Beethoven Trilogy 3: Unheard See Siang Wong

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827): Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109:
• 1 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo 03:41
• 2 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo 01:26
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109:
• 3 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109: Trio. A tempo 00:37
• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109:
• 4 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo (Continuation) 01:08
• 5 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo (Elaborations by See Siang Wong) 02:36
• 6 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 1: Molto espressivo 02:09
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 1:
• 7 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 1: Andante con moto 01:52
• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 2:
• 8 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 2: Leggiermente 01:36
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 2:
• 9 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 2: Allegro 00:33
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 3:
• 10 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 3: Andante piacevole 02:11
• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 3:
• 11 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 3: Allegro vivace 00:27
• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 4:
• 12 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 4: Un poco meno andante ciò è un poco più adagio come il tema 02:25
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 4:
• 13 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 4: Allegro 00:54
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 5a:
• 14 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 5a: Allegro 00:31
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 5b:
• 15 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 5b: Allegro - Var. 5a (Continuation) 00:56
• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 5:
• 16 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 5: Allegro ma non troppo 00:52
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 6:
• 17 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, III. - Var. 6: Andante un po' Adagio 02:18
• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 6:
• 18 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109, III. - Var. 6: Tempo I del tema. Cantabile 02:09
• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109:
• 19 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Cantabile (tema) 01:29
• Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109:
• 20 Beethoven: Completed Sketches for Piano Sonata, Op. 109, II. Prestissimo (Trio), Version 2 00:30
• Piano Sonata in D Major, Unv 12/Biamonti 213:
• 21 Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D Major, Unv 12/Biamonti 213: I. Allegro 06:21
• 22 Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D Major, Unv 12/Biamonti 213: II. Andante 06:58
• Piano Concerto in D Major, Op. 15 (Attributed by error to Beethoven):
• 23 Beethoven: Piano Concerto in D Major, Op. 15 (Attributed by error to Beethoven): I. Allegro (Cadenza by See Siang Wong) 12:28
• Piano Concerto No. 6 in D Major, Hess 15/Biamonti 641:
• 24 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 6 in D Major, Hess 15/Biamonti 641: I. Allegro (Cadenza by See Siang Wong) 12:56
• Albumblatt (After Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109):
• 25 Beethoven: Albumblatt (After Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109) 01:25
• Total Runtime 01:10:28

Info for Beethoven Trilogy 3: Unheard

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!

See Siang Wong, piano

See Siang Wong
Als „feinsinnigen Klangmaler“ bezeichnete die NZZ den Pianisten See Siang Wong, der sich mit persönlichen Interpretationen einen Namen gemacht hat. Bereits als Zwölfjähriger debütierte er mit dem holländischen Rundfunk-Orchester. Seither haben ihn Konzerte an zahlreiche renommierte Häuser in über 30 Länder Europas, Asiens, Amerikas, des Mittleren Ostens sowie nach Australien gebracht (Tonhalle Zürich, KKL Luzern, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, St. Martin in the Fields London, Salle Olivier Messiaen Paris, Marmorsaal Budapest, Philharmonie St.-Petersburg etc.). Er gastiert regelmässig an bekannten internationalen Musikfestivals. Höhepunkte seiner künstlerischen Laufbahn waren Konzerte mit hochkarätigen Dirigenten wie Pierre Boulez, Ralf Weikert und Howard Griffiths.

Seine umfangreiche Diskographie, die von der Fachkritik hochgelobt wurde, ist bei bekannten Labels wie Decca, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Grammophon, Novalis erschienen und beinhaltet u.a. Klavierkonzerte und Solowerke von den Bach Söhnen, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann.

See Siang Wongs Interpretation von Schumanns Klavierkonzert war die favorisierte Einspielung der Jury in einem Blindvergleich in der Sendung „Diskothek im 2“ auf Schweizer Radio DRS. Die Solo-Alben mit Werken von Chopin, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann (Decca) und mit Schumanns Klavierkonzert und Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 6 (Novalis) wurden vom Schweizerischen Rundfunk als «Klassik Highlight» gekrönt. 2012 erhielt er den renommierten „Golden Label Award“ der Belgischen Schallplattenkritik.

Sein grosses Interesse für Neue Musik führte zur Zusammenarbeit mit bedeutenden zeitgenössischen Komponisten wie Emmanuel Nunes, Marco Stroppa, James Dillon, Jonathan Harvey und Rudolf Kelterborn. Das Projekt "Swiss Piano" wurde von ihm gegründet und fördert die Kreation von neuen Schweizer Klavierkompositionen; bereits mehr als 30 Werke wurden ihm gewidmet und von ihm uraufgeführt.

Seit 2002 ist er als Dozent an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste tätig. Von 2006 bis 2008 war er Gastdozent an der Musikhochschule Luzern. Er gibt Meisterkurse im In- und Ausland.

See Siang Wong studierte in Holland bei Marjès Benoist und in der Schweiz bei Homero Francesch und Bruno Canino. Er gehört zum exklusiven Kreis der Steinway & Sons-Künstler und lebt heute in der Schweiz.

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