Beethoven's Diabelli Variations is a monumental work that stands alongside Bach’s Goldberg Variations as one of the two greatest sets of variations for piano ever composed. In early 1819 the music ...

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(33) Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli, 'Diabelli Variations' Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer (12) Variations on a Russian Dance from Wranitzky' Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here are two musicians a generation apart, feeding off each other’s energy. Ralph Kirshbaum and Shai Wosner’s long tour of Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano culminated earlier this year ...

Bearing the deceptively simple umbrella title Variations, this CD embraces some of the richest and most original music ever composed for piano. Moreover, it is played by a pianist who understands ...

Pianists Anne-Marie McDermott and Andre-Michel Schub play the "Variations on a Theme by Beethoven" for two pianos by Camille Saint-Saens. We're in concert at the Virginia Arts Festival.