DIABELLI VARIATIONS

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Cedric Tiberghien

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on CD, demonstrated both its great class and ability this evening. In each of the movements there was continuous play between tension and relaxation. The intensity was palpable in every bow stroke, whether it was expressive legato, spine-tingling tremolo, or biting sul ponticello. The musicians kept cutting each other off purposefully. The light-footed motif of eight measures that in the first movement (

Release date: 19/06/2026

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on CD, demonstrated both its great class and ability this evening. In each of the movements there was continuous play between tension and relaxation. The intensity was palpable in every bow stroke, whether it was expressive legato, spine-tingling tremolo, or biting sul ponticello. The musicians kept cutting each other off purposefully. The light-footed motif of eight measures that in the first movement (

With this third album, Cédric Tiberghien completes his exploration of Beethoven's art of variation and its later avatars. Along the way, he encounters Ligeti's bold experiments (Musica ricercata), Kurtág's poetic games (Játékok), and finally the Diabelli Variations: the absolute pinnacle of Beethoven's piano oeuvre.