Beethoven ⎮ Diabelli Variations

Gavin Gamboa

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1. Applause

0:09

2. Thema — Vivace

0:56

3. Var I — Alla Marcia maestoso

2:08

4. Var II — Poco allegro

0:51

5. Var III — L'istesso tempo

1:34

6. Var IV — Un poco più allegro

1:14

7. Var V — Allegro vivace

1:17

8. Var VI — Allegro ma non troppo e serioso

3:23

9. Var VII — Un poco più allegro

1:16

10. Var VIII — Poco vivace

1:51

11. Var IX — Allegro pesante e risoluto

2:30

12. Var X — Presto

0:51

13. Var XI — Allegretto

1:20

14. Var XII — Un poco più moto

1:01

15. Var XIII — Vivace

1:17

16. Var XIV — Grave e maestoso

4:24

17. Var XV — Presto scherzando

0:42

18. Var XVI — Allegro

1:02

19. Var XVII

1:06

20. Var XVIII — Poco moderato

2:29

21. Var XIX — Presto

1:04

22. Var XX — Andante

2:51

23. Var XXI — Allegro con brio — Meno allegro — Tempo I — Meno allegro

1:19

24. Var XXII — Allegro molto: alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart

0:51

25. Var XXIII — Allegro assai

1:13

26. Var XXIV — Fughetta: Andante

3:03

27. Var XXV — Allegro

0:53

28. Var XXVI

1:28

29. Var XXVII — Vivace

1:14

30. Var XXVIII — Allegro

1:04

31. Var XXIX — Adagio ma non troppo

1:32

32. Var XXX — Andante, sempre cantabile

1:53

33. Var XXXI — Largo, molto espressivo

5:18

34. Var XXXII — Fuga: Allegro

4:07

35. Var XXXIII — Tempo di Menuetto moderato

5:21

Beethoven ⎮ Diabelli Variations (2012)

Gavin Gamboa

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von Anton Diabelli, Opus 120 (1819-1823)

The Diabelli Variations encapsulate the totality of Beethoven's compositional style with all of its behaviors, digressions, interjections, wonders, injunctions, and developments completely intact and, with a remarkably adventurous spirit, operating in stunning fluidity in one of the most outrageous and seemingly baffling compositions ever written for the piano. Here, we find the traditional genre of classical Theme and Variations maximized into a work of serious experimentation and contemplation; one which is veiled as a game of charade while it assumes epic proportions in both duration as well as thematic treatment and variety.

Gavin Arturo Gamboa, piano
Teatro Peón Contreras
Mérida, Yucatán, México
4 November 2011

Cover illustration by Marci Pinna

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