Wosner delves into the enigma behind Beethoven's relentless creative exploration in his new recording of the Diabelli Variations. Wosner's artistry and insight unlock how the composer turned his ...

Pianist Glenn Gould popularized Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations with his landmark 1955 recording. Might Moisés Kaufman’s Tony-nominated play “33 Variations” — running this month at the Ahmanson Theatre ...

In 1819, Anton Diabelli, a Viennese music publisher, composed a little waltz and sent it to dozens of composers—he wanted each of them to write and send him a single variation, which he’d publish ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two imposing sets of variations — Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Beethoven’s Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz ...

Thanks to the miracle that is the Internet, I'm listening to Ludwig van Beethoven's "33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli," Op. 120, while I write about Moises Kaufman's "33 Variations." To ...

It's safe to predict that very few people who hear this extraordinary performance of the greatest of all sets of variations for piano will have heard one quite like it before. Andreas Staier bases his ...

(33) Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli, 'Diabelli Variations' Martin Helmchen, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer No sooner does Alpha release Filippo Gorini’s solo debut CD featuring Beethoven ...

In a follow-up to his refreshing recordings of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas and five piano concertos, the British pianist Paul Lewis has now turned to Beethoven’s other great piano score –- the 33 ...

Every now and then a CD comes along which paints a familiar piece in completely new colours. This recording of Beethoven’s immense set of “33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli” is one. The ...

Andreas Staier here offers a performance of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations as you’ve probably never heard them before. It’s not just that he’s using a fortepiano, a modern copy of an instrument by ...

Beethoven's Diabelli Variationsis a monster of a piece. The composer and publisher Anton Diabelli had asked the great and the good among composers of the time (1819) for a variation each on a simple ...