Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Daniel Barenboim
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Composer: Ludwig van BeethovenPerformer: Daniel Barenboim
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1998-10-20
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Sonata No.1 In F Minor, Op.2 No.1: Allegro
- Sonata No.1 In F Minor, Op.2 No.1: Adagio
- Sonata No.1 In F Minor, Op.2 No.1: Menuetto: Allegretto
- Sonata No.1 In F Minor, Op.2 No.1: Prestissimo
- Sonata No.2 In A Major, Op.2 No.2: Allegro vivace
- Sonata No.2 In A Major, Op.2 No.2: Largo appassionato
- Sonata No.2 In A Major, Op.2 No.2: Scherzo: Allegretto
- Sonata No.2 In A Major, Op.2 No.2: Rondo: Grazioso
- Sonata No.3 In C Major, Op.2 No.3: Allegro con brio
- Sonata No.3 In C Major, Op.2 No.3: Adagio
- Sonata No.3 In C Major, Op.2 No.3: Scherzo: Allegro
- Sonata No.3 In C Major, Op.2 No.3: Allegro assai
- Sonata No.5 In C Minor, Op.10 No.1: Allegro molto e con brio
- Sonata No.5 In C Minor, Op.10 No.1: Adagio molto
- Sonata No.5 In C Minor, Op.10 No.1: Finale: Prestissimo
- Sonata No.6 In F Major, Op.10 No.2: Allegro
- Sonata No.6 In F Major, Op.10 No.2: Allegretto
- Sonata No.6 In F Major, Op.10 No.2: Presto
- Sonata No.7 In D Major, Op.10 No.3: Presto
- Sonata No.7 In D Major, Op.10 No.3: Largo e mesto
- Sonata No.7 In D Major, Op.10 No.3: Menuetto: Allegro
- Sonata No.7 In D Major, Op.10 No.3: Rondo: Allegro
- Sonata No.22 In F Major, Op.54: In tempo di Menuetto
- Sonata No.22 In F Major, Op.54: Allegretto - Piu allegro
- Sonata No.4 In E Flat Major, Op7: Allegro molto e con brio
- Sonata No.4 In E Flat Major, Op7: Largo con gran espressione
- Sonata No.4 In E Flat Major, Op7: Allegro
- Sonata No.4 In E Flat Major, Op7: Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
- Sonata No.9 In E Major, Op.14 No.1: Allegro
- Sonata No.9 In E Major, Op.14 No.1: Allegretto
- Sonata No.9 In E Major, Op.14 No.1: Rondo: Allegro comodo
- Sonata No.10 In G Major, Op.14 No.2: Allegro
- Sonata No.10 In G Major, Op.14 No.2: Andante
- Sonata No.10 In G Major, Op.14 No.2: Scherzo: Allegro assai
- Sonata No.11 In B Flat Major, Op.22: Allegro con brio
- Sonata No.11 In B Flat Major, Op.22: Adagio con molta espressione
- Sonata No.11 In B Flat Major, Op.22: Menuetto
- Sonata No.11 In B Flat Major, Op.22: Rondo: Allegretto
- Sonata No.12 In A Flat Major, Op.26: Andante von variazioni
- Sonata No.12 In A Flat Major, Op.26: Scherzo: Allegro molto
- Sonata No.12 In A Flat Major, Op.26: Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe: Maestoso andante
- Sonata No.12 In A Flat Major, Op.26: Allegro
- Sonata No.13 In E Flat Major, Op.27 No.1: Andante - Allegro
- Sonata No.13 In E Flat Major, Op.27 No.1: Allegro molto e vivace
- Sonata No.13 In E Flat Major, Op.27 No.1: Adagio con espressione - Allegro vivace
- SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR, OP.13 'PATHETIQUE': Grave - Allegro molto e con brio
- SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR, OP.13 'PATHETIQUE': Adagio cantabile
- SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR, OP.13 'PATHETIQUE': Rondo: Allegro
- Sonata No.14 InC Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto
- Sonata No.14 InC Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': Allegretto
- Sonata No.14 InC Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': Presto agitato - Adagio - Presto agitato
- SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR, OP.57 'APPASSIONATA': Allegro assai - Piu allegro
- SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR, OP.57 'APPASSIONATA': Andante con moto
- SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR, OP.57 'APPASSIONATA': Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
- Sonata No.15 In D Major, Op.28 'Pastoral': Allegro
- Sonata No.15 In D Major, Op.28 'Pastoral': Andante
- Sonata No.15 In D Major, Op.28 'Pastoral': Scherzo: Allegro vivace
- Sonata No.15 In D Major, Op.28 'Pastoral': Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
- Sonata No.21 In C Major, Op.53 'Waldstein': Allegro con brio
- Sonata No.21 In C Major, Op.53 'Waldstein': Introduzione (Adagio molto) - Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo)
- Sonata No.19 In G Minor, Op.49 No.1: Andante
- Sonata No.19 In G Minor, Op.49 No.1: Rondo: Allegro
- Sonata No.20 In G Major, Op.49 No.2: Allegro ma non troppo
- Sonata No.20 In G Major, Op.49 No.2: Tempo di menuetto
- Sonata No. 16 In G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: Allegro vivace
- Sonata No. 16 In G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: Adagio grazioso
- Sonata No. 16 In G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: Rondo: Allegretto - Adagio - Presto
- Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'The Tempest': Largo - Allegro
- Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'The Tempest': Adagio
- Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'The Tempest': Allegretto
- Sonata No.18 In E Flat Major, Op.31 No.3: Allegro
- Sonata No.18 In E Flat Major, Op.31 No.3: Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
- Sonata No.18 In E Flat Major, Op.31 No.3: Menuetto: Moderato grazioso
- Sonata No.18 In E Flat Major, Op.31 No.3: Presto con fuoco
- Sonata No.24 In F Sharp Major, Op.78: Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
- Sonata No.24 In F Sharp Major, Op.78: Allegro vivace
- Sonata No.25 in G major, Op.79: Presto alla tedesca
- Sonata No.25 in G major, Op.79: Andante
- Sonata No.25 in G major, Op.79: Vivace
- Sonata No.26 In E Flat Major, Op.81a 'Les Adieux': Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux): Adagio - Allegro
- Sonata No.26 In E Flat Major, Op.81a 'Les Adieux': Abwesenheit (L'Absence): Andante espressivo
- Sonata No.26 In E Flat Major, Op.81a 'Les Adieux': Wiedersehn (Le Retour): Vivacissimamente - Poco andante - Tempo 1
- Sonata No.27 In E Minor, Op.90: Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
- Sonata No.27 In E Minor, Op.90: Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen
- Sonata No.28 In A Major, Op.101: Allegretto ma non troppo
- Sonata No.28 In A Major, Op.101: Vivace alla Marcia
- Sonata No.28 In A Major, Op.101: Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto - Tempo del primo pezzo - Allegro
- Sonata No.29 In B Flat Major, Op.106 'Hammerklavier': Allegro
- Sonata No.29 In B Flat Major, Op.106 'Hammerklavier': Scherzo: Assai vivace - Presto - Tempo 1
- Sonata No.29 In B Flat Major, Op.106 'Hammerklavier': Adagio sostenuto
- Sonata No.29 In B Flat Major, Op.106 'Hammerklavier': Largo - Allegro - Prestissimo - Allegro risoluto (Fuga a tre voci, con alcune licenze)
- Sonata No.30 In E Major, Op.109: Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo 1
- Sonata No.30 In E Major, Op.109: Prestissimo
- Sonata No.30 In E Major, Op.109: Tema: Andante molto cantabile e espressivo - Variazioni 1-6
- Sonata No.31 In A Flat Major, Op.110: Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
- Sonata No.31 In A Flat Major, Op.110: Allegro molto
- Sonata No.31 In A Flat Major, Op.110: Adagio ma non troppo
- Sonata No.31 In A Flat Major, Op.110: Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo - L'istesso tempo di arioso - L'istesso tempo della Fuga - Meno allegro
- Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111: Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
- Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111: Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Variazioni
Free Music Notes for Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Daniel Barenboim
Free Music Review: Epic collection with one major flaw
Hit: 4 Stars
What flaw you're wondering? The slow moments are just too slow. It's not that I'm against slow music if that's what you're wondering, but Beethoven surely didn't mean for this music to be played at such tortoise paced speeds. I have heard at least 2or 3 renditions by other pianists of the slow movements and they are all faster. Barenboim surely meant to play these at his own peculiar tempo. Whether to be "iconoclastic" or not I think he misses the mark. Listening to the Waldesntein finale is excrutiatingly frustrating. Playing it more slowly does not add to the emotional impact at all, quite the opposite as you spend more time subconsciously urging on the dozy pianist closer to Beethovens intended vision.
Other than that, this set is great. Although recorded in the late 60s, the (stereo) sound is clear and crisp. The microphone sounds like it's placed at an ideal position not so far away as to sound distant and cold, not too near to near get that "can't see the wood for the trees" effect similar to viewing a painting too close up.
As for the music itself, Beethoven was one of the first composers to fully explore the *dynamic* possibilities of the instrument, rather the "alternative harpsichord" attitude that had prevailed before. So rather than relying on an endless run of pleasant little ditties he's not afraid to throw in some fortissimo chords in, which might wake you up with a bang if you have this of for "relaxation". The piano was arguably Beethovens instrument of choice for his deepest personal expression,so expect a wide range of moods contained herein. There is as you may expect the typical minor key excurions into almost mystical melancholy and fear, but he wasn't averse to a bit of playfulness here and there. It's quite a rollercoaster ride for the emotions.
The box itself is quite spartan in presentation. 10 CDs in individual cardboard sleeves showing a detail of Barenboim at the piano. One booklet with liner notes explaining the history of most of the famous sonatas.
So overall,good for the price. However, for the slow movements you may want to look elsewhere for more satisfying performances.
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