Sonatas - Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonatas

Beethoven's cycle of 32 Piano Sonatas is one of the pinnacles of the entire piano literature. A true compendium of classical to romantic piano style, the sonates range from the ebullient early works, which take their clue from Haydn and Mozart, to the far-reaching and inward-looking late sonatas that were so ahead of their time that no-one understood or even appreciated them at the time. This monumental and unrivalled set of sonatas belongs to the very core of every great pianists' repertoire, and is a vivid reminder of Beethoven's musical credo :

Wem meine Musik sich verständlich macht, der muß frei werden von all dem Elend, womit sich die anderen schleppen.

(Whoever gets to know and understand my music, will be freed from all the misery that drags down others.)

Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1 (1795) Joseph Haydn gewidmet
Complete recording by Andreas Pfaul
1	Allegro	3:45
2	Adagio	5:46
3	Menuetto - Allegretto	3:23
4	Prestissimo	8:17

1	Allegro	3:58	Hensley, M.
Sonata No.3 in C Major, Op.2 No.3 (1796) Joseph Haydn gewidmet
Complete recording by Mark Hensley
1	Allegro con brio	8:22
2	Adagio	10:48
3	Scherzo - Allegro	3:40
4	Allegro assai	6:20
Sonata No.4 in E-flat Major, Op.7 (1796-97) Der Gräfin Anna Margarete von Browne gewidmet
Complete recording by Dejan Sinadinovic
1	Allegro molto e con brio	3:44
2	Largo, con gran espressione	2:30
3	Allegro	4:59
4	Rondo	6:25
Complete recording by Nuccio Trotta
1	Allegro molto e con brio	9:20
2	Largo, con gran espressione	8:26
3	Allegro	6:22
4	Rondo	7:10
Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1 (1795-97) Der Gräfin Babette von Keglevics gewidmet

1	Molto allegro e con brio	5:44	Assimakopoulos, P.
1	Molto allegro e con brio	5:38	McCarthy, M.
2	Adagio molto	9:37	Assimakopoulos, P.
2	Adagio molto	8:35	McCarthy, M.
Sonata No.7 in D major, Op.10 No.3 (1798) Der Gräfin Anna Margarete von Browne gewidmet
Complete recording by John Robson
1	Presto	7:54
2	Largo e mesto	10:36
3	Menuetto, Allegro	3:33
4	Rondo, Allegro	5:04
Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 (1789) Dem Fürsten Carl von Lichnowsky gewidmet
Complete recording by Tom Pascale
1	Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio	8:36
2	Adagio cantabile	5:07
3	Rondo: Allegro	4:54
3	Rondo: Allegro (VIDEO)	4:54

2	Adagio cantabile	5:45	Rebecq, H.
2	Adagio cantabile	5:03	Silva, M.
2	Adagio cantabile	4:27	Simionescu, R.
Sonata No.9 in E major, Op.14 No.1 (1798) Die Baronin Josefa von Braun gewidmet
Complete recording by Jan Bertram
1	Allegro	6:59
2	Allegretto	3:21
3	Rondo	3:44
Complete recording by Jan-Felix Lebenstedt
1	Allegro	3:16
2	Allegretto	7:12
3	Rondo	3:31
Complete recording by Kaila Rochelle
1	Allegro	6:32
2	Allegretto	3:52
3	Rondo	3:15

2	Allegretto	3:09	Young, B.E.
Sonata No.10 in G major, Op.14 No.2 (1798) Die Baronin Josefa von Braun gewidmet
Complete recording by Jan Bertram
1	Allegro	7:08
2	Andante	5:09
3	Scherzo. Allegro assai	3:57

	Complete recording by Joseph Renouf
1	Allegro	6:55
2	Andante	5:26
3	Scherzo. Allegro assai	3:14
Complete recording by Hannah Shields
1	Allegro	6:22
2	Andante	6:00
3	Scherzo. Allegro assai	3:18
Sonata No.12 in A-flat major, Op.26 (1798) Dem Fürsten Carl von Lichnowsky gewidmet
Complete recording by Richard Pohl
1-4	Sonata Op. 26 (complete)	19:11
Complete recording by Daniel Hoehr
1	Andante con Variazioni	7:38
2	Scherzo: Allegro molto	3:08
3	Marche funebre	6:11
4	Allegro	2:58
Complete recording by Harald Vetter
1	Andante con Variazioni	8:17
2	Scherzo: Allegro molto	3:37
3	Marche funebre	5:00
4	Allegro	3:28

1	Andante con Variazioni	7:57	Gardels, C.
4	Allegro	4:01	Kopp, S.
Sonata No.13 in E-flat major, Op.27 No.1 (1801) "Sonata quasi una Fantasia" Der Fürstin von Lichtenstein gewidmet
Complete recording by Mauro Bertoli
1	Andante	4:55
2	Allegro molto vivace	2:04
3	Adagio con espressione	2:41
4	Allegro vivace	5:24
Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (1801) "Mondschein" Die Gräfin Giulietta Guicciardi gewidmet
Complete recording by Sandro Bisotti
1	Adagio sostenuto	5:54
2	Allegretto	2:08
3	Presto agitato	5:50
Complete recording by Richard Pohl
1-3	Adagio sostenuto-Alegretto-Presto agitato	14:34

1	Adagio sostenuto	6:05	Brest, D.
1	Adagio sostenuto	5:22	Dukes, C.
1	Adagio sostenuto	6:11	Edwards, E.
1	Adagio sostenuto	5:55	Grant, J.L.
1	Adagio sostenuto	7:14	Kopp, S.
1	Adagio sostenuto	6:43	McCarthy, M.
1	Adagio sostenuto	6:24	Syeles, A.
1	Adagio sostenuto	5:46	Wallaart, J.
Raymond Smullyan has created a video named "Rambles, Reflections, Music and Readings". The video contains music from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Beethoven Sonatas, Scarlatti Sonatas and Schubert's Moments Musicaux, all played by Mr. Smullyan. Apart from music, it also contains a collection of wonderful pictures, and Raymond presents in live person different kinds of puzzles and anecdotes along with quotes from famous musicians.
1	Rambles, Reflections, Music and Readings (VIDEO)	58:55	Smullyan, R.
Sonata No.15 in D major, Op.28 "Pastorale" (1801) Joseph Edlen von Sonnenfels gewidmet
Complete recording by Karine Gilanyan
1	Allegro	6:38
2	Andante	7:03
3	Scherzo: Allegro vivace	1:58
4	Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo	4:56
Complete recording by Kaila Rochelle
1	Allegro	9:32
2	Andante	6:51
3	Scherzo: Allegro vivace	2:58
4	Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo	5:37

2	Andante	7:17	Castellano, J.
Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 (1802) "The Tempest" No dedication
Complete recording by Sandro Bisotti
1	Largo - Allegro	6:49
2	Adagio	8:55
3	Allegretto	8:36
Complete recording by Andreas Pfaul
1	Largo - Allegro (VIDEO)	9:01
2	Adagio (VIDEO)	7:36
3	Allegretto	7:13
Complete recording by Harald Vetter
1	Largo - Allegro	8:28
2	Adagio	5:57
3	Allegretto	8:26

1	Largo - Allegro	8:13	Anatone, R.
2	Adagio	7:36	Alianello, M.
3	Allegretto	6:35	Anatone, R.
3	Allegretto	6:00	Kaidja, L.
3	Allegretto	8:04	Pfaul, A.
3	Allegretto	7:18	Villeneuve, M.
Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op.31 No.3 (1802) No dedication
Complete recording by Mark Budd
1	Allegro	08:52
2	Scherzo. Allegretto vivace	05:18
3	Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso	04:34
4	Presto con fuoco	05:12

1	Allegro	9:44	Stehlik, B.
Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1 No dedication
Complete recording by Monica Alianello
1	Andante	4:07
2	Rondo: Allegro	3:50
Sonata No. 19 in G major, Op.49 No.2 No dedication

1	Allegro	3:25	Morin-Paul, N.
Sonata No.21 in C major, Op.53 (1805) "Waldstein" Dem Grafen von Waldstein gewidmet
Complete recording by Michael Hawley
1	Allegro con brio	10:53
2-3	Introduzione: Adagio molto - Rondo: Allegretto moderato	13:07
Complete recording by Felipe Sarro
1	Allegro con brio	11:28
2	Introduzione: Adagio molto	3:34
3	Rondo: Allegretto moderato	11:02

1	Allegro con brio	10:30	Kopp, S.
3	Rondo: Allegretto moderato	10:04	Weigl, P.
Sonata No.22 in F major, Op.54 (1804) No dedication
Complete recording by Ahmed Anzaldua
1-2	In tempo d'un menuetto - Allegretto	10:55	Anzaldua, A.

1	In tempo d'un menuetto	5:28	McKinney, A.
Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 (1804-06) "Appassionata" Dem Grafen Franz von Brunswick gewidmet
Complete recording by Sandro Bisotti
1	Allegro Assai	11:03
2	Andante con moto	6:49
3	Allegro ma non troppo	6:10
Complete recording by Irina Klyuev
1-3	Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 "Appassionata"	21:53

1	Allegro assai	9:52	Kingma, J.
1	Allegro assai	9:14	Kopp, S.
3	Allegro ma non troppo	5:21	Kopp, S.
Sonata No.24 in F-sharp major, Op.78 (1809) "A Therese" Die Gräfin Theresa von Brunswick gewidmet
Complete recording by Martin Malmgren
1-2	Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo	3:48
Sonata No.25 in G major, Op.79 (1809) No dedication

1	Presto alla tedesca	3:00	Underwood, H.
2	Andante	2:25	Kolarova, G.
Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a (1809-10) "Les Adieux" Dem Erzherzog Rudolph gewidmet

2	Abwesenheit; Andante Espressivo	3:53	Harrison, D.
Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90 (1814) Dem Grafen Lichnowsky gewidmet
Complete recording by Randolph Hokanson
1-2	Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck, Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen	14:06	Hokanson, R.
Complete recording by Chiara Bertoglio
1	Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck	5:20
2	Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen	8:08
Complete recording by Richard Pohl
1	Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck	5:20
1	Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck (VIDEO)	5:45
2	Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen	8:08
Complete recording by Jason Thomas
1	Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck	6:25
2	Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen	9:15
Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 (1816) Die Freiin Dorothea Ertmann gewidmet
Complete recording by Daniel Goodman
1	Allegretto, ma non troppo	3:34
2	Vivace alla Marcia	5:52
3,4	Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto - Allegro	11:35

1	Allegretto, ma non troppo	4:54	Bertazzi, A.
Sonata No.29 in B flat major, Op. 106 (1817-18) "Hammerklavier" Dem Erzherzog Rudolph gewidmet
Complete recording by Sarara Momokawa
1	Allegro	10:45
2	Assai vivace	2:39
3	Adagio sostenuto	18:07
4	Largo - Allegro - Allegro resoluto	12:12
Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109 (1820-22) Fräulein Maximilliana Brentano gewidmet
Complete recording by Joseph Kingma
1	Vivace, ma no troppo	3:06
2	Prestissimo	2:20
2	Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung	11:54

1	Piano Gathering in Boston, May 3, 2008. Including First movement of Sonata no.30, Op.109 (VIDEO)	25:24	Smullyan, R. Stavreva, T.Tedeschi, S.
Sonata No.31 in A-flat major, Op.110 (1821) No dedication
Complete recording by Andy Lee
1	Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo	6:14
2	Allegro molto	2:29
3	Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga	10:26
Complete recording by Julia Froschhammer
1	Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo	5:52
2	Allegro molto	2:03
3	Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga	9:22

1	Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo	6:23	Gardels, C.
Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 (1821-22) No dedication
Complete recording by Francois de Larrard
1	Maestoso; Allegro con brio ed appassionato	8:37
2	Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile	15:51

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