Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Konstantin Lifschitz
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Release: 2020
Size: 6.38 GB
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Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Menuetto. Allegretto
04. IV. Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
05. I. Allegro vivace
06. II. Largo appassionato
07. III. Scherzo. Allegretto
08. IV. Rondo. Grazioso
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
09. I. Allegro con brio
10. II: Adagio
11. III. Scherzo. Allegro
12. IV. Allegro assai
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
13. I. Allegro molto e con brio
14. II. Adagio molto
15. Allegretto (WoO 53)
16. Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Finale. Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
17. I. Allegro
18. II .Allegretto
19. III. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
20. I. Presto
21. II. Largo e mesto
22. III. Menuetto. Allegro
23. IV. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
24. I. Allegro molto e con brio
25. II. Largo con gran espressione
26. III. Allegro
27. IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathetique’
28. I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
29. II. Adagio cantabile
30. III. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
31. I. Allegro
32. II. Allegretto
33. III. Rondo. Allegro comodo
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
34. I. Allegro
35. II. Andante
36. III. Scherzo. Allegro assai
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
37. I: Allegro con brio
38. II. Adagio con molto espressione
39. III. Minuetto
40. IV. Rondo. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 ‘March Funebre’
41. I. Andante con variazioni
42. II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
43. III. Marcia funèbre sulla morte d’un eroe
44. IV. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 ‘Pastorale’
45. I. Allegro
46. II. Andante
47. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
48. IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
49. I. Allegro vivace
50. II. Adagio grazioso
51. III. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’
52. I. Largo – Allegro
53. II. Adagio
54. III. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 ‘The Hunt’
55. I. Allegro
56. II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
57. III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
58. IV. Presto con fuoco
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’
59. I. Andante – Allegro
60. II. Allegro molto e vivace
61. III. Adagio con espressione
62. IV. Allegro vivace – Presto
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
63. I. Adagio sostenuto
64. II. Allegretto
65. III. Presto agitato
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
66. I. Andante
67. II. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
68. I. Allegro, ma non troppo
69. II. Tempo di Menuetto
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’
70. I. Allegro con brio
71. II. Introduzione. Adagio molto
72.Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
73. I. In Tempo d’un Menuetto
74. II. Allegretto – Più allegro
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
75. I. Allegro assai
76. II. Andante con moto
77. III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
78. I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
79. II. Allegro vivace
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79
80. I. Presto alla
81. II. Andante
82. III. Vivace
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’
83. I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio – Allegro
84. II. Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo
85. III. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
86. I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
87. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
88. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigesten Empfindung. Allegretto, ma non troppo
89. II. Lebhaft. Marchmäßig. Vivace alla marcia
90. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, non affetto
91. IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sher, und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’
92. I. Allegro
93. II. Scherzo. Assai vivace
94. III. Adagio sostenuto. Appassionato e con molto sentimento
95. IV. Largo – Allegro risoluto
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
96. I. Vivace, ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo
97. II. Presstissimo
98. III. Gesangvoll mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
99. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
100. II. Allegro molto
101. III. Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente – Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
102. I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appasionato
103. II Arieta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
In a world like ours, shaped by centrifugal forces, even a monumental corpus like Beethoven’s thirty wo piano sonatas can appear in a new light. Chronological examination of its genesis reveals fascinating parallels. – The Sonatas op.2 were published in the last year of the French Revolution. The ensuing wave of political migration reached Vienna and also affected Elector Maximilian Franz, who was not only the brother of Marie Antoinette and Emperor Joseph II but had also been Beethoven’s employer in Bonn. – Beethoven gave compositional form to the triumph and downfall of a tyrant who brought war to Europe and occupied Vienna. – After the international peace conference of 1815, he vigorously embarked on writing modernistic late works in opposition to the emerging police state and its postmodern entertainment culture. Konstantin Lifschitz applies strict criteria in order to realise the groundbreaking compositional dynamics of these works. He shows his musical independence by supplementing the cycle of sonatas with the Allegretto WoO 53, and still has much to tell us about it, defying past and present fashions. The fact that he recorded the massive cycle live on eight consecutive days also makes this set a monument in its own right.