Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy

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All Music Guide - Blair Sanderson
Rudolf Buchbinder has recorded the complete cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas twice: the first set was on Teldec, released in 1992, and the second on RCA, released in 2012. A thorough-going musician with meticulous technique and exacting standards, Buchbinder is famous for adhering to original sources and avoiding anything not specified by the composer. As a result of his rigorous scholarship, his playing is precise and clear, and everything sounds as it appears on the page, with astonishing attention to detail. His Beethoven is best appreciated by listeners who share his devotion to the letter of the music, but those who incline more to the spirit of the ...
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All Music Guide - Blair Sanderson
Rudolf Buchbinder has recorded the complete cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas twice: the first set was on Teldec, released in 1992, and the second on RCA, released in 2012. A thorough-going musician with meticulous technique and exacting standards, Buchbinder is famous for adhering to original sources and avoiding anything not specified by the composer. As a result of his rigorous scholarship, his playing is precise and clear, and everything sounds as it appears on the page, with astonishing attention to detail. His Beethoven is best appreciated by listeners who share his devotion to the letter of the music, but those who incline more to the spirit of the music may find Buchbinder to be dry and cerebral, and not especially passionate. While the stereotype of Beethoven suggests storm-tossed and brooding music that must be played with abandon, the piano sonatas are by and large Classical in temperament, and Buchbinder is sparing with high emotions and reserved in all but the most clearly turbulent passages. In this manner, Buchbinder lets the music take center stage, unadulterated by conventions or popular expectations, and he seems a little self-effacing for the utter lack of grandstanding or egotistical manipulation. Buchbinder's set is well worth exploring at length, especially by students and Beethoven aficionados who take these works seriously.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/7/2012
  • Label: Sony Classics
  • UPC: 886978751027
  • Catalog Number: 787510
  • Sales rank: 37,990

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (16:30)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro
    2. 2 Adagio
    3. 3 Menuetto. Allegretto
    4. 4 Prestissimo
  2. 5–8 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (22:00)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Allegro vivace
    2. 6 Largo appassionato
    3. 7 Scherzo. Allegretto
    4. 8 Rondo. Grazioso
  3. 9–12 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (26:28)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 9 Allegro con brio
    2. 10 Adagio
    3. 11 Scherzo. Allegro
    4. 12 Allegro assai
Disc 2
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ("Grand Sonata"), Op. 7 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (29:38)
    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. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (15:25)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Allegro molto e con brio
    2. 6 Adagio molto
    3. 7 Finale. Prestissimo
  3. 8–10 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (11:12)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 8 Allegro
    2. 9 Allegretto
    3. 10 Presto
Disc 3
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (22:21)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Presto
    2. 2 Largo e mesto
    3. 3 Menuetto. Allegro
    4. 4 Rondo. Allegro
  2. 5–7 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (18:55)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
    2. 6 Adagio cantabile
    3. 7 Rondo. Allegro
  3. 8–10 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (12:41)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 8 Allegro
    2. 9 Allegretto
    3. 10 Rondo. Allegro comodo
  4. 11–13 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (14:55)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 11 Allegro
    2. 12 Andante
    3. 13 Scherzo. Allegro assai
Disc 4
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (26:38)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro con brio
    2. 2 Adagio con molta espressione
    3. 3 Menuetto
    4. 4 Rondo. Allegretto
  2. 5–8 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ("Funeral March"), Op. 26 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (18:41)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Andante con Variazoni
    2. 6 Scherzo. Allegro molto
    3. 7 Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe
    4. 8 Allegro
  3. 9–12 Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ("Quasi una fantasia"), Op. 27/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (14:28)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 9 Andante
    2. 10 Allegro molto e vivace
    3. 11 Adagio con espressione
    4. 12 Allegro vivace
  4. 13–15 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (16:01)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 13 Adagio sostenuto
    2. 14 Allegretto
    3. 15 Presto agitato
Disc 5
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ("Pastoral"), Op. 28 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (24:51)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro
    2. 2 Andante
    3. 3 Scherzo. Allegro vivace
    4. 4 Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
  2. 5–7 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (23:42)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Allegro vivace
    2. 6 Adagio grazioso
    3. 7 Rondo. Allegretto
  3. 8–10 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ("Tempest"), Op. 31/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (20:38)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 8 Largo - Allegro
    2. 9 Adagio
    3. 10 Allegretto
Disc 6
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ("Hunt"), Op. 31/3 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (22:07)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro
    2. 2 Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
    3. 3 Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
    4. 4 Presto con fuoco
  2. 5–6 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (7:41)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Andante
    2. 6 Rondo. Allegro
  3. 7–8 Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (9:31)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 7 Allegro ma non troppo
    2. 8 Tempo di Menuetto
  4. 9–11 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ("Waldstein"), Op. 53 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (24:19)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 9 Allegro con brio
    2. 10 Introduzione. Adagio molto
    3. 11 Rondo. Allegretto moderato
  5. 12–13 Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (10:01)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 12 In tempo d'un Menuetto
    2. 13 Allegretto
Disc 7
  1. 1–3 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (23:45)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Allegro assai
    2. 2 Andante con moto
    3. 3 Allegro ma non troppo
  2. 4–5 Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major ("A Thérèse"), Op. 78 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (9:34)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 4 Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
    2. 5 Allegro vivace
  3. 6–8 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major ("Cuckoo"), Op. 79 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (10:24)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 6 Presto alla tedesca
    2. 7 Andante
    3. 8 Vivace
  4. 9–11 Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major ("Les Adieux"), Op. 81a - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (17:02)
    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 Wiedersehn (Le Retour). Vivacissimamente
  5. 12–13 Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (15:30)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 12 Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
    2. 13 Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
Disc 8
  1. 1–4 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (19:49)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Etwas lebaftt, und mit der innigsten Empfidung. Allegretto ma non troppo
    2. 2 Lebhaft, marschmäßig. Vivace alla marcia
    3. 3 Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto
    4. 4 Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro
  2. 5–8 Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ("Hammerklavier"), Op. 106 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (41:17)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 5 Allegro
    2. 6 Scherzo. Assai vivace
    3. 7 Adagio sostenuto. Appassionato e con molto sentimento
    4. 8 Largo - Allegro risoluto
Disc 9
  1. 1–3 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (20:35)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 1 Vivace ma non troppo
    2. 2 Prestissimo
    3. 3 Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung
  2. 4–6 Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (21:56)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 4 Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
    2. 5 Allegro molto
    3. 6 Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
  3. 7–8 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (29:05)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 7 Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
    2. 8 Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
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