Aus Wien Alasdair Beatson

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26:
• 1 Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: No. 1, Allegro 08:27
• 2 Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: No. 2, Romanze 02:31
• 3 Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: No. 3, Scherzino 02:13
• 4 Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: No. 4, Intermezzo 02:10
• 5 Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: No. 5, Finale 05:53
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951): 6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19:
• 6 Schoenberg: 6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19: No. 1, Leicht, zart 01:19
• 7 Schoenberg: 6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19: No. 2, Langsam 01:07
• 8 Schoenberg: 6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19: No. 3, Sehr langsame 01:08
• 9 Schoenberg: 6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19: No. 4, Rasch, aber leicht 00:29
• 10 Schoenberg: 6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19: No. 5, Etwas rasch 00:38
• 11 Schoenberg: 6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19: No. 6, Sehr langsam 01:54
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61:
• 12 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 1, Modéré - Très franc 01:25
• 13 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 2, Assez lent - Avec une expression intense 02:21
• 14 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 3, Modéré 01:25
• 15 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 4, Assez animé 01:06
• 16 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 5, Presque lent - Dans un sentiment intime 01:22
• 17 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 6, Vif 00:42
• 18 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 7, Moins vif 02:49
• 19 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 8, Épilogue. Lent 04:53
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957): Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 25:
• 20 Korngold: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 25: I. Allegro molto e deciso 07:58
• 21 Korngold: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 25: II. Andante religioso 07:04
• 22 Korngold: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 25: III. Tempo di menuetto molto comodo 06:27
• 23 Korngold: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 25: IV. Rondo. Allegro giocoso 05:42
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828):
• 24 Schubert: Waltz in G-Flat Major, D. Anh. I/14 “Kupelwieser-walzer” (Transcr. R. Strauss) 01:46
• Total Runtime 01:12:49

Info for Aus Wien

After his acclaimed Mendelssohn album with cellist Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson presents his first PENTATONE solo album Aus Wien, on which he brings together piano music from Schubert, Schumann, Schoenberg, Korngold and Ravel. Ranging from treasures of late-Romantic and early atonal music to carnivalesque, grandiose dance pieces, the works on Aus Wien constitute a picture of the vibrant city of Vienna, a hub of musical creativity without parallel, and the capital of the waltz.

Alasdair Beatson works prolifically as a soloist and chamber musician, and is renowned as a sincere musician and intrepid programmer. Aus Wien is his second PENTATONE release.

Alasdair Beatson, piano

Alasdair Beatson
Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson works prolifically as soloist and chamber musician. Despite the shadow of Covid, Alasdair has kept busy during 2020/21, playing several times at Wigmore Hall, recording multiple concerts for BBC Radio 3 alongside Alina Ibragimova, Aleksei Kiseliov and the Nash Ensemble, and joining Royal Northern Sinfonia as concerto soloist.

Alasdair is renowned as a sincere musician and intrepid programmer. He champions a wide repertoire with particular areas of interest: Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann; the solo and chamber music of Gabriel Fauré, Bartók and Janáçek; concertos of Bach, Bartók, Britten, Fauré, Hindemith, Messiaen and Mozart; and contemporary works, including the piano quintet of Thomas Adès, George Benjamin’s Shadowlines and Harrison Birtwistle’s Harrison’s Clocks. Future plans include the first performances of a new piano concerto, written for him by Helena Winkelman.

Two new recordings are released in Spring 2021: 3 Beethoven sonatas for violin and fortepiano with Viktoria Mullova on Onyx, and a solo piano recital Aus Wien on Pentatone. These join a discography of solo and chamber recordings on BIS, Champs Hill, Claves, Evil Penguin, Pentatone and SOMM labels. As chamber musician, Alasdair’s colleagues include Steven Isserlis, Pekka Kuusisto, Viktoria Mullova, Pieter Wispelwey, the Doric, Gringolts and Meta4 string quartets, and the Nash Ensemble.

Alasdair teaches solo piano at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and regularly mentors for the London-based Chamber Studio. From 2012 to 2018 Alasdair was founder and artistic director of Musique à Marsac, and since 2019 is co-artistic director of the Swiss chamber music festival at Ernen.

Booklet for Aus Wien