Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Jonathan Biss
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orchid Classics
Catalogue: ORC100109
Release: 2020
Size: 916 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
01. I. Presto
02. II. Largo e mesto
03. III. Minuet. Allegro
04. IV. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 ‘The Hunt’
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
07. III. Minuet. Moderato e grazioso
08. IV. Presto con fuoco
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
09. I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
10. II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Jonathan Biss concludes his nine-year, nine-volume exploration of Beethoven’s piano sonatas with a recording for our times, one that asks profound questions about mankind’s fragile existence. The final album in his critically acclaimed cycle, set for release on Orchid Classics, brings together three works that each stand as the last of a group of three sonatas. The American pianist begins with a masterwork of Beethoven’s early creative period, the Sonata No.7 in D major, Op.10 No.3. Its stop-start finale, punctuated by silences, prefaces a compelling interpretation of the Sonata No.18 in E flat major, Op.31 No.3, a work that blends unsettling introspection and playful high spirits. Biss ends his Beethoven odyssey with the Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111, the composer’s farewell to the genre.