“Seldom Heard” Works with Biamonti Number

Biamonti 48, Anglaise in G, is performed in two versions by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This piece also appears performed in both its original and revised versions by Carl Petersson on CD 34 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 52, Andante in C, recorded by Rudolf Buchbinder on Telefunken 6.35368 (six stereo LPs). Also found on Bruce Hungerford, Vanguard (LP) VSD 71174. The piece is also played by Steven Beck on Beethoven: Cameos for Piano, Monument Records 03.04.01. The Beck performance is available directly from Monument Records. Now catalogued as WoO 211.

Biamonti 66, Minuet in F (WoO 217), appears on Dance Music for Piano, played by Steven Beck, Monument Records 02.03.01. The Beck performance is available directly from Monument Records. This Minuet is also recorded by Rudolf Buchbinder on Telefunken 6.35368 (six stereo LPs). Carl Petersson performs the Minuet for Naxos 8.573928 on Military Beethoven

Biamonti 69, Drei kleine Nachahmungsaetze, is played by Steven Beck on Beethoven: Cameos for Piano, Monument Records 03.04.01. This CD is available directly from Monument Records. These three little sketches in canonic style are also performed by Sergio Gallo on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 74, Minuet in C (WoO 218), appears on Dance Music for Piano, played by Steven Beck, Monument Records 02.03.01, and by Jeno Jando on Naxos 8.553795, Bagatelles and Dances, Volume 1. The Beck performance is available directly from Monument Records. The Jando disc is available here.

Biamonti 96, Adagio and Allegro, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. An accumulation of 18 sketches for these pieces are played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 98, Sketch for Sonata in E-flat, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. The sketch also is played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 99, Allegretto in A, with other sketches, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. Eight of these sketches are played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 190, first version of Vom Tode (op.48/3) is performed by Georg Klimbacher on CD 88 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 191, Intermezzo for Piano Sonata op. 10 nr. 1, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. Willem’s reconstruction of the Intermezzo is played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 213, (now catalogued as Kinsky-Halm Unv 12) Piano Sonata quasi una fantasia in D is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This recording uses the original, incomplete continuity draft of Beethoven. The same is true of the recording by Sergio Gallo on CD 34 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition. Our own Willem’s completion is performed by Steven Beck on Monument Records CD 01.07.05, Fantasies for Piano. The first movement of the sonata is performed by Tobias Koch on a period instrument on CD 99 of the DG BTHVN 2020 – Beethoven The New Complete Edition [123 CD]. Pianist See Siang Wong performs the first two movements of the sonata on a 2023 European RCA album 10685996, Beethoven Trilogy 3: Unheard.

Biamonti 268, Fragment in A with the effect of Horns is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. The fragment is also played by Carl Petersson (in two versions, both the original fragment and Willem’s reconstruction) on CD 32 of Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 269, Andante molto in E-flat major, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This piece also appears performed by Carl Petersson on CD 34 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 270, Fragment in F, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. The piece is also played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 271, Fragment in E-flat, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. The fragment is also played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of Naxos’ Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 272, Andante in B-flat, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. The Andante is played by Carl Petersson in both the original version, and in Willem’s reconstruction, on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 273 (WoO 213/1), Draft in F, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This piece is performed by Carl Petersson in two versions on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition

Biamonti 275 (WoO 213/4) Rondo in A, is performed by Sergio Gallo on CD 17 of the Beethoven Complete Edition. This piece is also performed by Steven Beck on Beethoven, Cameos for Piano, Monument Records, listed as “Bagatelle 11.” This disc is available directly from Monument Records.

Biamonti 276, Drafts in C and G, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. These drafts are also played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of Naxos’ Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 277, Presto in G (1793), is performed by Sergio Gallo on CD 34 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 278, Succession of Chords, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19.

Biamonti 279, Allegro in C, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19.This piece also appears performed by Sergio Gallo on CD 34 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 280, Passage in B, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This passage also played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 282 (WoO 213/2), Finale in G, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. Sergio Gallo performs this piece on CD 17 of the Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 283, Andante in D-flat, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This piece is also performed by Steven Beck on Beethoven, Cameos for Piano, Monument Records, listed as “Bagatelle #7.” This disc is available directly from Monument Records.

Biamonti 284 (WoO 213/3), Allegro in A-flat and A, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. Carl Petersson performs this piece on CD 17 of the Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 317, Notation in E-flat, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This Notation also is played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 318, Sketches for a Sonata in A minor, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. Willem’s reconstruction of these sketches is played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 319, Sketches for the finale to the Eroica Variations, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. These sketches are also played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 345, Fuga Tema in C, is performed by Carl Petersson on CD 34 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 346, Fuga Antique in C, is performed by Carl Petersson on CD 34 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 382, String Quartet in A (the “Brilliant” Quartet), as completed by Willem, is performed by the Covington String Quartet on Beethoven: The Forgotten Works for String Quartet Monument Records CD 01.08.06

Biamonti 425, Piano Trio in D, after Symphony Nr. 2 op. 36. Camerata 25CM-252, Beethoven Trio of Vienna. This Trio is also included on the complete set from Decca performed by the Beaux Arts Trio. A single CD including this Trio was released by Naxos, which is available here for the economically minded. A performance by Robert Levin, Peter Hanson and David Watkin is also available on the fourth disc of Levin’s set of the piano concertos performed with John Eliot Gardiner, 459 622-2. That set is available here.

Biamonti 454, Overture to Macbeth, as realized by our own Willem, has been recorded by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuval Waldman. That disc, Beethoven Lost & Rediscovered, is available here

Biamonti 506 nr. 1 The rarely-heard first, incomplete, cadenza to Concerto Nr. 1, op. 15, is recorded by Claudio Arrau on his 1980s set of the complete concertos with Colin Davis and the Staatskapelle Dresden, Philips 422149. The other two cadenzas have been recorded numerous times. The full set of the Piano Concertos 1-5 performed by Arrau and Davis is available here. That same recording by Arrau appears as a separate track on CD 20 of the DG BTHVN 2020 – Beethoven The New Complete Edition [123 CD] unfortunately misidentified as Hess 76. It’s not Hess 76, and in fact the same cadenza Biamonti 506/1 also is played by Rudolf Buchbinder in track 1 of that same CD 20.

Biamonti 511 nr. 1, Cadenza to First Movement of Piano version of Violin Concerto op. 61. Appears on the CBE recording by Daniel Barenboim and the English Chamber Orchestra (formerly available as an LP), as well as a performance by A. Webersinke on The Unknown Beethoven vol. 1 Berlin Classics BER 9131 and as a single disk on BER 2077. The CBE volume of Concertos (volume 2) is out of print but may be available here. Likewise, the Unknown Beethoven set is also out of print but may be available here. The single-disc version of Webersinke’s rendition can be found here. This set was also rereleased in 2019 as a 9-CD box.

Biamonti 512 nr. 2, Cadenza to Rondo of Piano version of Violin Concerto op. 61. (not same cadenza as Hess 85). Appears on the CBE recording by Daniel Barenboim and the English Chamber Orchestra (formerly available as an LP), as well as a performance by A. Webersinke on The Unknown Beethoven vol. 1 Berlin Classics BER 9131 and as a single disk on BER 2077. The CBE volume of Concertos (volume 2) is out of print but may be available here. Likewise, the Unknown Beethoven set is also out of print but may be available here.. The single-disc version of Webersinke’s rendition can be found here. This set was also rereleased in 2019 as a 9-CD box.

Biamonti 622, Pastorale in C, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This piece also appears under the name Pastorella in C, performed by Sergio Gallo on CD 34 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 720, Fragment in G, is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. This gragment also is played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

Biamonti 838 Symphony Nr. 10 in E-flat (first movement, reconstructed by Dr. Barry Cooper). Chandos CHAN 6501 and also CHAN 7042 (10 symphonies complete), Walter Weller conducting City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The premiere recording, on Carlton 3069 00042, London Symphony Orchestra, includes a lecture by Dr. Cooper on the reconstruction and realization of the movement. That world premiere recording, with Dr. Cooper’s lecture included, is available in a CD version here.

Biamonti 849, Instrumental draft (Beethoven’s last notes written) is performed by John Kersey on Romantic Discoveries Recordings RDR CD19. These notes are also played by Carl Petersson on CD 32 of the Naxos Beethoven Complete Edition.

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