Beethoven - Complete Chronological Catalogue (Biamonti Catalogue)

Nikos Ibarra Mante, pianist
Recorded on a Yamaha Arius
Recording date: 19 July 2013

Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces Book V, Op. 54, no. 4 "Notturno"

Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor 'Pathetique', Op. 13 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor 'Pathetique', Op. 13 - I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (8D - Headphones mandatory for the best experience)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'The Emperor' - Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, The Emperor -  II. Adagio un poco moto - Ludwig van Beethoven (8D Binaural Remastered - Music Therapy)

Beethoven: Piano Variations - Vol. 1

Beethoven: 9 Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63 - 9. Variation VIII

"Rondo in Bb major WoO 6" by Ludwig van Beethoven

Chopin’s Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 42, is no ordinary dance—it’s a waltz supreme, a dance-poem where elegance collides with daring invention. On the surface, it dazzles with Parisian brilliance: swirling gowns, aristocratic pairs, a ballroom sparkling with wit and coquetry. But under the magnifying glass, it reveals Chopin’s genius for bending time itself. The left hand beats the familiar three of the waltz, while the right hand insists on two—duple against triple, particle against wave—creating an auditory illusion as if couples were gliding past each other in different dimensions.

Like a jeweler turning a diamond in shifting light, each return to this piece reveals new colors. Its interwoven themes play like refracted beams in a prism: amusement, drama, intimacy, and that unforgettable sostenuto melody blooming at the heart of the work, a melody Schumann said deserved to be danced only by countesses. Even Chopin’s humor flickers through—the sudden break in the reprise feels less like a mistake than sly stagecraft, as if a dancer had tripped, only for the music to whirl back into an ecstatic frenzy.

From a quantum lens, Op. 42 is superposition in sound: both gallop and glide, both order and abandon. Chopin carried fragments of it for years—echoes of youthful sketches, of tone-portraits of his beloved Maria, of earlier Valses Brillantes—before collapsing them into this final, mature form. The result is music that feels inevitable yet forever unstable, a ballroom spun inside a collider. It is Chopin the improviser and Chopin the architect fused into one: creating a waltz that is not just danced in time, but dances with time itself.

Frédéric Chopin Waltz in A-flat major, Op.42

Classical Music For Infants (Classical Piano For Relaxation)

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Opus 2, II. Adagio (as made famous by Ludwig van Beethoven)

Big Box of Beethoven Piano

Beethoven:  Rondo in A Major, WoO 49

1. Johann Sebastian Bach, Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034, Andante

2. Mike Mower, Sonata Latino, Bossa Merengova

Johann Sebastian Bach, Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034, Andante

Guitar: F.Hiemenz 
(part of a recording session, mostly in "prima vista" playing, to produce background music for a spoken therapeutic CD.
recorded in puzzlepie studio Munich/Türkenfeld)
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latest soundimprovement and file replacement: 23.11.2014

"Endecha" and "Oremus" by Francisco Tárrega (soundvers.11.2014)

Beethoven: Lieder

Schilderung eines Mädchens, WoO 107

Kiveli Dörken – piano
Danae Dörken – piano
Vassilis Varvaresos – piano
Lars Vogt – piano

recorded August 16th 2018 at Molyvos Castle

Sound master - Kaspar Wollheim

Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor 'Pathetique', Op. 13 - I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (8D - Headphones mandatory for the best experience)

Ludwig van Beethoven

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