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Beethoven – The Complete Piano Sonatas

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Catalogue numberBIS-2000 SACD
Release date2014-08-10
Discs9
Orig. sample rate88200Hz (Disc 1-3) / 44100Hz (Disc 4-9)
Total time654:22

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“There’s no point making a list of highlights as there are no weak performances here; just choose a favourite Beethoven Sonata and hear it refreshed, revitalised and illuminated. …the recordings are impeccable.” BBC Music Magazine; “The playing is sensational. …Brautigam’s late sonatas are never less than masterful…” Gramophone

The 32 Piano Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven are often referred to as the ‘New Testament’ of the keyboard literature, following on the ‘Old Testament’ of J.S. Bach's 48 preludes and fugues in the Well-Tempered Clavier. Composed over a period of almost three decades, from 1795 to 1822, the sonatas constitute a fascinating panorama of an artistic career which underwent numerous changes – not to say upheavals – but nevertheless remained remarkably consistent. Ever since the first recording of the entire cycle, by Artur Schnabel in the 1930s, a number of the world's leading pianists have given us their performances of this monumental collection on disc. One of the latest cycles is that of Ronald Brautigam, released on single discs between 2004 and 2010. Performed on the fortepiano, as part of a series of Beethoven's complete solo keyboard works, Brautigam's recordings have been described as ‘riveting’, ‘compelling’ and ‘revolutionary’. The eight discs with the 32 sonatas are now being released as a boxed set, along with a ninth disc containing the early, unnumbered sonatas. Contributing factors to the ‘refreshing directness’ that reviewers have experienced in these performances are the widely praised recorded sound and the carefully selected instruments, built by Paul McNulty after originals from 1788-1819 by the foremost Viennese makers of fortepianos. For this boxed set, the original SACD format has been retained – along with the possibility of listening to the performances in surround – thus offering the opportunity of sharing the experience of one reviewer: ‘One has almost the impression of being a contemporary of Beethoven’s: one of the first, infinitely startled – not to say shocked – witnesses to this music’ (Süddeutsche Zeitung).
 
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Extra material for download
 
 
Disc 1
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1 15:58
01 I. Allegro 03:19 $ 0.70 USD
02 II. Adagio 05:01 $ 1.05 USD
03 III. Menuetto. Allegretto 03:27 $ 0.72 USD
04 IV. Prestissimo 04:11 $ 0.88 USD
 
  Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.2 No.2 22:19
05 I. Allegro vivace 06:45 $ 1.42 USD
06 II. Largo appassionato 05:54 $ 1.24 USD
07 III. Scherzo. Allegretto 03:21 $ 0.70 USD
08 IV. Rondo. Grazioso 06:19 $ 1.33 USD
 
  Sonata No.3 in C major, Op.2 No.3 26:26
09 I. Allegro con brio 10:24 $ 2.18 USD
10 II. Adagio 07:36 $ 1.60 USD
11 III. Scherzo. Allegro 03:00 $ 0.63 USD
12 IV. Allegro assai 05:26 $ 1.14 USD
 
  Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1 06:51
13 I. Andante 03:53 $ 0.82 USD
14 II. Rondo. Allegro 02:58 $ 0.62 USD
 
  Sonata No.20 in G major, Op.49 No.2 07:43
15 I. Allegro, ma non troppo 04:43 $ 0.99 USD
16 II. Tempo di Menuetto 03:00 $ 0.63 USD
 
 
Disc 2
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata No.4 in E flat major, Op.7 28:33
01 I. Allegro molto e con brio 08:26 $ 1.77 USD
02 II. Largo, con gran espressione 08:18 $ 1.74 USD
03 III. Allegro 05:12 $ 1.09 USD
04 IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso 06:37 $ 1.39 USD
 
  Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1 16:59
05 I. Allegro molto e con brio 05:19 $ 1.12 USD
06 II. Adagio molto 07:12 $ 1.51 USD
07 III. Finale. Prestissimo 04:28 $ 0.94 USD
 
  Sonata No.6 in F major, Op.10 No.2 11:29
08 I. Allegro 05:54 $ 1.24 USD
09 II. Allegretto 03:21 $ 0.70 USD
10 III. Presto 02:14 $ 0.47 USD
 
  Sonata No.7 in D major, Op.10 No.3 22:20
11 I. Presto 07:13 $ 1.52 USD
12 II. Largo e mesto 08:43 $ 1.83 USD
13 III. Menuetto. Allegro 02:40 $ 0.56 USD
14 IV. Rondo. Allegro 03:44 $ 0.78 USD
 
 
Disc 3
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13, Pathètique 17:55
01 I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 08:28 $ 1.78 USD
02 II. Adagio cantabile 04:48 $ 1.01 USD
03 III. Rondo. Allegro 04:39 $ 0.98 USD
 
  Sonata No.9 in E major, Op.14, No.1 12:06
04 I. Allegro 05:43 $ 1.20 USD
05 II. Allegretto 03:07 $ 0.65 USD
06 III. Rondo. Allegro comodo 03:16 $ 0.69 USD
 
  Sonata No.10 in G major, Op.14, No.2 14:31
07 I. Allegro 06:26 $ 1.35 USD
08 II. Andante 04:35 $ 0.96 USD
09 III. Scherzo. Allegro assai 03:30 $ 0.74 USD
 
  Sonata No.11 in B flat major, Op.22 24:23
10 I. Allegro con brio 07:29 $ 1.57 USD
11 II. Adagio con molto espressione 06:53 $ 1.45 USD
12 III. Minuetto 03:13 $ 0.68 USD
13 IV. Rondo. Allegretto 06:48 $ 1.43 USD
 
 
Disc 4
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata No.12 in A flat major, Op.26 18:16
01 I. Andante con variazioni 07:18 $ 1.53 USD
02 II. Scherzo. Allegro molto 02:41 $ 0.56 USD
03 III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe 05:52 $ 1.23 USD
04 IV. Allegro 02:25 $ 0.51 USD
 
  Sonata No.13 in E flat major, Op.27 No.1 14:53
05 I. Andante – Allegro (attacca) 05:00 $ 1.05 USD
06 II. Allegro molto e vivace (attacca) 01:53 $ 0.40 USD
07 III. Adagio con espressione (attacca) 02:46 $ 0.58 USD
08 IV. Allegro vivace – Presto 05:14 $ 1.10 USD
 
  Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 ‘Mondschein’ 14:31
09 I. Adagio sostenuto (attacca) 05:49 $ 1.22 USD
10 II. Allegretto 02:04 $ 0.43 USD
11 III. Presto agitato 06:38 $ 1.39 USD
 
  Sonata No.15 in D major, Op.28 ‘Pastorale’ 24:48
12 I. Allegro 10:22 $ 2.18 USD
13 II. Andante 07:12 $ 1.51 USD
14 III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 02:24 $ 0.50 USD
15 IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo 04:50 $ 1.02 USD
 
 
Disc 5
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata No.16 in G major, Op.31 No.1 23:08
01 I. Allegro vivace 06:38 $ 1.39 USD
02 II. Adagio grazioso 10:02 $ 2.11 USD
03 III. Rondo. Allegretto 06:28 $ 1.36 USD
 
  Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2, ‘Der Sturm’ 22:09
04 I. Largo – Allegro 08:29 $ 1.78 USD
05 II. Adagio 07:47 $ 1.63 USD
06 III. Allegretto 05:53 $ 1.24 USD
 
  Sonata No.18 in E flat major, Op.31 No.3 21:04
07 I. Allegro 08:21 $ 1.75 USD
08 II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace 04:50 $ 1.02 USD
09 III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso 03:37 $ 0.76 USD
10 IV. Presto con fuoco 04:16 $ 0.90 USD
 
 
Disc 6
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata No. 21 in C major, ‘Waldstein’, Op. 53 (1803–04) 22:38
01 I. Allegro con brio 09:59 $ 2.10 USD
02 II. Introduzione. Adagio molto (attacca subito il Rondo) 03:29 $ 0.73 USD
03 III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo 09:10 $ 1.93 USD
 
  Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 (1804) 09:36
04 I. In Tempo d’un Menuetto 04:52 $ 1.02 USD
05 II. Allegretto – Più Allegro 04:44 $ 0.99 USD
 
  Sonata No. 23 in F minor, ‘Appassionata’, Op. 57 (1804–05) 20:49
06 I. Allegro assai 08:20 $ 1.75 USD
07 II. Andante con moto (attacca l’Allegro) 05:13 $ 1.10 USD
08 III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto 07:16 $ 1.53 USD
 
  Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 (1809) 09:37
09 I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo 07:00 $ 1.47 USD
10 II. Allegro vivace 02:37 $ 0.55 USD
 
  Sonata No. 25 (Sonatine) in G major, Op. 79 (1809) 08:41
11 I. Presto alla tedesca 04:35 $ 0.96 USD
12 II. Andante 02:08 $ 0.45 USD
13 III. Vivace 01:58 $ 0.41 USD
 
 
Disc 7
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a ‘Das Lebewohl’ 15:30
01 I. Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux) 06:47 $ 1.42 USD
02 II. Abwesenheit (L’Absence) 03:30 $ 0.74 USD
03 III. Das Wiedersehen (Le Retour) 05:13 $ 1.10 USD
 
  Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 (1814) 12:15
04 I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und
Ausdruck
04:56 $ 1.04 USD
05 II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbahr vorgetragen 07:19 $ 1.54 USD
 
  Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 ‘Große Sonate für
das Hammer-klavier’
40:24
06 I. Allegro 10:33 $ 2.22 USD
07 II. Scherzo. Assai vivace 02:24 $ 0.50 USD
08 III. Adagio sostenuto 15:47 $ 3.31 USD
09 IV. Largo – Allegro risoluto – Fuga 11:40 $ 2.45 USD
 
 
Disc 8
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 (1816) 18:27
01 I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
(Allegretto, ma non troppo)
03:32 $ 0.74 USD
02 II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig (Vivace alla Marcia) 05:28 $ 1.15 USD
03 III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio, ma non troppo, con
affetto)
02:37 $ 0.55 USD
04 IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit
(Allegro)
06:50 $ 1.44 USD
 
  Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 (1820) 16:15
05 I. Vivace, ma non troppo 03:12 $ 0.67 USD
06 II. Prestissimo 02:10 $ 0.46 USD
07 III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung 10:53 $ 2.29 USD
 
  Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 (1821) 17:59
08 I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 05:45 $ 1.21 USD
09 II. Allegro molto 02:03 $ 0.43 USD
10 III. Adagio ma non troppo – Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo 10:11 $ 2.14 USD
 
  Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (1821–22) 22:46
11 I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato 08:12 $ 1.72 USD
12 II. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile) 14:34 $ 3.06 USD
 
 
Disc 9
 
  Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
  Sonata WoO47 No. 1 in E flat major 12:12
01 I. Allegro cantabile 04:23 $ 0.92 USD
02 II. Andante 05:24 $ 1.13 USD
03 III. Rondo vivace 02:25 $ 0.51 USD
 
  Sonata WoO47 No. 2 in F minor 10:31
04 I. Larghetto maestoso – Allegro assai 03:45 $ 0.79 USD
05 II. Andante 03:51 $ 0.81 USD
06 III. Presto 02:55 $ 0.61 USD
 
  Sonata WoO47 No. 3 in D major 17:57
07 I. Allegro 06:23 $ 1.34 USD
08 II. Menuetto sostenuto – [6 variations] 07:23 $ 1.55 USD
09 III. Scherzando. Allegro, ma non troppo 04:11 $ 0.88 USD
 
  Zwei Sätze einer Sonatine, WoO50 02:12
10 I. 01:34 $ 0.33 USD
11 II. Allegretto 00:38 $ 0.13 USD
 
  Leichte Sonatine, Kinsky-Halm Anh. 5, No. 1 in G major 03:36
12 I. Moderato 01:31 $ 0.32 USD
13 II. Romanze 02:05 $ 0.44 USD
 
  Leichte Sonatine, Kinsky-Halm Anh. 5, No. 2 in F major 05:00
14 I. Allegro assai 02:43 $ 0.57 USD
15 II. Rondo. Allegro 02:17 $ 0.48 USD
 
  Leichte Sonate C-Dur, WoO51 07:27
16 I. Allegro 04:49 $ 1.01 USD
17 II. Adagio 02:38 $ 0.55 USD
 
  Album total 654:22
ComposerBeethoven, Ludwig van
FortepianoBrautigam, Ronald

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