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Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas

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Label: Deutsche Grammophone
Released: 2014.11.10
Time:
 65:13 / 72:48 / 69:22 / 73:44 / 75:20 / 76:53 / 71:53 / 71:58
Category: Classical
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Media type: 8 CDs
Web address: www.deutschegrammophon.com
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Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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CD 1: Piano Sonata No.1 In F Minor, Op.2 No.1
      Piano Sonata No.2 In A, Op.2 No.2
      Piano Sonata No.3 In C, Op.2 No.3

      Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1
[1] 1. Allegro - 5:28
[2] 2. Adagio - 4:36
[3] 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) - 2:39
[4] 4. Prestissimo - 6:51
      Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2 No.2
[5] 1. Allegro vivace - 6:41
[6] 2. Largo appassionato - 6:34
[7] 3. Scherzo (Allegretto) - 2:49
[8] 4. Rondo (Grazioso) - 6:02
      Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3
[9] 1. Allegro con brio - 9:08
[10] 2. Adagio - 6:30
[11] 3. Scherzo (Allegro) - 2:54
[12]. 4. Allegro assai - 5:01


CD 2: Piano Sonata No.4 In E Flat, Op.7
      Piano Sonata No.9 In E, Op.14 No.1
      Piano Sonata No.10 In G, Op.14 No.2
      Piano Sonata No.11 In B Flat, Op.22

      Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, Op.7
[1] 1. Allegro molto e con brio - 7:34
[2] 2. Largo, con gran espressione - 7:20
[3] 3. Allegro - 4:31
[4] 4. Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso) - 6:34
      Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1
[5] 1. Allegro - 6:01
[6] 2. Allegretto - 2:34
[7] 3. Rondo (Allegro comodo) - 3:01
      Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14 No.2
[8] 1. Allegro - 5:47
[9] 2. Andante - 4:54
[10] 3. Scherzo (Allegro assai) - 3:06
      Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat, Op.22
[11] 1. Allegro con brio - 6:46
[12] 2. Adagio con molto espressione - 6:16
[13] 3. Menuetto - 3:03
[14] 4. Rondo (Allegretto) - 5:21


CD 3: Piano Sonata No.5 In C Minor, Op.10 No.1
      Piano Sonata No.6 In F, Op.10 No.2
      Piano Sonata No.7 In D, Op.10 No.3
      Piano Sonata No.8 In C Minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique"

      Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1
[1] 1. Allegro molto e con brio - 5:36
[2] 2. Adagio molto - 7:13
[3] 3. Finale (Prestissimo) - 3:56
      Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10 No.2
[4] 1. Allegro - 7:48
[5] 2. Allegretto - 3:18
[6] 3. Presto - 3:31
      Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3
[7] 1. Presto - 6:17
[8] 2. Largo e mesto - 8:18
[9] 3. Menuetto (Allegro) - 2:16
[10] 4. Rondo (Allegro) - 3:36
      Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique"
[11] 1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio - 8:34
[12] 2. Adagio cantabile - 4:38
[13] 3. Rondo (Allegro) - 4:21


CD 4: Piano Sonata No.12 In A Flat, Op.26
      Piano Sonata No.13 In E Flat, Op.27 No.1
      Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight"
      Piano Sonata No.15 In D, Op.28 -"Pastorale"

      Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat, Op.26
[1] 1. Andante con variazioni - 7:23
[2] 2. Scherzo (Allegro molto) - 2:38
[3] 3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe - 5:49
[4] 4. Allegro - 3:17
      Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat, Op.27 No.1
[5] 1. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I - 4:59
[6] 2. Allegro molto e vivace - 1:54
[7] 3. Adagio con espressione - 2:54
[8] 4. Allegro vivace - Tempo I - Presto - 5:19
      Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight"
[9] 1. Adagio sostenuto - 6:21
[10] 2. Allegretto - 2:16
[11] 3. Presto agitato - 7:12
      Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale"
[12] 1. Allegro - 9:35
[13] 2. Andante - 7:21
[14] 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - 2:09
[15] 4. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo - 4:37


CD 5: Piano Sonata No.16 In G Major, Op. No.1
      Piano Sonata No.17 In D Minor, Op.31 No.2
      Piano Sonata No.18 In E Flat Major, Op.31 No.3
      Piano Sonata No.19 In G Minor, Op.49 No.1
      Piano Sonata No.20 In G, Op.49 No.2

      Piano Sonata No.16 In G, Op.31 No.1
[1] 1. Allegro vivace - 5:52
[2] 2. Adagio grazioso - 8:53
[3] 3. Rondo (Allegretto) - 5:21
      Piano Sonata No.17 In D Minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest"
[4] 1. Largo - Allegro - 7:59
[5] 2. Adagio - 7:13
[6] 3. Allegretto - 5:56
      Piano Sonata No.18 In E Flat, Op.31 No.3 -"The Hunt"
[7] 1. Allegro - 7:19
[8] 2. Scherzo (Allegretto vivace) - 4:42
[9] 3. Menuetto (Moderato e grazioso) - 3:45
[10] 4. Presto con fuoco - 4:15
      Piano Sonata No.19 In G Minor, Op.49 No.1
[11] 1. Andante - 3:56
[12] 2. Rondo (Allegro) - 3:00
      Piano Sonata No.20 In G, Op.49 No.2
[13] 1. Allegro ma non troppo - 4:06
[14] 2. Tempo di Menuetto - 3:03


CD 6: Piano Sonata No.21 In C, Op.53
      Piano Sonata No.22 In F, Op.54
      Piano Sonata No.23 In F Minor, Op. 57
      Piano Sonata No.24 In F Sharp, Op.78
      Piano Sonata No.25 In G, Op.79

      Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein"
[1] 1. Allegro con brio - 10:00
[2] 2. Introduzione (Adagio molto) - 3:53
[3] 3. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo) - 9:52
      Piano Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54
[4] 1. In Tempo d'un Menuetto - 5:04
[5] 2. Allegretto - 5:32
      Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata"
[6] 1. Allegro assai - 9:21
[7] 2. Andante con moto - 6:00
[8] 3. Allegro ma non troppo - 8:01
      Piano Sonata No.24 in F sharp, Op.78 "For Therese"
[9] 1. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo - 7:03
[10] 2. Allegro vivace - 2:53
      Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79
[11] 1. Presto alla tedesca - 4:09
[12] 2. Andante - 3:20
[13] 3. Vivace - 1:45


CD 7: Piano Sonata No.26 In E Flat, Op.81a
      Piano Sonata No.27 In E Minor, Op.90
      Piano Sonata No.29 In B Flat, Op.106

      Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux"
[1] 1. Das Lebewohl (Adagio - Allegro) - 7:14
[2] 2. Abwesenheit (Andante espressivo) - 3:20
[3] 3. Das Wiedersehen (Vivacissimamente) - 5:34
      Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90
[4] 1. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck - 5:22
[5] 2. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen - 7:22
      Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat, Op.106 -"Hammerklavier"
[6] 1. Allegro - 10:46
[7] 2. Scherzo (Assai vivace - Presto - Prestissimo - Tempo I) - 2:42
[8] 3. Adagio sostenuto - 17:13
[9] 4. Largo - Allegro risoluto - 12:20


CD 8: Piano Sonata No.28 In A, Op.101
      Piano Sonata No.30 In E, Op.109
      Piano Sonata No.31 In A Flat, Op.110
      Piano Sonata No.32 In C Minor, Op.111

      Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101
[1] 1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo) - 3:47
[2] 2. Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Vivace alla marcia) - 6:15
[3] 3. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto) - 2:46
[4] 4. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit (Allegro) - 7:24
      Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109
[5] 1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I - 3:15
[6] 2. Prestissimo - 2:16
[7] 3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) - 12:31
      Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major, Op.110
[8] 1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo - 6:03
[9] 2. Allegro molto - 1:57
[10] 3. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo) - 9:34
      Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111
[11] 1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato - 8:47
[12] 2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile) - 17:23

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Maurizio Pollini - Piano

Cosimo Filippini - Cover Photography

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Pollini inhabits these works with such natural facility, the more demonstrative technical flourishes flowing with an easy grace that brings unusual humility to their interpretation ... [the "Waldstein" and the "Appassionata"] are treated to pulsating interpretations.

Andy Gill, Independent (London) - 16. January 2015



Maurizio Pollini’s Beethoven Sonatas cycle has reached completion after nearly 40 years. We celebrate this major event with a handsome 8-CD capbox that provides a fitting testimonial to a great artistic partnership between pianist and record label. The final recordings in the cycle (opp. 31 & 49) are being released simultaneously as a single CD. Pollini / Beethoven: A story that goes back to June 1975, when Maurizio Pollini began recording the Beethoven Sonatas, starting with two of the last three – op. 109 and op. 110. The remaining Late Sonatas (op. 101, op. 106 and op. 111) followed in 1976 and 1977. Released initially as single LPs, the subsequent 3-LP set won a Gramophone Award. The story ended in 2014, when the three Sonatas op. 31 and the two of op. 49 were recorded. (Pollini had also recorded op. 31 no. 2, the so-called “Tempest”, before.) Nearly 40 years to record all 32 Sonatas: Pollini’s is the first cycle on Deutsche Grammophon since those of Daniel Barenboim (1981 – 1984) and Emil Gilels (1972 – 1984, incomplete). For the release of the box set, the recordings have been arranged by opus number into a compact 8-CD set, with no duplications of repertoire. Although modest in size, the set stands as a monument of artistic achievement, and a remarkable testimony to an artistic partnership that goes back more than forty years.

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Maurizio Pollini as Beethoven Sonatas cycle has reached completion after nearly 40 years. We celebrate this major event with a handsome 8-CD capbox that provides a fitting testimonial to a great artistic partnership between pianist and record label. The final recordings in the cycle (opp. 31 & 49) are being released simultaneously as a single CD. He sets standards with his fabulous technique, delivering performances of magisterial weight and coruscating energy. The Beethoven cycle began in June 1975 with opp. 109 and 110, and reached completion this year with the final CD, of the three sonatas op. 31 and the two of op. 49. This latter recording will appear as a single CD simultaneously with the box set. Undoubtedly this is one of the major achievements in recorded history and the first Beethoven cycle on Deutsche Grammophon since those of Barenboim and Giles in the 1980s. For the release of the box set, the recordings have been arranged by opus number into a compact 8-CD set, with no duplications of repertoire. Although modest in size, the set stands as a monument of artistic achievement, and a remarkable testimony to an artistic partnership that goes back more than forty years.

The piano sonata was the genre to which Beethoven devoted himself over the longest period of time, his last such work dating from 1822. (The only other genre to garner a similar level of attention from him over the years was that of the string quartet.) Beethoven the pianist was known for his breath-taking virtuosity (give or take the occasional imperfection), his grandiose style, his violent emphasis of contrasts and his exceptional powers of expression in cantabile writing, thanks in part to the perfection of his legato. He ultimately conquered Vienna as a pianist-composer, and his piano sonatas present an extraordinarily varied and revealing portrait of his compositional career, often anticipating its experiments, anxieties and turning points. During his first 12 years in Vienna, the genre was a key testing-ground for Beethoven: of the 32 piano sonatas he published, 23 were composed, without interruption, between 1793 and 1805 in other words, between the revelatory Trios op. 1 and the years in which he produced the Eroica Symphony and the first version of Fidelio. Beethoven s career trajectory cannot be broken down in any straightforward, schematic fashion into clearly defined periods, although there is merit in Wilhelm von Lenz s well-known three style theory. It is obvious that such diverse sonatas as the Op. 2 set, Op. 57 and his last work in the genre, Op. 111, belong to different phases, but it is essential to examine on a case-by-case basis the works internal coherence and the unmistakably Beethovenian character discernible in every single sonata, even the earliest examples. The critical factor throughout would appear to be the composer s constant, inexhaustible desire to keep breaking new ground.

Paolo Petazzi - Amazon.com
 

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