Beethoven - 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105 (1819)

The LP I used was damaged and as such there are a few obnoxious warps. As this is the only recording I have, I made do with it, plus there is no copyright issue. Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, he remains one of the most recognized and influential musicians of this period, and is considered to be one of the greatest composers of all time. Please support my channel: https://ko-fi.com/bartjebartmans 6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105 for flute and piano (1818-19) 1. Air écossais (The Cottage Maid). Andantino quasi allegretto (0:00) 2. Air écossais (Of Noble Stock was Shinkin). Allegretto scheroso (2:59) 3. Air autrichien (A Schüsserl und a Reindel). Andantino (6:07) 4. Air écossais (Sad and luckless was the season). Andante espressivo assai (12:44) 5. Air écossais (Put round the bright wine). Allegretto spiritoso (16:13) 6. Air écossais (English Bulls). Allegretto più tosto vivace (18:43) Performers unknown. This video is from my old terminated channel Bartje11. I lost the information. Description by John Palmer [-] The National Airs with variations, Opp. 105 and 107, are among the last compositions Beethoven pursued for the Scottish publisher George Thomson. Beethoven set about 180 folksongs for the publisher, who commissioned composers throughout Europe for works suitable for amateur musicians. In a letter of December 1817, Thomson advises Beethoven: "You must write the variations in a familiar, easy and slightly brilliant style; so that the greatest number of our ladies can play and enjoy them." A few of the variations, however, tend more toward the brilliant than the easy, with a piano technique similar to that of Beethoven's late piano sonatas. Furthermore, the variations are forward-looking, featuring large-scale structures derived from very simple themes. Nonetheless, the Airs and their variations are generally easier than other sets of variations by Beethoven, especially the concurrently conceived "Diabelli" variations. The simplicity is at its greatest in the flute part, which usually doubles a line in the piano. Even when the flute gains some measure of independence its material is decidedly subordinate to that of the piano. The addition of the flute was Thomson's idea. Beethoven's six National Airs with variations for flute/violin & piano, Op.105, were printed by two different publishers in 1819. The first of these, by George Thomson in Edinburgh, appeared in July and is for piano and flute only (as Beethoven intended) and includes Nos. 2, 6 and 7 of Op. 107. In Vienna, Artaria & Co. published the six Airs of Op. 105 in an edition for piano with flute or violin (ad libitum) in September. In Beethoven's manuscripts there is no mention of a violin--it was added by Artaria. Furthermore, the violin part is replete with pizzicatos and double stops that make it nearly an equal with that of the piano--this clearly was not Beethoven's intention.