{"product_id":"j-bach-c-barenboim-first-steps-to-glory","title":"J Bach C \/ Barenboim- First Steps to Glory (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreat artists are usually individuals solely dedicated to their artistic fulfillment throughout the course of their life; some of them even seem to live in another world. Daniel Barenboim, born in Buenos Aires in 1942, is the supreme example in our time of an exception to this rule. As pianist, conductor and opera director he is a cosmopolitan in music, but at the same time he is a humanist who sees himself as a politically aware contemporary citizen active above all in the search for solutions to religious and national problems. His parents were music teachers, moving first to Israel, then to Europe. Daniel Barenboim gave his first concert when he was seven, and was giving piano recitals in Vienna and Salzburg at the age of ten; he sought advice as a pianist from Edwin Fischer, and as a conductor from Igor Markevitch; his London concert debut of 1955 was conducted by Josef Krips. Six years later he was standing on the conductor's rostrum himself. As successor to Georg Solti in 1975, he assumed the position- which he held till 1989- of Director of the Orchestre de Paris and in 1981, he celebrated the first of his many Bayreuth triumphs with his Tristan premiere. He took the Berlin Philharmonic on their first tour of Israel in 1990 and since 1992 he has been General Music Director of Berlin's Staatsoper unter den Linden and it's orchestra, the Staatskapelle. The recordings on the present album were made in 1959, at the beginning of a great career.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 \u0026amp;quot;Path\u0026amp;eacute;tique\u0026amp;quot;: I. Grave - Allegro Di Molto E Con Brio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 \u0026amp;quot;Path\u0026amp;eacute;tique\u0026amp;quot;: II. Adagio Cantabile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 \u0026amp;quot;Path\u0026amp;eacute;tique\u0026amp;quot;: III. Rondo. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 \u0026amp;quot;Moonlight\u0026amp;quot;: I. Adagio Sostenuto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 \u0026amp;quot;Moonlight\u0026amp;quot;: II. Allegretto - Trio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 \u0026amp;quot;Moonlight\u0026amp;quot;: III. Presto Agitato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 \u0026amp;quot;Appassionata\u0026amp;quot;: I. Allegro Assai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 \u0026amp;quot;Appassionata\u0026amp;quot;: II. Andante Con Moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 \u0026amp;quot;Appassionata\u0026amp;quot;: III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 \u0026amp;quot;Waldstein\u0026amp;quot;: I. Allegro Con Brio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 \u0026amp;quot;Waldstein\u0026amp;quot;: II. Introduzione. Adagio Molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 \u0026amp;quot;Waldstein\u0026amp;quot;: III. Rondo. Allegretto Moderato - Prestissimo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 32 In C Minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso - Allegro Con Brio Ed Appassionato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 32 In C Minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio Molto Semplice E Cantabile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 29 In B-Flat Major, Op. 106 \u0026amp;quot;Hammerklavier\u0026amp;quot;: I. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 29 In B-Flat Major, Op. 106 \u0026amp;quot;Hammerklavier\u0026amp;quot;: II. Scherzo. Assai Vivace - Presto - Tempo I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 29 In B-Flat Major, Op. 106 \u0026amp;quot;Hammerklavier\u0026amp;quot;: III. Adagio Sostenuto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 29 In B-Flat Major, Op. 106 \u0026amp;quot;Hammerklavier\u0026amp;quot;: IV. Largo - Allegro Risoluto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 6, W. A12: I. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 6, W. A12: II. Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 6, W. A12: III. Prestissimo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeyboard Sonata In G Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Variations In C Major On Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman, K. 265\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapriccio In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5, Mwv U50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 3, Intermezzo In C Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonatina In C Major, Op. 13 No. 1: I. Allegro Assai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonatina In C Major, Op. 13 No. 1: II. Andantino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonatina In C Major, Op. 13 No. 1: III. Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 2 In A Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 3 In G Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 24 In D Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 10 In C-Sharp Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 12 In G-Sharp Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 21 In B-Flat Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 5 In D Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46983723581661,"sku":"881488180381","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3809567.jpg?v=1762925953","url":"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/products\/j-bach-c-barenboim-first-steps-to-glory","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}