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Mein Beethoven

Dieter Ilg

Composer
Beethoven
Released
2015
Label
ACT
Forces
Piano, Bass, Trio
Personnel
Dieter Ilg bass, Rainer Böhm piano, Patrice Héral drums

Ilg was drawn to Beethoven not only as a composer but as a celebrated improvising pianist, which made the music feel like living material rather than an untouchable canon.

The double bassist leads the trio from the centre, with Böhm’s piano and Héral’s drums recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in September 2014.

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The originalsBeethoven · classical source works

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. PastoralePiano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 “Pastorale”: I. Allegro
  2. OdeSymphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale
  3. FugeGrosse Fuge in B-flat major, Op. 133
  4. Return To Ulster25 Irish Songs, WoO 152: No. 1, “The Return to Ulster”
  5. AriettaPiano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
  6. DankgesangString Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132: III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart
  7. SturmPiano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 “Tempest”: I. Largo - Allegro
  8. HammerlosPiano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”: II. Scherzo. Assai vivace
  9. 109Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
  10. AdagioPiano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile
  11. AllegroPiano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”: I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
  12. Soldier’s Dream25 Irish Songs, WoO 152: No. 9, “The Soldier’s Dream”
  13. Mond Und ScheinPiano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto