Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Paul Lewis
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMC901906/08
Release: 2007
Size: 562 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
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
12. IV. Allegro assai
CD 02
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
01. I. Allegro molto e con brio
02. II. Largo con gran espressione
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
05. I. In tempo di menuetto
06. II. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
07. I. Allegro assai
08. II. Andante con moto
09. III. Allegro ma non troppo
CD 03
Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 “Funeral March”
01. I. Andante con variazioni
02. II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
03. III. Marcia funebre “sulla morte d’un Eroe”
04. IV. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’
05. I. Andante
06. II. Allegro molto e vivace
07. III. Adagio con espressione
08. IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
09. I. Adagio sostenuto
10. II. Allegretto
11. III. Presto agitato
Paul Lewis performed all the Beethoven piano sonatas on tour in the USA and Europe between 2005 and 2007 seasons, in parallel with his already acclaimed complete recording of the cycle for harmonia mundi. This is the third installment in the cycle that critics have predicted will become benchmark recordings.