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If the final sonatas in the Beethoven cycle dragged on for ages, the two sets of Bagatelles were turned out in a trice: the recording was completed in a mere four days. Whether there was ever a plan to record the third set, op. 119, is anybody’s guess.
Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op. 33 & Op. 126
Released: 1975
- 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 1 in E-Flat Major - Andante grazioso, quasi allegretto
- 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 2 in C Major - Scherzo (Allegro)
- 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 3 in F Major - Allegretto
- 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 4 in A Major - Andante
- 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 5 in C Major - Allegro ma non troppo
- 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 6 in D Major - Allegretto, quasi andante (Con una certa espressione parlante)
- 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 7 in A-Flat Major - Presto
- Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 1 in G Major - Andante con moto canatbile e compiacevole
- Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 2 in G minor - Allegro
- Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 3 in E-Flat Major - Andante cantabile e grazioso
- Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 4 in B minor - Presto
- Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 5 in G Major - Quasi allegretto
- Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 6 in E-Flat Major - Presto; Andante amabile e con moto
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