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Andante in F Major, WoO 57 "Andante favori"

3/11/2022, 1 Track, 08:51

Featuring

  • Boris Giltburg
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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Performer Biography

Boris Giltburg is also an amateur photographer and blogger, writing about classical music for a non-specialist audience.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Boris Giltburg, the pianist on this recording, won the First and Audience Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2013.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made on November 14, 2020, at the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Italy.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

According to his student Carl Czerny, Beethoven frequently played the Andante in society, which earned it the nickname 'favori' (favourite).

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven's Andante favori was originally intended as the slow movement for his Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 'Waldstein'.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Pianist Boris Giltburg undertook to learn and record all 32 Beethoven sonatas in 2020, coinciding with the first volume of his complete Beethoven piano concertos.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven removed the Andante from his 'Waldstein' Sonata after a friend suggested the sonata was too long.

Source: Booklet

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