See Siang Wong - Beethoven Trilogy 3: Unheard '2023

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo
02. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo
03. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: Trio. A tempo
04. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo (Continuation)
05. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: IIIa. Andante molto cantabile ed
espressivo (Elaborations by See Siang Wong)
06. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: IIIb. Var. 1. Molto espressivo
07. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: IIIc. Var. 1. Andante con moto
08. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: IIId. Var. 2. Leggiermente
09. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: IIIe. Var. 2. Allegro
10. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: IIIf. Var. 3. Andante
piacevole
11. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: IIIg. Var. 3. Allegro vivace
12. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: IIIh. Var. 4. Un poco meno andante
ciò è un poco più adagio come il tema
13. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: IIIi. Var. 4. Allegro
14. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: IIIj. Var. 5a. Allegro
15. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: IIIk. Var. 5b. Allegro - Var.
5a (Continuation)
16. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: IIIl. Var. 5. Allegro ma non troppo
17. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: IIIm. Var. 6. Andante un po'
Adagio
18. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: IIIn. Var. 6. Tempo I del tema.
Cantabile
19. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: IIIo. Cantabile (tema)
20. Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo (Trio)
[Version 2]
21. Piano Sonata in D Major, Unv 12/Biamonti 213: I. Allegro
22. Piano Sonata in D Major, Unv 12/Biamonti 213: II. Andante
23. Piano Concerto in D Major, Op. 15 (Misattributed to Beethoven): I. Allegro
(Cadenza by See Siang Wong)
24. Piano Concerto No. 6 in D Major, Hess 15/Biamonti 641: I. Allegro (Cadenza
by See Siang Wong)
25. Albumblatt (After Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109)

Pianist See Siang Wong completes his Beethoven trilogy with "Unheard". The third
album features unfinished, previously unheard works by Beethoven. In his
sketchbooks, which he always carried with him, Beethoven jotted down ideas and
musical experiments that he often never realised and which have survived today
as fragments in libraries and private collections all over the world. "Unheard"
brings together reconstructions and rarities based on such sketches. They show
Beethoven's incredible wealth of ideas and his creative power.

The album includes the Piano Sonata op. 109 in E major, which was composed by
the Swiss pianist and composer Jürg Wyttenbach on the basis of Beethoven's
own sketches; the "Composition in D major", long thought to be lost, about which
See Siang Wong says: "You can tell from the manuscript that Beethoven worked
intensively on this work. It contains many comments on his musical ideas as well
as numerous corrections and variations. In my opinion, this unfinished work by
the young Beethoven is one of the most groundbreaking and exciting from this
creative period." Also on the album is the "Concerto in D major for pianoforte"
with orchestra, which the influential musicologist Guido Adler discovered in
1888 and attributed to Beethoven. Nowadays, there are still debates as to who
the composer of this lively, joyful piece was: Beethoven or perhaps the composer
himself?

A highlight of the album is certainly the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D
major No. 6, which See Siang Wong recorded with the Camerata Schweiz and
conductor Howard Griffiths in 2021. It is reminiscent of the famous Piano
Concerto No. 5 and the Choral Fantasy. Here, too, the piano plays some
large-scale cadenzas and march rhythms. Most likely inspired by the political
situation in Europe at the time, it also already displays characteristics of the
symphonic concerto.

An album with works by Beethoven that you have never heard before!



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