Six Bagatelles, op.126, composed in 1824, dedicated to his brother Johann van Beethoven, published in 1825; recorded in January 1937.
PART I : [ Ссылка ]
- No.1 in G major, Andante con moto
- No.2 in G minor, Allegro
- No.3 in E flat major, Andante
PART II :
- No.4 in B minor, Presto
- No.5 in G major, Quasi allegretto
- No.6 in E flat major, Presto - Andante amabile e con moto
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There are three sets of Bagatelles for piano by Beethoven: the seven in op.33 (1801-1802), the 11 in op.119 (1820-1822), and the six in op.126 (1824) together with the three scattered Bagatelles without opus numbers from his early years.
Many of the works in the three sets have roots predating the years specified, some of the earlier ones actually traceable to 1783. Still, Beethoven reworked his material before publication, and thus the Bagatelles in the last two sets can be called products of the composer's final period.
Six Bagatelles in his op.126, unlike the previous ones having a light character and often less important keyboard works, offers the listener a more substantial artistic yield. The self-critical Beethoven himself expressed a favorable view of them in a letter to his publisher, stating they were likely the best of that genre he had yet composed.
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