Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Martin Roscoe
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1167
Release: 2018
Size: 301 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
3 Sonatas for Piano WoO 47, No. 3 in D Major
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Menuetto – Sostenuto
03. III. Scherzando – Allegro ma non troppo
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
04. I. Allegro vivace
05. II. Adagio grazioso
06. III. Rondo – Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’
07. I. Largo – Allegro
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 ‘The Hunt’
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Scherzo – Allegretto vivace
12. III. Menuetto – Moderato e grazioso
13. IV. Presto con molto fuoco
The main part of this volume is devoted to the Op 31 Sonatas composed in 1802 at a time when Beethoven was probably in the darkest place of his whole life, early in his thirties with the realisation of his impending deafness. In October the same year, Beethoven wrote his famous Heiligenstadt Testament, a will in which he left everything to his two brothers and an outpouring of the despair he felt at the realisation that his deafness was only going to get worse.
Martin notes “It’s astonishing that..Beethoven was able to be so prolific as he was at this time, and even more amazing that so many of his works are so full of spirit, energy and humour.” This volume also includes the D major No. 3, composed by Beethoven when was twelve – one of the most sophisticated and technically challenging of the three early WoO47 Sonatas.