Beethoven: Variations WoO 77, Ecossaises (Diary 2013-03-21)

Beethoven: 6 Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 77 — Ronald Brautigam (2010, fortepiano), Olli Mustonen (1995); Beethoven: Allegretto in B minor, WoO 61 — Ronald Brautigam (2010, fortepiano); Beethoven: 6 Ecossaises, WoO 83 — Alfred Brendel (1985)

Beethoven: Variations in E♭ major, op.35, «Eroica»

Beethoven, “Eroica”-Variations op.35, Comparing recordings with the following artists: Artur Schnabel (1938), Glenn Gould (1970), Svjatoslav Richter (1970), Emil Gilels (1980), Konstantin Scherbakov (1984), Alfred Brendel (1985), Olli Mustonen (1993), Ronald Brautigam (2010)

Beethoven: 12 Variations in A major, WoO 71

Beethoven, 12 Variations on “Das Waldmädchen”, WoO 71 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Emil Gilels (1968), Vladimir Ashkenazy (2006), Olli Mustonen (1993), Ronald Brautigam (2010)

Comparing Music Recordings

Back in the “vinyl days”, comparing various interpretations was cumbersome, even if one had access to multiple turntables (…): if you didn’t want to listen to entire interpretations, one after each other (making it hard to remember all details from interpretations just heard), you were bound to have multiple LPs ready in their sleeves, place them on a turntable, position the needle…