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
Solo:Louis Lortie piano
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)
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)
7 December 2009 (Nos 22, 23, 24, 25, 27)
About
This box set of the complete piano sonatas is a must for all lovers of Beethoven and great piano playing. The compositions are bold and beautiful, challenging, witty and fresh. They seem to encompass all aspects of human sensibility and aspiration, and the superb playing of Louis Lortie takes the music to another level. His recording of the composer’s ‘Eroica’ Variations, which won an Edison Award, was described by Gramophone in glowing terms: ‘His account… is spacious and magisterial, virile yet sensitive, and the wide range of dynamic nuance and keyboard colour is there to illumine Beethoven’s textures and not highlight the artist’s pianism. He succeeds in communicating the power of Beethoven’s imagination: the part-writing in the fugue emerges with a masterly clarity, and is beautifully weighted and balanced.’
Highlights among the new recordings are that of the sublime Sonata No. 30, composed in 1820 – 22, which displays all the characteristics of Beethoven’s last creative phase: rich harmonic structures, a fascination with intricate counterpoint, and a strict adherence to classical and baroque forms. Also worthy of a separate mention is Sonata No. 22, a veritable study in contrasts. Its two complementary themes – a gracious, dignified ‘feminine’ theme resembling a minuet, and a stamping, assertive, ‘masculine’ theme – gradually influence one another in the course of the movement until they become thoroughly integrated and combined in the final passages.
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Reviews
“Editor’s Choice”
“…These are performances to treasure and revisit and Chandos’s immaculate sound and presentation are a crowning touch.”
Bryce Morrison - Gramophone magazine - January 2011
Performance **** Recording ****
David Breckbill - BBC Music Magazine - Christmas - 2010
“Album of the Week”
‘This French-Canadian pianist has been systematically laying down definitive recordings of Beethoven’s sonatas for the past 20 years, and its great to have them collected. Technical perfection goes without saying; his artistry is subtle and revelatory, bringing out the sheer excitement of the early works, and the majesty of the late ones"
Michael Church - The Independent - 6 November 2010
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