Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos
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Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Performer: Alfred Brendel
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2011-01-11
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1: 1. Allegro
  2. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1: 2. Adagio
  3. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1: 3. Menuetto: Allegretto
  4. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1: 4. Prestissimo
  5. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2: 1. Allegro vivace
  6. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2: 2. Largo appassionato
  7. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2: 3. Scherzo: Allegretto
  8. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2: 4. Rondo: Grazioso
  9. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ('Grand Sonata'), Op. 7: 1. Allegro molto e con brio
  10. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ('Grand Sonata'), Op. 7: 2. Largo, con gran espressione
  11. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ('Grand Sonata'), Op. 7: 3. Allegro
  12. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ('Grand Sonata'), Op. 7: 4. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
Music CD 2
  1. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3: 1. Allegro con brio
  2. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3: 2. Adagio
  3. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3: 3. Scherzo: Allegro
  4. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3: 4. Allegro assai
  5. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1: 1. Allegro molto e con brio
  6. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1: 2. Adagio molto
  7. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1: 3. Finale: Prestissimo
  8. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2: 1. Allegro
  9. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2: 2. Allegretto
  10. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2: 3. Presto
  11. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ('Pathétique'), Op. 13: 1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
  12. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ('Pathétique'), Op. 13: 2. Adagio cantabile
  13. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ('Pathétique'), Op. 13: 3. Rondo: Allegro
Music CD 3
  1. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3: 1. Presto
  2. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3: 2. Largo e mesto
  3. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3: 3. Menuetto: Allegro
  4. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3: 4. Rondo: Allegro
  5. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1: 1. Allegro
  6. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1: 2. Allegretto
  7. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1: 3. Rondo: Allegro commodo
  8. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2: 1. Allegro
  9. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2: 2. Andante
  10. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2: 3. Scherzo: Allegro assai
  11. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22: 1. Allegro con brio
  12. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22: 2. Adagio con molta espressione
  13. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22: 3. Menuetto
  14. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22: 4. Rondo: Allegretto
Music CD 4
  1. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ('Funeral March'), Op. 26: 1. Andante con variazioni
  2. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ('Funeral March'), Op. 26: 2. Scherzo: Allegro molto
  3. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ('Funeral March'), Op. 26: 3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe
  4. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ('Funeral March'), Op. 26: 4. Allegro
  5. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ('Quasi una fantasia'), Op. 27/1: 1. Andante - Allegro
  6. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ('Quasi una fantasia'), Op. 27/1: 2. Allegro molto e vivace
  7. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ('Quasi una fantasia'), Op. 27/1: 3. Adagio con espressione
  8. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ('Quasi una fantasia'), Op. 27/1: 4. Allegro vivace - Presto
  9. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ('Moonlight'), Op. 27/2: 1. Adagio sostenuto
  10. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ('Moonlight'), Op. 27/2: 2. Allegretto
  11. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ('Moonlight'), Op. 27/2: 3. Presto agiatato
  12. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ('Pastoral'), Op. 28: 1. Allegro
  13. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ('Pastoral'), Op. 28: 2. Andante
  14. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ('Pastoral'), Op. 28: 3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
  15. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ('Pastoral'), Op. 28: 4. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Music CD 5
  1. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1: 1. Allegro vivace
  2. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1: 2. Adagio grazioso
  3. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1: 3. Rondo: Allegretto
  4. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ('Tempest'), Op. 31/2: 1. Largo - Allegro
  5. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ('Tempest'), Op. 31/2: 2. Adagio
  6. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ('Tempest'), Op. 31/2: 3. Allegretto
  7. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ('Hunt'), Op. 31/3: 1. Allegro
  8. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ('Hunt'), Op. 31/3: 2. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
  9. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ('Hunt'), Op. 31/3: 3. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
  10. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ('Hunt'), Op. 31/3: 4. Presto con fuoco
  11. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1: 1. Andante
  12. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1: 2. Rondo: Allegro
Music CD 6
  1. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2: 1. Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2: 2. Tempo di menuetto
  3. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ('Waldstein'), Op. 53: 1. Allegro con brio
  4. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ('Waldstein'), Op. 53: 2. Introduzione: Adagio molto
  5. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ('Waldstein'), Op. 53: 3. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
  6. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54: 1. In tempo d'un menuetto
  7. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54: 2. Allegretto
  8. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ('Appassionata'), Op. 57: 1. Allegro assai
  9. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ('Appassionata'), Op. 57: 2. Andante con moto
  10. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ('Appassionata'), Op. 57: 3. Allegro ma non troppo
Music CD 7
  1. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major ('A Thérèse'), Op. 78: 1. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major ('A Thérèse'), Op. 78: 2. Allegro vivace
  3. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major ('Cuckoo'), Op. 79: 1. Presto alla tedesca
  4. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major ('Cuckoo'), Op. 79: 2. Andante
  5. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major ('Cuckoo'), Op. 79: 3. Vivace
  6. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major ('Les Adieux'), Op. 81a: 1. Adagio - Allegro (Lebewohl)
  7. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major ('Les Adieux'), Op. 81a: 2. Andante espressivo (Abwesenheit)
  8. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major ('Les Adieux'), Op. 81a: 3. Vivacissimamente (Das Wiedersehn)
  9. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90: 1. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
  10. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90: 2. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen
  11. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: 1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
  12. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: 2. Lebhaft. Marschmä�ig
  13. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: 3. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
  14. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: 4. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit
Music CD 8
  1. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: 1. Allegro
  2. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: 2. Scherzo: Assai vivace
  3. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: 3. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
  4. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: 4. Largo - Allegro risoluto
  5. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: 1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
  6. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: 2. Prestissimo
  7. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: 3. Andante, molto cantabile ed espressivo
Music CD 9
  1. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 1. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
  2. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 2. Allegro molto
  3. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 3. Adagio, ma non troppo
  4. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: 1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
  5. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: 2. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
  6. Andante for piano in F major ('Andante favori') WoO 57
Music CD 10
  1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15: 1. Allegro con brio
  2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15: 2. Largo
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15: 3. Rondo: Allegro scherzando
  4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19: 1. Allegro con brio
  5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19: 2. Adagio
  6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19: 3. Rondo: Molto allegro
Music CD 11
  1. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: 1. Allegro con brio
  2. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: 2. Largo
  3. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: 3. Rondo: Allegro
  4. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58: 1. Allegro moderato
  5. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58: 2. Andante con moto
  6. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58: 3. Rondo: Vivace
Music CD 12
  1. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major ('Emperor'), Op. 73: 1. Allegro
  2. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major ('Emperor'), Op. 73: 2. Adagio un poco mosso
  3. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major ('Emperor'), Op. 73: 3. Rondo: Allegro
  4. Fantasia for piano, chorus, and orchestra ('Choral Fantasy'), Op. 80: 1. Adagio
  5. Fantasia for piano, chorus, and orchestra ('Choral Fantasy'), Op. 80: 2. Finale: Allegro - Meno allegro - Allegro molto - Adagio ma n
  6. Fantasia for piano, chorus, and orchestra ('Choral Fantasy'), Op. 80: 3. Allegro - Allegretto ma non troppo (quasi Andante con moto)

Music reviews of Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos

Music Review: A STELLAR CYCLE, available once again!
Rating: 5 Stars

YES!

This is the cycle IMHO that put Alfred Brendel "on the map" for Beethoven interpretation. How well I remember the day I purchased this set on LP, in the BIG BOX, and literally "danced" out of the store, went home and began listening to these recordings for the first time! First, I had never heard all of the sonatas until then, and second I was simply in awe of the magnitude of this great volume of work written by perhaps the greatest musical genious of all time. I was mesmerized and this set (minus the concertos, of course) quickly became one of my most treasured recordings. Somehow, sadly, I missed this release the first time 'round on cd but did buy the digitally recorded traversal (his third set), but while they were quite wonderful I felt them not of the same character overall as this middle set of recordings, and longed for them but was not willing to pay collector prices for them.

How fortuitous for us that Decca (somehow the successor? of Philips) has decided to honor Alfred Brendel with a re-release of these masterful interpretations, and now including the concertos, upon his retirement from public performance (and probably from studio recording also). This is the set, by Brendel, that you want... The old Vox set had passages of great "early" brilliance from this greatest of pianists, and the third, digital, set presented the "mature" reflective Brendel. This set captured him at the time when he was reaching his early maturity interpretatively of Beethoven's great cycle for solo instrument, no longer eager to dazzle us as earlier on Vox, but now presenting these works with a mature and searching approach, secure in his attack and comfortable in his rethinking from that earlier set. As I said earlier, the third set (also now re-released on Decca vs. Philips) is wonderful, and has its place surely, and the interpretations are another approach in his senior years, having rethought many of them again, but how many sets by one artist is the average music lover going to either want or can afford? Thus, this middle set is the set that overall stands out as his "best" overall interpretation of the entire "32", and of course now it comes with a "bonus" and special treat with the concerto recordings with the LSO/Haitink, recorded at roughly the same time as the sonatas. This is a GREAT set, and no collection for those who love Beethoven's sonatas should be without it.

Further recommendations that stand at the top of the list, with this one, are: Arrau (certainly), Kempff (earlier set, mono), Schnabel, Gulda, and Lewis (as you may know, a student of Brendel's). The Schiff set, surely, belongs here also (personally I am waiting to see if it will become available as a single box set from ECM).

Now is the time to add this awesome set to your collection while the price is an absolute steal. I got my set (elsewhere from Amazon) at $28, working out to under $2.50 per disc (including shipping)!

Further sets released by Decca in honor of Mr. Brendel's 80th birthday include: Schubert: Piano Works: Sonatas / Moments Musicaux / Impromptus / 'Wanderer' Fantasia, Birthday Tribute, The Artist's Collection: Alfred Brendel [Box Set], Farewell Concerts. All these sets are worthy of your investment and deserve your time to listen to, time well spent and deeply satisfying to the soul.

Decca deserves a great big "thank you" for bringing these wonderful sets out honoring Alfred Brendel, and also enriching our lives with these great recordings, available once again, and some for the first time.

Do enjoy this set of Beethoven's sonatas, and also feel safe in checking out these other recommended sets of Brendel's output.

~operabruin
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Description of Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos

Alfred Brendel, one of the world's most famous and revered pianists, recently retired from the concert stage. With a career that spanned almost 60 years, Brendel has played a large portion of the piano solo, chamber and concerto repertoire in the world's great musical capitals. On January 5, 2011, Brendel will celebrate his 80th birthday. Decca is proud to re-issue, at an exceptional budget price, two box sets devoted to the core of Brendel's recital repertoire: Beethoven and Schubert. The Beethoven box is a re-issue of Brendel's ANALOGUE recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas (recorded 1970-77) along with his first cycle of the Beethoven concertos (recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Bernard Haitink 1976-77). These are different recordings than the previously released Beethoven cycle from Brendel (028947818212 - release 10/6/2009). CD 1 Sonatas Op.2, nos.1 & 2; op.7 CD 2 Sonatas Op.2 no.3; Op.10, nos.1 & 2; Op.13 CD 3 Sonatas Op.10, no.3; Op.14, nos.1 & 2 Op.22 CD 4 Sonatas Op.26; Op.27 nos.1 & 2; Op.28 CD 5 Sonatas Op.31 nos.1-3; Op.49 no.1 CD 6 Sonatas Op.49, no. 2; Op.53; Op.54; Op.57 CD 7 Sonatas Op.78; Op.79; Op.81a; Op.90; Op.101 CD 8 Sonatas Op.106; Op.109 CD 9 Sonatas Op.110; Op.111; Andante favori, WoO 57 CD 10 Piano Concertos 1 & 2 CD 11 Piano Concertos 3 & 4 CD 12 Piano Concerto 5; Choral fantasia

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