Beethoven Bagatelles

The score for the recently-discovered Piano Piece in F minor, which is probably Beethoven's last piano work, and which has its first recording on this disc, can be purchased from inter-note.

"Pleasant little piano piece may be Beethoven's last work". Sydney Morning Herald, 5 September, 2008

"Scholar finds `Beethoven's last piano work' in library" The Independent. 9 September, 2008

This disc, released in August 2008, contains Beethoven's three published sets of Bagatelles, opus 33, opus 119 and opus 126 as well as nine other short pieces in a similar style, ranging from the WoO 59 in A minor, better known under the title of Für Elise, to the Waltz and Ecossaise, WoO 85 and 86, which Beethoven wrote as a charity gesture for a disabled actor in 1826 and which were the last published piano pieces that he wrote. The set concludes with a dip into Beethoven's last sketchbook, the Kullak sketchbook. Stephanie plays a series of short snippets from this sketchbook, each of interest in its own right, and prepared for performance by Stephanie's husband, the musicologist, Peter McCallum. The last of these, is a simple attractive short piece in F minor and is believed by Peter to be the last piano piece that Beethoven wrote. It is recorded here for the first time and has now been published by inter-note.

1	Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33
2.	Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 'Für Elise'
3.	Bagatelle in C major, WoO 54
4.	Allegretto in C major, WoO 56
5	Presto in C minor, WoO 52
.6	Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119
.7.	Six Bagatelles, Op. 126
8.	Bagatelle in B-flat major, WoO 60
9.	Allegretto in B minor, WoO 61
10.	Allegretto quasi andante in G minor, WoO 61a
11.	Waltz in D major, WoO 85
12.	Ecossaise in E-flat major, WoO 86
13.	From the Kullak sketchbook: Piano Piece in A major
14.	From the Kullak sketchbook: Piano Piece in C-sharp minor
15.	From the Kullak sketchbook: Piano Piece in E-flat major
16	From the Kullak sketchbook: Piano Piece in F minor