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No nonsense joy in Kissin's Beethoven at the Barbican

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 6 February 2020
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor "Pathétique", Op.13
Beethoven, 15 Variations and fugue for piano in E flat major "Eroica Variations", Op.35
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 17 in D minor "Tempest", Op.31 no.2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major "Waldstein", Op.53
Beethoven, Bagatelle for piano, Op.126 no.6
Beethoven, 6 Variations on an original theme for piano in D major, Op.76
Beethoven, 7 Bagatelles for piano: Allegro ma non troppo in C major, Op.33 no.5
Beethoven, 6 Ecossaises for piano, WoO 83
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