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1 Beethoven: 1. Allegro con brio In C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 - Live At Seoul Arts Center  
2 Beethoven: 2. Adagio In C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 - Live At Seoul Arts Center  
3 Beethoven: 3. Scherzo (Allegro) In C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 - Live At Seoul Arts Center  
4 Beethoven: 4. Allegro assai In C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 - Live At Seoul Arts Center  
5 Beethoven: Thema. Allegretto in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
6 Beethoven: Var. 1 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
7 Beethoven: Var. 2 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
8 Beethoven: Var. 3 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
9 Beethoven: Var. 4 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
10 Beethoven: Var. 5 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
11 Beethoven: Var. 6 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
12 Beethoven: Var. 7 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
13 Beethoven: Var. 8 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
14 Beethoven: Var. 9 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
15 Beethoven: Var. 10 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
16 Beethoven: Var. 11 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
17 Beethoven: Var. 12 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
18 Beethoven: Var. 13 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
19 Beethoven: Var. 14 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
20 Beethoven: Var. 15 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
21 Beethoven: Var. 16 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
22 Beethoven: Var. 17 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
23 Beethoven: Var. 18 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
24 Beethoven: Var. 19 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
25 Beethoven: Var. 20 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
26 Beethoven: Var. 21 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
27 Beethoven: Var. 22 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
28 Beethoven: Var. 23 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
29 Beethoven: Var. 24 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
30 Beethoven: Var. 25 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
31 Beethoven: Var. 26 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
32 Beethoven: Var. 27 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
33 Beethoven: Var. 28 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
34 Beethoven: Var. 29 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
35 Beethoven: Var. 30 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
36 Beethoven: Var. 31 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
37 Beethoven: Var. 32 in C Minor, WoO 80 - Live At Le Corum, Montpellier  
38 Beethoven: 1. Adagio sostenuto In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 - Live At Carnegie Hall, NYC  
39 Beethoven: 2. Allegretto In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 - Live At Carnegie Hall, NYC  
40 Beethoven: 3. Presto agitato In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 - Live At Carnegie Hall, NYC  
41 Beethoven: 1. Allegro assai In F Minor, Op. 57 - Live At Concertgebouw, Amsterdam  
42 Beethoven: 2. Andante con moto In F Minor, Op. 57 - Live At Concertgebouw, Amsterdam  
43 Beethoven: 3. Allegro ma non troppo In F Minor, Op. 57 - Live At Concertgebouw, Amsterdam  
44 Beethoven: 1. Das Lebewohl In E Flat Major, Op. 81a - Live At Musikverein, Vienna  
45 Beethoven: 2. Abwesenheit In E Flat Major, Op. 81a - Live At Musikverein, Vienna  
46 Beethoven: 3. Das Wiedersehen In E Flat Major, Op. 81a - Live At Musikverein, Vienna  
47 Beethoven: 1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato In C Minor, Op. 111  
48 Beethoven: 2. Arietta In C Minor, Op. 111 - Live At Salle des Combins  
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Pianist Evgeny Kissin returns to the Yellow Label after twenty-five years with an exclusive contract and a new album of live Beethoven recordings. The album will be released on Deutsche Grammophon on August 4. The double-disc set, its program personally chosen by Kissin from recitals given over the past decade, includes Piano Sonatas No. 14 Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight", No. 23 Op. 57, "Appassionata", and No. 26 Op. 81a, "Les Adieux". It also comprises the evergreen 32 Variations in C minor WoO 80 and a profound exploration of the sublime two-movement Piano Sonata No. 32 Op. 111, the composer's final work in the genre.

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  • Evgeny Kissin marks Rachmaninoff year, along with masterful Bach and Chopin at Sym. Center / Chicago Classical Review
    Posted At: April 17, 2023 12:00 AM
    Chicago Classical Review's Lawrence A. Johnson writes….2023 marks the 150th birthday anniversary of Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (April 1, 1873). And while there are no titled festivals or immersive events on tap in Chicago, several of the Russian composer’s works are being performed locally this year by first-rank artists.Especially this week. Daniil Trifonov plays Rachmaninoff’s mighty Piano Concerto N...
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  • Phenomenal pianist Evgeny Kissin revels in Rachmaninov / The Guardian
    Posted At: March 16, 2023 12:00 AM
    The former prodigy’s barn-stormingly unsubtle approach has changed little since his teenage years, but his affinity with Rachmaninov is undeniable The Guardian's Andrew Clements writes……Evgeny Kissin is one of the foremost pianists of today, but at the same time he remains one of the most perplexing. When he first emerged on the international stage as a teenage prodigy in the 1980s, his potential seeme...
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  • Evgeny Kissin - The Salzburg Recital is a mutual love-song throughout the evening / Audiophile Audition
    Posted At: November 12, 2022 12:00 AM
    Audiophile Audition's Gary Lemco writes…..The date 14 August 2021 brought forth Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin (b. 1971) to the concert stage of the Great Festival Hall in Salzburg for a recital long anticipated and well attended, a direct antidote to the Covid crisis that had denied artist and audience the mutual pleasures of their company. In what some critics termed an “idiosyncratic” program, Kissin open...
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  • Evgeny Kissin - The Salzburg Recital is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: September 16, 2022 12:00 AM
    In August 2021, as the Salzburg Festival made a meticulously planned return to full capacity, Evgeny Kissin drew a sell-out crowd to the city’s Grosses Festspielhaus. He treated his audience to a strikingly original programme of works by Berg, Chopin, Gershwin and, to the surprise of some, Khrennikov. A generous selection of encores featured Mendelssohn and Debussy, as well as more Chopin and one of Kissin’...
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  • Evgeny Kissin brings down the house at Symphony Center / WTTW
    Posted At: May 13, 2019 12:00 AM

    A number of extraordinary pianists of different generations have played on the Symphony Center stage during the past season or two: The 26-year-old Italian-born Beatrice Rana; the 28-year-old Russian-born Daniil Trifonov; and, last week, the 70-year-old Japanese-born Mitsuko Uchida. And all gave thrilling performances that earned rapturous responses from their audiences. But the extended standing ova...
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  • Last Sunday 'Kissin Arts Center' seemed more apt a name for the Seoul Arts Center / THE DONG A-ILBO
    Posted At: November 1, 2018 12:00 AM

    For the day, a "Kissin Arts Center" seemed more apt a name for Seoul Arts Center. Before the show on Sunday, fans listened to the Russian pianist's songs as warm-up, and after his performance was over, they queued up in line to get his autograph on his book Memoirs and Reflections. The art center was filled with the sheer energy of Evgeny Kissin, a 47-year-old Russian classic pianist.  His perfo...
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  • This can happen only at Verbier!
    Posted At: July 28, 2018 12:00 AM

    This summer, the Verbier Festival celebrates its first quarter of a century! Happy 25th birthday to one of the best, most extraordinary and exciting classical music festivals in the world! Among the highlights of the celebrations is the 25th Anniversary Gala with its surprise programming and a truly phenomenal line-up of more than 30 international classical music stars. This can happen only in Verbie...
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  • When piano and string quartet are as good as It gets / The Boston Musical Intelligencer
    Posted At: April 23, 2018 12:00 AM

    Evgeny Kissin returned to Boston in the Celebrity Series, performing with the Emerson String Quartet Sunday afternoon at Symphony Hall. The word "performing" hardly captures the artistry and profound fluency with which the five consummate musicians brought to life works by Mozart, Fauré and Dvořák. The key is that they seemed genuinely to delight in making music together, playing for e...
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  • 18th Yerevan Festival will conclude with Evgeny Kissin / Panorama.am
    Posted At: December 26, 2017 12:00 AM

    The 18th Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival will conclude with the biggest cultural event – the exceptional recital of world famous pianist Evgeny Kissin. The concert will take place at Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Alexander Spendiaryan on 27 December. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, the world famous musicians said he is very happy to h...
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  • Evgeny Kissin - Beethoven is WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: October 20, 2017 12:00 AM

    After a break of 25 years, Evgeny Kissin has signed a new exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The partnership resumes with the release of Kissin's first solo recital recording in over a decade. The double-disc set is a program of Beethoven works personally chose by Kissin from recitals given over the past ten years. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 26 in E-flat major, Op 81a, Les Adieux (17:47...
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  • Evgeny Kissin - Beethoven is Interlochen PR: Featured New Release
    Posted At: October 3, 2017 12:00 AM

    Pianist Evgeny Kissin has just released a long-awaited solo album. "Evgeny Kissin: Beethoven" is the pianist's first solo album in over ten years. It is also his first album dedicated entirely to the solo piano works of Ludwig van Beethoven. The new album includes some of Beethoven's most popular piano sonatas, including the "Moonlight," "Appassionata" and "Les Adieux." Kissin also performs Beethoven's 3...
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  • Evgeny Kissin set to release first solo recording in a decade / The Economist
    Posted At: July 7, 2017 12:00 AM

    Evgeny Kissin is the world's most acclaimed classical pianist. He is set to release his first solo recording in a decade which shows how his playing has matured. Kissin has written an autobiography. He has also married a childhood friend and is about to release his first recording for a decade. A European tour will fill the coming months. "I want people to know who I am," he told a BBC interviewer last m...
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