Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) COMPACT DISC ONE Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 2 No. 1 20:52 in F minor - in f-Moll - en fa mineur 1 I Allegro 6:02 2 II Adagio 4:28 3 III Menuetto. Allegro - Trio 3:20 4 IV Prestissimo 6:53 Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2 No. 2 24:27 in A major - in A-Dur - en la majeur 5 I Allegro vivace 7:06 6 II Largo appassionato 7:16 7 III Scherzo. Allegretto - Trio 3:23 8 IV Rondo. Grazioso 6:32 Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 2 No. 3 25:41 in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur 9 I Allegro con brio 9:51 10 II Adagio 7:10 11 III Scherzo. Allegro - Trio 3:12 12 IV Allegro assai 5:19 Piano Sonata, Op. 6 5:54 in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur for piano four hands 13 I Allegro molto 2:49 14 II Rondo. Moderato 3:02 with Hélène Mercier piano 77:22 COMPACT DISC TWO Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 10 No. 1 17:52 in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur 1 I Allegro molto e con brio 5:45 2 II Adagio molto 7:45 3 III Finale. Prestissimo 4:17 Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 10 No. 2 14:49 in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur 4 I Allegro 7:37 5 III Allegretto 3:40 6 III Presto 3:29 Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 10 No. 3 23:30 in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur 7 I Presto 6:26 8 II Largo e mesto 10:26 9 III Menuetto. Allegro - Trio - Menuetto 2:39 10 IV Rondo. Allegro 3:55 Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 'Pathetique' 18:28 in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur 11 I Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 9:10 12 II Adagio cantabile 4:49 13 III Rondo. Allegro 4:29 75:00 COMPACT DISC THREE Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 14 No. 1 13:27 in E major - in E-Dur - en mi majeur 1 I Allegro 6:50 2 II Allegretto - Maggiore - Allegretto 3:12 3 III Rondo. Allegro comodo 3:25 Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 14 No. 2 15:27 in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur 4 I Allegro 6:54 5 II Andante 5:07 6 III Scherzo. Allegro assai 3:21 Piano Sonata No. 11, Op. 22 26:59 in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur 7 I Allegro con brio 7:34 8 II Adagio con molta espressione 8:48 9 III Minuetto 3:46 10 IV Rondo. Allegretto 6:49 Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26 20:11 in A flat major - in As-Dur - en la bémol majeur 11 I Andante con variazioni 8:03 12 II Scherzo. Allegro molto 2:59 13 III Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe. Maestoso andante 6:12 14 IV Allegro 2:57 76:33 COMPACT DISC FOUR Piano Sonata No. 13 'quasi una fantasia', Op. 27 No. 1 17:20 in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur 1 I Andante - Allegro - Andante - 5:20 2 II Allegro molto e vivace - 2:22 3 III Adagio con espressione - 3:33 4 IV Allegro vivace - Adagio con espressione - Presto 6:02 Piano Sonata No. 14 'quasi una fantasia', Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight' 17:09 in C sharp minor - in cis-Moll - en ut dièse mineur 5 I Adagio sostenuto - 7:22 6 II Allegretto 2:16 7 III Presto agitato 7:29 Piano Sonata No. 15, Op. 28 'Pastoral' 25:40 in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur 8 I Allegro 10:46 9 II Andante 7:09 10 III Scherzo. Allegro vivace 2:18 11 IV Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo 5:24 60:21 COMPACT DISC FIVE Piano Sonata No. 16, Op. 31 No. 1 22:56 in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur 1 I Allegro vivace 4:45 2 II Adagio grazioso 11:17 3 III Rondo. Allegretto - Adagio - Presto 6:53 Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest' 25:22 in D minor - in d-Moll - en ré majeur 4 I Largo - Allegro 9:54 5 II Adagio 8:10 6 III Allegretto 7:16 Piano Sonata No. 18, Op. 31 No. 3 22:28 in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur 7 I Allegro 8:16 8 II Scherzo. Allegretto vivace 4:59 9 III Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso - Trio 4:29 10 IV Presto con fuoco 4:42 71:00 COMPACT DISC SIX Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 7 29:58 in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur 1 I Allegro molto e con brio 8:46 2 II Largo, con gran espressione 8:52 3 III Allegro - Minore - Allegro 5:11 4 IV Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso 7:00 Piano Sonata No. 19, Op. 49 No. 1 7:32 in G minor - in g-Moll - en sol mineur 5 I Andante 4:04 6 II Rondo. Allegro 3:28 Piano Sonata No. 20, Op. 49 No. 2 8:54 in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur 7 I Allegro, ma non troppo 4:53 8 II Tempo di menuetto 3:58 Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 'Waldstein' 24:26 in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur 9 I Allegro con brio 11:02 10 II Introduzione. Allegro molto - 3:56 11 III Rondo. Allegretto moderato 9:25 71:18 COMPACT DISC SEVEN Piano Sonata No. 22, Op. 54 11:21 in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur 1 I In tempo d'un menuetto 5:50 2 II Allegretto - Più allegro 5:31 newly recorded, not previously released Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 'Appassionata' 26:13 in F minor - in f-Moll - en fa mineur 3 I Allegro assai - Più allegro 10:39 4 II Andante con moto - 7:12 5 III Allegro ma non troppo - Presto 8:21 newly recorded, not previously released Piano Sonata No. 24, Op. 78 10:13 in F sharp major - in Fis-Dur - en fa dièse majeur 6 I Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 7:12 7 II Allegro vivace 3:02 newly recorded, not previously released Piano Sonata No. 25, Op. 79 9:47 in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur 8 I Presto alla tedesca 4:44 9 II Andante 2:54 10 III Vivace 2:08 newly recorded, not previously released Piano Sonata No. 26, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux' 18:12 in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur 11 I Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro 7:25 12 II Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo 3:55 13 III Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente 6:49 76:20 COMPACT DISC EIGHT Piano Sonata No. 27, Op. 90 13:20 in E minor - in e-Moll - en mi mineur 1 I Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck 5:20 2 II Micht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen 8:02 newly recorded, not previously released Piano Sonata No. 28, Op. 101 20:24 in A major - in A-Dur - en la majeur 3 I Allegretto ma non troppo - 3:55 4 II Vivace alla marcia - 6:09 5 III Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto - Tempo del primo pezzo - Presto - 3:00 6 IV Allegro 7:20 Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier' 43:22 in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur 7 I Allegro 10:56 8 II Scherzo. Assai vivace - Presto - Tempo I 2:37 9 III Adagio sostenuto. Appasionato e con molto sentimento 17:20 10 IV Largo - Allegro risoluto 12:19 76:22 COMPACT DISC NINE Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109 18:39 in E major - in E-Dur - en mi majeur 1 I Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I - 3:52 2 II Prestissimo 2:27 3 III Tema. Gesangvol, mit innigster Empfindung - 2:11 4 Variazione I. Molto espressivo - 1:40 5 Variazione II. Leggiermente - 1:23 6 Variazione III. Allegro vivace - 0:25 7 Variazione IV. Un poco meno andate ciò è un poco più adagio come il tema - 2:14 8 Variazione V. Allegro, ma non troppo - 0:48 9 Variazione VI. Tempo I del tema. Cantabile 3:37 newly recorded, not previously released Piano Sonata No. 31, Op. 110 20:00 in A flat major - in As-Dur - en la bémol majeur 10 I Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 6:24 11 II Allegro molto - 2:06 12 Adagio ma non troppo - 1:43 13 III Adagio ma non troppo - Arioso dolente - 2:37 14 Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo - 2:21 15 L'istesso tempo di Arioso - 2:46 16 L'istesso tempo della Fuga poi a poi di nuovo vivente - Meno allegro - Tempo I 2:00 newly recorded, not previously released Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 28:38 in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur 17 I Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 8:57 18 II Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - 2:57 19 [Variazione I] - 2:22 20 [Variazione II.] L'istesso tempo - 2:09 21 [Variazione III.] L'istesso tempo - 2:05 22 [Variazione IV] - 4:53 23 [Variazione V] 5:10 newly recorded, not previously released 67:37 Louis Lortie piano Recorded in: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk 10 and 11 September 1991 (Nos 5, 6, 7), September 1991 (nos 8, 21, 26), 21 October & 3 November 1992 (Nos 1, 2, 3), 3 and 4 November 1992 (Nos 4, 9, 10, Op. 6), 10 and 11 December 1994 (Nos 28, 29) Recorded in: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk 30 November-3 December 1998 (Nos 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20), 14 and 15 June 2010 (Nos 30, 31, 32) Recorded in: Britten Studio, Hoffmann Building, Snape Maltings, Suffolk 7 December 2009 (Nos 22, 23, 24, 25, 27) Producer(s) Tim Handley (Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, Op. 6) Brian Couzens (Nos 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26) Ralph Couzens (Nos 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32) Sound Engineer(s) Ben Conellan (Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 26, 28, 29, Op. 6) Ralph Couzens (Nos 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32) Richard Smoker (Assistant: Nos 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz |