Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas

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All Music Guide - James Manheim
The marketing of this collection of Beethoven's piano sonatas minus the two small student pieces of Op. 49 may have overshadowed its musical content. The charismatic Korean pianist HJ Lim first gained a following on YouTube, where she posted her work from France in order to keep in touch with her parents back home. Her gutsy decision to plunge into the entire Beethoven cycle has been released digitally by EMI, at a bargain price, and heavily advertised on Facebook. Lim's sheer ambition is displayed in her organization of the set, which is not chronological but instead uses "themes": Heroic Ideals, Eternal Feminine -- Youth, Assertion of an Inflexible Personality, Nature, ...
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All Music Guide - James Manheim
The marketing of this collection of Beethoven's piano sonatas minus the two small student pieces of Op. 49 may have overshadowed its musical content. The charismatic Korean pianist HJ Lim first gained a following on YouTube, where she posted her work from France in order to keep in touch with her parents back home. Her gutsy decision to plunge into the entire Beethoven cycle has been released digitally by EMI, at a bargain price, and heavily advertised on Facebook. Lim's sheer ambition is displayed in her organization of the set, which is not chronological but instead uses "themes": Heroic Ideals, Eternal Feminine -- Youth, Assertion of an Inflexible Personality, Nature, Extremes in Collision, Resignation and Action, Eternal Feminine -- Maturity, and Destiny. It might be objected that these are not satisfying as categories, and indeed they don't really hold together well, nor emerge convincingly in Lim's playing, which seems to approach each piece is a sort of free-flowing, rhythmically irregular way. Yet Lim defends her programming in a remarkable set of digital notes, making extensive biographical references to Beethoven's own writings and those of his assistant Schindler, among others. This is quite an intellectual feat for one who has made it through the rigors of conservatory training, and in many specific locations Lim's observations are both persuasive and generative of fresh interpretations. To take just one example, the placement of the "Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 Waldstein," in the "Nature" segment is surprising yet revelatory, as Lim turns the slow movement into a series of murky forest whispers and the finale into a blaze of sunny Romantic transcendence. She does a good job of backing up her more outrageous ideas with Beethoven's own words, many of them dealing with his always tempestuous love life, and at the local level, if not in wider thematic thrusts, her interpretations make sense, and she has the technical chops to pull them off. The best word for Lim at this point is "prodigy"; her talent is impressive but needs focus, and she gets extra points for a star quality that is well suited to the way EMI is trying to present this release. That star quality is, moreover, something much needed in mainstream classical music.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/28/2012
  • Label: Emi Classics
  • EAN: 5099946495228
  • Catalog Number: 64952
  • Sales rank: 67,627

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ("Hammerklavier"), Op. 106 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (37:20)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro
    2. 2 Scherzo: Assai vivace
    3. 3 Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
    4. 4 Largo - Allegro risoluto
  2. 5–8 Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (21:27)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Allegro con brio
    2. 6 Adatio con molt' espressione
    3. 7 Menuetto
    4. 8 Rondo: Allegretto
  3. 9–11 Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major ("Les Adieux"), Op. 81a - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (14:32)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 9 Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux). Adagio - Allegro
    2. 10 Abwesenheit (L'Absence). Andante espressivo
    3. 11 Das Wiedersehen (Le Retour). Vivacissimamente
Disc 2
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ("Grand Sonata"), Op. 7 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (24:19)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro molto e con brio
    2. 2 Largo, con gran espressione
    3. 3 Allegro
    4. 4 Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
  2. 5–7 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (11:58)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Allegro
    2. 6 Allegretto
    3. 7 Rondo: Allegro comodo
  3. 8–10 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (13:54)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 8 Allegro
    2. 9 Andante
    3. 10 Scherzo: Allegro assai
  4. 11–14 Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ("Quasi una fantasia"), Op. 27/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (13:13)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 11 Andante - Allegro - Tempo 1 -
    2. 12 Allegro molto e con vivace -
    3. 13 Adagio con espressione -
    4. 14 Allegro vivace - Presto
  5. 15–17 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (13:53)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 15 Adagio sostenuto -
    2. 16 Allegretto - Trio -
    3. 17 Presto agitato
Disc 3
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (15:38)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro
    2. 2 Adagio
    3. 3 Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
    4. 4 Prestissimo
  2. 5–8 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (19:39)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Allegro vivace
    2. 6 Largo appassionato
    3. 7 Scherzo: Allegretto - Trio
    4. 8 Rondo: Grazioso
  3. 9–12 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (23:33)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 9 Allegro con brio
    2. 10 Adagio
    3. 11 Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
    4. 12 Allegro assai
Disc 4
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ("Pastoral"), Op. 28 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (22:08)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro
    2. 2 Andante
    3. 3 Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio
    4. 4 Rondo: Allegro, ma non troppo
  2. 5–7 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ("Waldstein"), Op. 53 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (22:53)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Allegro con brio
    2. 6 Introduzione: Adagio molto -
    3. 7 Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
  3. 8–9 Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (9:47)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 8 In tempo d'un menuetto
    2. 9 Allegretto - Più allegro
  4. 10–12 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major ("Cuckoo"), Op. 79 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (7:47)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 10 Presto alla tedesca
    2. 11 Andante
    3. 12 Vivace
Disc 5
  1. 1–3 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (16:00)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro molto e con brio
    2. 2 Adagio molto
    3. 3 Finale: Prestissimo
  2. 4–6 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (11:40)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 4 Allegro
    2. 5 Allegretto
    3. 6 Presto
  3. 7–10 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (21:58)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 7 Presto
    2. 8 Largo e mesto
    3. 9 Menuetto: Allegro - Trio
    4. 10 Rondo: Allegro
Disc 6
  1. 1–3 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (20:13)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro vivace
    2. 2 Adagio grazioso
    3. 3 Rondo: Allegretto
  2. 4–6 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ("Tempest"), Op. 31/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (20:30)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 4 Largo - Allegro
    2. 5 Adagio
    3. 6 Allegretto
  3. 7–10 Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ("Hunt"), Op. 31/3 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (20:21)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 7 Allegro
    2. 8 Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
    3. 9 Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso - Trio
    4. 10 Presto con fuoco
  4. 11–14 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (18:39)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 11 Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
    2. 12 Lebhaft, marschmäßig
    3. 13 Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll -
    4. 14 Presto - Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit
Disc 7
  1. 1–2 Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major ("A Thérèse"), Op. 78 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (9:02)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
    2. 2 Allegro vivace
  2. 3–4 Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (11:43)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 3 Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
    2. 4 Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen
  3. 5–7 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (16:34)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
    2. 6 Prestissimo
    3. 7 Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung
  4. 8–10 Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (16:31)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 8 Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
    2. 9 Allegro molto
    3. 10 Adagio, ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo
Disc 8
  1. 1–3 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (17:07)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Grave - Allegro ci molto e con brio
    2. 2 Adagio cantabile
    3. 3 Rondo: Allegro
  2. 4–7 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ("Funeral March"), Op. 26 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (16:51)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 4 Andante con variazioni
    2. 5 Scherzo: Allegro molto - Trio
    3. 6 Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe
    4. 7 Allegro
  3. 8–10 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (22:35)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 8 Allegro assai
    2. 9 Andante con moto -
    3. 10 Allegro, ma non troppo - Presto
  4. 11–12 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (23:15)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 11 Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
    2. 12 Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile
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