Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich
Number of Discs: 9
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029586922
Release: 2017
Size: 1.84 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1
001. I. Allegro
002. II. Adagio
003. III. Menuetto. Allegretto
004. IV. Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2
005. I. Allegro vivace
006. II. Largo appassionato
007. III. Scherzo. Allegretto
008. IV. Rondo. Grazioso
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3
009. I. Allegro con brio
010. II. Adagio
011. III. Scherzo. Allegro
012. IV. Allegro assai
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7
013. I. Allegro molto e con brio
014. II. Largo, con gran espressione
015. III. Allegro
016. IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1
017. I. Allegro molto e con brio
018. II. Adagio molto
019. III. Finale. Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2
020. I. Allegro
021. II. Allegretto
022. III. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3
023. I. Presto
024. II. Largo e mesto
025. III. Menuetto. Allegro
026. IV. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
027. I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
028. II. Adagio cantabile
029. III. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1
030. I. Allegro
031. II. Allegretto
032. III. Rondo. Allegro comodo
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2
033. I. Allegro
034. II. Andante
035. III. Scherzo. Allegro assai
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22
036. I. Allegro con brio
037. II. Adagio con molto espressione
038. III. Menuetto
039. IV. Rondo. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26
040. I. (a) Andante con variazioni
041. I. (b) Variation I –
042. I. (c) Variation II
043. I. (d) Variation III
044. I. (e) Variation IV –
045. I. (f) Variation V
046. II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
047. III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un eroe. Maestoso andante
048. IV. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1
049. I. Andante
050. II. Allegro molto e vivace
051. III. Adagio con espressione
052. IV. Allegro vivace
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”
053. I. Adagio sostenuto
054. II. Allegretto
055. III. Presto agitato
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 “Pastoral”
056. I. Allegro
057. II. Andante
058. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
059. IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1
060. I. Allegro vivace
061. II. Adagio grazioso
062. III. Rondo. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 “The Tempest”
063. I. Largo – Allegro
064. II. Adagio
065. III. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3
066. I. Allegro
067. II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
068. III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
069. IV. Presto con fuoco
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1
070. I. Andante
071. II. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2
072. I. Allegro ma non troppo
073. II. Tempo di menuetto
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”
074. I. Allegro con brio
075. II. Introduzione. Adagio molto
076. III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54
077. I. In tempo d’un menuetto
078. II. Allegretto – Più allegro
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
079. I. Allegro assai
080. II. Andante con moto
081. III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78
082. I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
083. II. Allegro vivace
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79
084. I. Presto alla tedesca
085. II. Andante
086. III. Vivace
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”
087. I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio – Allegro
088. II. Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo
089. III. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90
090. I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
091. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101
092. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto ma non troppo
093. II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig. Vivace alla marcia
094. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio ma non troppo con affetto
095. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”
096. I. Allegro
097. II. Scherzo. Assai vivace
098. III. Adagio sostenuto. Appassionato e con molto sentimento
099. IV. Introduzione. Largo – Fuga. Allegro risoluto
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
100. I. Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo
101. II. Prestissimo
102. III. (a) Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
103. III. (b) Variation I. Molto espressivo
104. III. (c) Variation II. Leggiermente
105. III. (d) Variation III. Allegro vivace
106. III. (e) Variation IV. Etwas langsamer als das Thema
107. III. (f) Variation V. Allegro ma non troppo
108. III. (g) Variation VI. Tempo I del tema. Cantabile
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
109. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
110. II. Allegro molto
111. III. (a) Adagio ma non troppo – Recitativo più adagio –
112. III. (b) Adagio ma no troppo. Arioso dolente –
113. III. (c) Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo –
114. III. (d) L’istesso di Arioso –
115. III. (e) L’istesso tempo della fuga. Poi a poi di nuovo vivente
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
116. I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
117. II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119
118. No. 1 in G Minor, Allegretto
119. No. 2 in C Major, Andante con moto
120. No. 3 in D Major, À l’allemande
121. No. 4 in A Major, Andante cantabile
122. No. 5 in C Minor, Risoluto
123. No. 6 in G Minor, Andante – Allegretto
124. No. 7 in C Major, Allegro, ma non troppo
125. No. 8 in C Major, Moderato cantabile
126. No. 9 in A Minor, Vivace moderato
127. No. 10 in A Major, Allegramente
128. No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Andante, ma non troppo
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126
129. No. 1 in G Major, Andante con moto
130. No. 2 in G Major, Allegro
131. No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Andante
132. No. 4 in B Major, Presto
133. No. 5 in G Major, Quasi allegretto
134. No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Presto
“Nobody plays this music more authoritatively and eloquently,” wrote London’s Sunday Times of Stephen Kovacevich in Beethoven.
“He is in his element, responding wholeheartedly to the extreme physicality that Beethoven brought to music … but the wit and delicacy of the playing are also remarkable.” Kovacevich himself has spoken of his love for the “fun and virtuosity” of the composer’s early sonatas, while in the often challenging later works he sees a “subtext of radiance and some sort of inherent faith in life.”