℗ 2020 Delphian Records
| Released | January 31, 2020 |
| Duration | 48m 40s |
| Record Label | Delphian Records |
| Catalogue No. | DCD34221 |
| Genre | Classical (Keyboard) |
Beethoven: Works for Piano Four Hands
Peter Hill, Benjamin Frith
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Sonata in D, Op. 6
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1.1
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Allegro molto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
2:47 | |||
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1.2
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Rondo: Moderato
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
3:09 | |||
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Eight Variations on a Theme by Count von Waldstein, WoO 67
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1.3
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Thema
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:35 | |||
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1.4
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Variation I
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:29 | |||
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1.5
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Variation II
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:33 | |||
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1.6
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Variation III
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:35 | |||
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1.7
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Variation IV
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:26 | |||
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1.8
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Variation V
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:34 | |||
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1.9
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Variation VI
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:30 | |||
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1.10
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Variation VII
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:49 | |||
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1.11
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Variation VIII
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
4:14 | |||
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Three Marches, Op. 45
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1.12
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I. Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
4:32 | |||
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1.13
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II. Vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
4:48 | |||
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1.14
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III. Vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
5:13 | |||
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Six Variations on ‘Ich denke dein’, WoO 74
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1.15
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Lied: Ich denke dein
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:36 | |||
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Six Variations on ‘Ich denke dein’, WoO 7
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1.16
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Variation I
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:35 | |||
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Six Variations on ‘Ich denke dein’, WoO 74
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1.17
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Variation II
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:32 | |||
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1.18
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Variation III
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:37 | |||
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1.19
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Variation IV
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:32 | |||
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1.20
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Variation V
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
0:36 | |||
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1.21
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Variation VI
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
1:14 | |||
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1.22
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Grosse Fuge, Op. 134
Ludwig van Beethoven; Peter Hill; Benjamin Frith |
14:44 | |||
Long-time duo partners Peter Hill and Benjamin Frith mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with this survey of his complete output for piano four hands.
Works from his early years in Bonn and from the period of the ‘Eroica’ Symphony, a decade later, are joined by a unique masterpiece from the year before his death. In 1826 Beethoven was persuaded to publish an arrangement for piano duet of the Grosse Fuge, finale of the String Quartet in B flat Op 130, which had astonished and bewildered listeners at the Quartet’s first performance. He took great care over the arrangement, effectively re-imagining the work in terms of the piano, for example in exploiting the added sonority of the bass (Beethoven’s Broadwood piano extended an octave below the C string of the cello).
The result is a tour de force of pianistic virtuosity, the equivalent for the nineteenth century of Stravinsky’s piano duet version of "The Rite of Spring" – centrepiece of Hill and Frith’s most recent Delphian album – and like the Stravinsky nothing less than the recreation of a masterpiece in another medium.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Delphian Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.58 -9.56 to -0.40 | -23.71 -28.09 to -20.17 | -20.60 -25.10 to -16.50 | 12 10 to 15 | |
| 1 | Allegro molto | -0.40 | -21.30 | -18.4 | 15 |
| 2 | Rondo: Moderato | -2.46 | -23.48 | -20.5 | 13 |
| 3 | Thema | -6.16 | -26.76 | -23.7 | 10 |
| 4 | Variation I | -7.82 | -26.08 | -23.4 | 12 |
| 5 | Variation II | -2.69 | -22.45 | -19.2 | 12 |
| 6 | Variation III | -9.56 | -28.09 | -25.1 | 13 |
| 7 | Variation IV | -0.40 | -21.90 | -18.7 | 15 |
| 8 | Variation V | -5.52 | -24.56 | -21.8 | 11 |
| 9 | Variation VI | -1.21 | -20.17 | -17.2 | 12 |
| 10 | Variation VII | -7.19 | -26.81 | -23.6 | 11 |
| 11 | Variation VIII | -0.40 | -23.99 | -19.9 | 15 |
| 12 | I. Allegro ma non troppo | -0.40 | -21.73 | -18.6 | 14 |
| 13 | II. Vivace | -0.40 | -21.71 | -18.8 | 13 |
| 14 | III. Vivace | -0.40 | -21.11 | -17.7 | 14 |
| 15 | Lied: Ich denke dein | -8.05 | -26.83 | -23.9 | 11 |
| 16 | Variation I | -6.35 | -24.16 | -21.3 | 10 |
| 17 | Variation II | -5.64 | -24.67 | -21.9 | 11 |
| 18 | Variation III | -2.08 | -25.70 | -22.7 | 10 |
| 19 | Variation IV | -2.86 | -22.18 | -18.9 | 12 |
| 20 | Variation V | -5.57 | -24.20 | -21.2 | 11 |
| 21 | Variation VI | -2.90 | -23.49 | -20.2 | 12 |
| 22 | Grosse Fuge, Op. 134 | -0.40 | -20.28 | -16.5 | 14 |