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News: SACD Beethoven Diabelli Variations booklet's Index.

It is finally available the index of our SACD's booklet. Right now we are working on the text for a second edition. Any commentaries, please let us know!

 

News: Read articles on Classical Music by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

We have now at our download page a very cool gadget that shows randomly choosen articles about Classical Music from the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Check it out!

 

News: Read what the international press is saying about our SACD:

Disc of the month at WHOLE NOTE magazine (Canada):
“Everything about this new recording speaks to Alcantara’s tremendous sense of commitment to this work, and to this project. I’ve never seen better CD liner notes in my life. (...)Alcantara’s playing leaves nothing to be desired. You can hear the will of his personality combined with moments of raucous humour, tenderness, reverence, and passion. In every way, this recording is a stunning achievement.” Jamie Parker

You can read more reviews on the reviews page.

 

 

Do you like or have any interest in Classical Music?
Do you like piano music?

Then you should know our disc
Beethoven Diabelli Variations.

If you want to buy just one Classical music CD, you should buy this one. Why?

In the first place because Diabelli Variations are the biggest piece Beethoven wrote for the piano. Knowing a piece of this magnitude changes your relationship with any other music.
Do you already know Diabelli Variations?
Great. You can appreciate much better Mr. Alcantara's work. There are many other recordings of Diabelli Variations on the market, but none offer you:

  • A booklet with 173 pages with exclusive text by Marco Alcantara, covering the most important subjects that help you acquire a more complete understanding of this marvelous work.
  • The first World recording of Beethoven's sketches for Diabelli Variations. These sketches allow us to follow the work's compositional process. We can listen to changes Beethoven made during the years he was working on them.
  • Recording using a historical tuning. The piano was tuned using a tuning known as Young #1, a tuning from Beethoven's time. Inside the booklet there is a text explaining this tuning with more details.
  • The first Classical Music SACD ever made in Brasil. The objective is to offer the best sound quality possible to our customers.

Read more about our SACD on the products page.