Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: András Schiff
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 11
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Label: ECM
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
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. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
13. I. Allegro molto e con brio
14. II. Largo, con gran espressione
15. III. Allegro
16. IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
17. I. Allegro molto e con brio
18. II. Adagio molto
19. III. Finale. Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
20. I. Allegro
21. II. Allegretto
22. III. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
23. I. Presto
24. II. Largo e mesto
25. III. Menuetto. Allegretto
26. IV. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13
27. I. Grave. Allegro molto e con brio
28. II. Adagio cantabile
29. III. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
30. I. Andante
31. II. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
32. I. Allegro, ma non troppo
33. II. Tempo di menuetto
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
34. I. Allegro
35. II. Allegretto
36. III. Rondo. Allegro comodo
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
37. I. Allegro
38. II. Andante
39. III. Scherzo. Allegro assai
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
40. I. Allegro con brio
41. II. Adagio con molta espressione
42. III. Minuetto
43. IV. Rondo. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26
44. I. Andante con Variazioni
45. II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
46. III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe
47. IV. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1
48. I. Andante – Allegro – Tempo I
49. II. Allegro molto e vivace
50. III. Adagio con espressione
51. IV. Allegro vivace
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2
52. I. Adagio sostenuto
53. II. Allegretto
54. III. Presto agitato
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28
55. I. Allegro
56. II. Andante
57. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
58. IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
59. I. Allegro vivace
60. II. Adagio grazioso (0)
61. III. Rondo. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 -“The Tempest”
62. I. Largo – Allegro
63. II. Adagio
64. III. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
65. I. Allegro
66. II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
67. III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
68. IV. Presto con fuoco
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53
69. I. Allegro con brio (0)
70. II. Introduzione. Adagio molto
71. III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato
72. Andante favori in F major, WoO 57 – Andante grazioso con moto
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
73. I. In tempo d’un Menuetto
74. II. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57
75. I. Allegro assai
76. II. Andante con moto
77. III. Allegro ma non troppo
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 tedesca
81. II. Andante
82. III. Vivace
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a
83. I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio – Allegro
84. II. Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo
85. III. Das Wiedersehn. 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. Allegretto, ma non troppo
89. II. Vivace alla marcia
90. III. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
91. IV. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106
92. I. Allegro
93. II. Scherzo. Assai vivace
94. III. Adagio sostenuto (0)
95. IV. Largo – Allegro risoluto
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
96. I. Vivace, ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo
97. II. Prestissimo
98. III. 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 – Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
102. I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
103. II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Three Piano Pieces, D. 946
104. No. 1 E flat minor – Allegro assai
105. Allegretto in C minor, D. 915
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
106. Gigue in G Major, K. 574
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Piano Sonata in G minor Hob. XVI.44
107. I. Moderato
108. II. Allegretto
Franz Schubert
109. Hungarian Melody in B minor, D. 817
Ludwig van Beethoven
110. Andante favori In F Major, WoO 57: Andante grazioso con moto
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Partita No.1 In B Flat Major, BWV 825
111. Menuet I & II
112. Gigue
Prelude & Fugue In B Flat Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No.22), BWV 867
113. Prelude
114. Fugue
The Beethoven sonatas can be logically divided into three distinct groups: early, middle and late. To me, playing them in chronological order is most convincing and deeply satisfying. Among the thirty-two there is not one weak link. And this way the listener is able to follow the process of evolution, step by step. It is a learning experience; we are fellow travellers on a fantastic voyage.”
This specially-priced 11 album-edition contains the complete piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven, recorded live in concert at the Tonhalle in Zürich. It also includes the encores from these concerts with works by Schubert, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Bach, as well as an extensive booklet, which re-collects all original conversations around the sonatas, and adds an insightful new text by András Schiff reflecting upon the “Encores after Beethoven”.