Originally posted by gamba
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Beethoven Op 111 (2nd movement)? I think it was Brendel who said this movement distilled the mysticism of experience (or should that be experience of mysticism) better than any other piece of piano literature.
It's clear, to answer another poster, that a memorable or profound theme is not essential for producing a great set of variations (cf Goldberg and Diabelli). In fact, maybe the more banal the better.
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