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Alfred Brendel - Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
Music CD CoverArtist: Alfred Brendel Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Performer: Alfred Brendel Edition: Music CD Format: Box set CD Release Date: 1996-11-19 Music Label: Philips Soundtracks: Music CD 1- Piano Sonata No.16 In G Major, Op.31 No.1: Allegro vivace
- Piano Sonata No.16 In G Major, Op.31 No.1: Adagio grazioso
- Piano Sonata No.16 In G Major, Op.31 No.1: Rondo: Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No.17 In D Minor, Op.31 No.2 (The Tempest): Largo - Allegro
- Piano Sonata No.17 In D Minor, Op.31 No.2 (The Tempest): Adagio
- Piano Sonata No.17 In D Minor, Op.31 No.2 (The Tempest): Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 18 In E Flat, Op. 31 No. 3: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 18 In E Flat, Op. 31 No. 3: Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
- Piano Sonata No. 18 In E Flat, Op. 31 No. 3: Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
- Piano Sonata No. 18 In E Flat, Op. 31 No. 3: Presto con fuoco
Music CD 2- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C, Op. 53 'Waldstein': Allegro con brio
- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C, Op. 53 'Waldstein': Introduzione: Adagio molto
- Piano Sonata No. 21 In C, Op. 53 'Waldstein': Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
- Piano Sonata No. 22 In F, Op. 53: In tempo d'un Menuetto
- Piano Sonata No. 22 In F, Op. 53: Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 28 In A, Op. 101: Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo)
- Piano Sonata No. 28 In A, Op. 101: Lebhaft, marschmabig (Vivace alla marcia)
- Piano Sonata No. 28 In A, Op. 101: Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto)
- Piano Sonata No. 28 In A, Op. 101: Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit (Allegro)
- Andante In F, Wo057 (Andante favori): Andante In F, WoO 57 (Andante favori)
Music CD 3- Piano Sonata No. 12 In A Flat, Op. 26: Andante con variazioni
- Piano Sonata No. 12 In A Flat, Op. 26: Scherzo: Allegro molto
- Piano Sonata No. 12 In A Flat, Op. 26: Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe
- Piano Sonata No. 12 In A Flat, Op. 26: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 13 In E Flat, Op. 27 No. 1(Sonata quasi una fantasia): Andante - Allegro - Tempo I
- Piano Sonata No. 13 In E Flat, Op. 27 No. 1(Sonata quasi una fantasia): Allegro molte e vivace
- Piano Sonata No. 13 In E Flat, Op. 27 No. 1(Sonata quasi una fantasia): Adagio con espressione
- Piano Sonata No. 13 In E Flat, Op. 27 No. 1(Sonata quasi una fantasia): Allegro vivace - Tempo I - Presto
- Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight' (Sonata quasi una fantasia): Adagio sostenuto
- Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight' (Sonata quasi una fantasia): Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight' (Sonata quasi una fantasia): Presto
- Piano Sonata No. 19 In G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1: Andante
- Piano Sonata No. 19 In G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1: Rondo: Allegro
Music CD 4- Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Adagio
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Menuetto: Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Prestissimo
- Piano Sonata No. 2 In A, Op. 2 No. 2: Allegro vivace
- Piano Sonata No. 2 In A, Op. 2 No. 2: Largo appassionato
- Piano Sonata No. 2 In A, Op. 2 No. 2: Scherzo: Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 2 In A, Op. 2 No. 2: Rondo: Grazioso
- Piano Sonata No. 3 In C, Op. 2 No. 3: Allegro con brio
- Piano Sonata No. 3 In C, Op. 2 No. 3: Adagio
- Piano Sonata No. 3 In C, Op. 2 No. 3: Scherzo: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 3 In C, Op. 2 No. 3: Allegro assai
Music CD 5- Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique': Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
- Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique': Adagio cantabile
- Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique': Rondo: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 9 In E, Op. 14 No. 1: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 9 In E, Op. 14 No. 1: Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 9 In E, Op. 14 No. 1: Rondo: Allegro comodo
- Piano Sonata No. 10 In G, Op. 14 No. 2: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 10 In G, Op. 14 No. 2: Andante
- Piano Sonata No. 10 In G, Op. 14 No. 2: Scherzo: Allegro assai
- Allegro con brio
- Piano Sonata No. 11 In B Flat, Op. 22: Adagio con molta espressione
- Piano Sonata No. 11 In B Flat, Op. 22: Minuetto
- Piano Sonata No. 11 In B Flat, Op. 22: Rondo: Allegretto
Music CD 6- Piano Sonata No. 25 In G, Op. 79: Presto alla tedesca
- Piano Sonata No. 25 In G, Op. 79: Andante
- Piano Sonata No. 25 In G, Op. 79: Vivace
- Piano Sonata No. 24 In F Sharp, Op. 78: Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
- Piano Sonata No. 24 In F Sharp, Op. 78: Allegro vivace
- Piano Sonata No. 27 In E Minor, Op. 90: Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
- Piano Sonata No. 27 In E Minor, Op. 90: Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata': Allegro assai
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata': Andante con moto
- Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata': Allegro ma non troppo
Music CD 7- Piano Sonata No. 4 In E Flat, Op. 7: Allegro molto e con brio
- Piano Sonata No. 4 In E Flat, Op. 7: Largo, con gran espressione
- Piano Sonata No. 4 In E Flat, Op. 7: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 4 In E Flat, Op. 7: Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
- Piano Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28 'Pastoral': Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28 'Pastoral': Andante
- Piano Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28 'Pastoral': Scherzo: Allegro assai
- Piano Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28 'Pastoral': Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
- Piano Sonata No. 20 In G, Op. 49 No. 2: Allegro ma non troppo
- Piano Sonata No. 20 In G, Op. 49 No. 2: Tempo di menuetto
Music CD 8- Piano Sonata No. 29 In B Flat, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier': Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 29 In B Flat, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier': Scherzo: Assai vivace
- Piano Sonata No. 29 In B Flat, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier': Adagio sostenuto: Appassionato e con molto sentimento
- Piano Sonata No. 29 In B Flat, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier': Largo - Allegro risoluto
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E Flat, Op. 81a 'Les adieux': Adagio - Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E Flat, Op. 81a 'Les adieux': Andante espressivo
- Piano Sonata No. 26 In E Flat, Op. 81a 'Les adieux': Vivacissimamente
Music CD 9- Piano Sonata No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: Allegro molto e con brio
- Piano Sonata No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: Adagio molto
- Piano Sonata No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: Finale: Prestissimo
- Piano Sonata No. 6 In F, Op. 10 No. 2: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 6 In F, Op. 10 No. 2: Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 6 In F, Op. 10 No. 2: Presto
- Piano Sonata No. 7 In D, Op. 10 No. 3: Presto
- Piano Sonata No. 7 In D, Op. 10 No. 3: Largo e mesto
- Piano Sonata No. 7 In D, Op. 10 No. 3: Menuetto: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 7 In D, Op. 10 No. 3: Rondo: Allegro
Music CD 10- Piano Sonata No. 30 In E, Op. 109: Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I
- Piano Sonata No. 30 In E, Op. 109: Prestissimo
- Piano Sonata No. 30 In E, Op. 109: Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung
- Piano Sonata No. 31 In A Flat, Op. 110: Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
- Piano Sonata No. 31 In A Flat, Op. 110: Allegro molto
- Piano Sonata No. 31 In A Flat, Op. 110: Adagio ma non troppo - Arioso dolente
- Piano Sonata No. 31 In A Flat, Op. 110: Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo - L'istesso tempo di Arioso - L'inversione della Fuga
- Piano Sonata No. 32 In C Minor ,Op. 111: Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
- Piano Sonata No. 32 In C Minor ,Op. 111: Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Free Music Notes for Beethoven: Complete Piano SonatasFree Music Review: Lipkin is much more reliable Hit: 3 StarsBrendel plays as though the period movement never existed. He plays like he played in the 1960s, insisting that Beethoven MUST have a slow movement in each and every sonata. Take opus 10 #2 in F, specifically the Allegretto movement. Brendel crucufies this movement by playing it dead slowly. Yet Beethoven clearly had in mind a spritely dance-style movement -- otherwise, why mark it "Allegretto"? But Brendel, self-indulgently, knows better than Beethoven. My own current favorite for the sonatas as a whole is Seymour Lipkin, who at least is able to differentiate between tempi. Kovacevich is also very good. Brendel certainly brings great focus to the music, but sadly he is misguided and, one has to say, blissfully(?) ignorant.
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