless interpreter of the music of the First and Second Viennese Schools.
Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations stand alongside Bach’s Goldberg Variations as the pinnacle of the variation form. In 1819, the dilettante composer and publisher Antonio Diabelli commissioned around 50 of the leading composers in Vienna (including Franz Schubert) to compose variations on a theme he had written. Among them, Beethoven was at first dismayed by the quality of the theme (describing it as a “cobbler’s patch”) and scathing of such collaborative models of work. Yet, working intermittently on the set for six years, Beethoven was able to transform the mundane theme into one of the most sublime pieces of piano music ever written.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Decca Music Group Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.68 -17.10 to -0.53 | -26.49 -40.90 to -20.06 | -23.16 -39.00 to -17.50 | 13 10 to 15 | |
1 | Tema. Vivace | -2.20 | -23.22 | -19.9 | 13 |
2 | Var. 1. Alla marcia maestoso | -2.45 | -21.30 | -18.4 | 13 |
3 | Var. 2. Poco allegro | -14.11 | -35.79 | -33.4 | 14 |
4 | Var. 3. L'istesso tempo | -7.64 | -27.29 | -24.0 | 11 |
5 | Var. 4. Un poco più vivace | -2.50 | -22.73 | -19.6 | 13 |
6 | Var. 5. Allegro vivace | -1.43 | -23.74 | -19.3 | 13 |
7 | Var. 6. Allegro ma non troppo e serioso | -3.59 | -21.88 | -19.1 | 12 |
8 | Var. 7. Un poco più allegro | -1.80 | -20.83 | -18.0 | 11 |
9 | Var. 8. Poco vivace | -12.77 | -32.75 | -30.2 | 11 |
10 | Var. 9. Allegro pesante e risoluto | -1.25 | -24.29 | -20.5 | 15 |
11 | Var. 10. Presto | -1.13 | -26.05 | -22.2 | 12 |
12 | Var. 11. Allegretto | -12.21 | -32.45 | -29.0 | 13 |
13 | Var. 12. Un poco più moto | -9.69 | -29.19 | -26.3 | 13 |
14 | Var. 13. Vivace | -2.53 | -24.12 | -17.9 | 13 |
15 | Var. 14. Grave e maestoso | -2.85 | -25.79 | -21.8 | 15 |
16 | Var. 15. Presto scherzando | -7.60 | -29.33 | -26.6 | 13 |
17 | Var. 16. Allegro | -3.39 | -20.06 | -17.5 | 10 |
18 | Var. 17. Allegro | -3.36 | -22.14 | -19.3 | 12 |
19 | Var. 18. Poco moderato | -8.97 | -29.76 | -25.1 | 12 |
20 | Var. 19. Presto | -4.83 | -21.80 | -18.8 | 11 |
21 | Var. 20. Andante | -17.10 | -40.90 | -39.0 | 14 |
22 | Var. 21. Allegro con brio - Meno allegro | -3.07 | -21.64 | -18.8 | 11 |
23 | Var. 22. Allegro molto, alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart | -3.54 | -26.71 | -22.0 | 15 |
24 | Var. 23. Allegro assai | -1.59 | -22.15 | -19.3 | 13 |
25 | Var. 24. Fughetta. Andante | -14.96 | -33.91 | -31.4 | 12 |
26 | Var. 25. Allegro | -5.11 | -25.78 | -23.3 | 13 |
27 | Var. 26. Piacevole | -8.59 | -27.62 | -24.7 | 12 |
28 | Var. 27. Vivace | -5.42 | -23.59 | -20.9 | 13 |
29 | Var. 28. Allegro | -2.48 | -20.59 | -17.7 | 12 |
30 | Var. 29. Adagio ma non troppo | -5.85 | -32.02 | -27.0 | 15 |
31 | Var. 30. Andante, sempre cantabile | -10.90 | -33.75 | -30.4 | 14 |
32 | Var. 31. Largo, molto espressivo | -4.02 | -29.19 | -25.4 | 15 |
33 | Var. 32. Fugue. Allegro | -0.53 | -21.08 | -17.8 | 13 |
34 | Var. 33. Tempo di Minuetto moderato | -3.73 | -27.23 | -23.0 | 14 |