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Beethoven: The 32 Piano Sonatas

Daniel-Ben Pienaar

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Format: 10CD

Cat No: AV2320

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Release Date:  16 February 2015

Label:  Avie

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  10

Barcode:  822252232028

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    Daniel-Ben Pienaar trains his sharp intellect and formidable technique on the most revered body of works in the classical piano repertory, Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas.

    Having scaled the heights of J. S. Bach's "48," The Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as Bach's Goldberg Variations and Mozart's Piano Sonatas, Daniel-Ben Pienaar turns to arguably the most revered body of works in the piano repertory, Beethoven's "32". Training his sharp intellect and formidable technique on this touchstone of classical canons, Pienaar's interpretations are altogether as stimulating as they are engaging.

    Personnel: Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)

    Critical acclaim for Daniel-Ben Pienaar:

    "(5 stars) Pienaar has a technique at once athletic and graceful...fresh, spontaneous, original readings that shed new light on the keyboard player's Bible." - BBC Music Magazine (Instrumental Choice) on Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier

    "The work has a reputation for difficulty both from the performer's and listener's point of view but the young South African makes light of its technical rigours and springs plenty of interpretative surprises." - The Sunday Times (Classical CD of the Week) on Beethoven's Diabelli Variations

    "This new recording is indispensable." - BBC Music Magazine on Bach's Goldberg Variations

    "Interpretations where, within the letter critically observed, a numinous power breaks free. Momentous Mozart." - Gramophone Editor's Choice, on Mozart The Piano Sonatas

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.2 No.1, I. Allegro
      • 2. II. Adagio
      • 3. III. Menuetto: Allegretto
      • 4. IV. Prestissimo
      • 5. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Op.2 No.2, I. Allegro vivace
      • 6. II. Largo appassionato
      • 7. III. Scherzo: Allegretto
      • 8. IV. Rondo: Grazioso
      • 9. Piano Sonata No.3 in C Op.2 No.3, I. Allegro con brio
      • 10. II. Adagio
      • 11. III. Scherzo: Allegro
      • 12. IV. Allegro assai

      Disc 2

      • 1. Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat Op.7, I. Allegro molto e con brio
      • 2. II. Largo, con gran espressione
      • 3. III. Allegro
      • 4. IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
      • 5. Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor Op.10 No.1, I. Allegro molto e con brio
      • 6. II. Adagio molto
      • 7. III. Finale: Prestissimo
      • 8. Piano Sonata No.6 in F Op.10 No.2, I. Allegro
      • 9. II. Allegretto
      • 10. III. Presto

      Disc 3

      • 1. Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3, I. Presto
      • 2. II. Largo e mesto
      • 3. III. Menuetto: Allegro
      • 4. IV. Rondo: Allegro
      • 5. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op.13 Pathétique, I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
      • 6. II. Adagio cantabile
      • 7. III. Rondo: Allegro
      • 8. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Op.14 No.1, I. Allegro
      • 9. II. Allegretto
      • 10. III. Rondo: Allegro comodo
      • 11. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Op.14 No.2, I. Allegro
      • 12. II. Andante
      • 13. III. Scherzo: Allegro assai

      Disc 4

      • 1. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Op.22, I. Allegro con brio
      • 2. II. Adagio con molto
      • 3. III. Menuetto
      • 4. IV. Rondo: Allegretto
      • 5. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Op.26 Funeral March, I. Andante con variazioni
      • 6. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
      • 7. III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe: Maestoso andante
      • 8. IV. Allegro
      • 9. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Op.27 No.1 Sonata quasi una fantasia, I. Andante - Allegro - Andante
      • 10. II. Allegro molto e vivace
      • 11. III. Adagio con espressione
      • 12. V. Finale: Allegro vivace - Adagio con espressione - Presto

      Disc 5

      • 1. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight, I. Adagio sostenuto
      • 2. II. Allegretto
      • 3. III. Presto agitato
      • 4. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Op.28 Pastoral, I. Allegro
      • 5. II. Andante
      • 6. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
      • 7. IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 5.37
      • 8. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Op.31 No.1, I. Allegro vivace 6.27
      • 9. II. Adagio grazioso 10.29
      • 10. III. Rondo: Allegretto 6.17

      Disc 6

      • 1. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op.31 No. 2 Tempest, I. Largo - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
      • 2. II. Adagio
      • 3. III. Allegretto
      • 4. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Op.31 No.3, I. Allegro
      • 5. II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
      • 6. III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
      • 7. IV. Presto con fuoco
      • 8. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor Op.49 No. 1, I. Andante
      • 9. II. Rondo: Allegro
      • 10. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Op.49 No.2, I. Allegro ma non troppo
      • 11. II. Tempo di menuetto

      Disc 7

      • 1. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 Waldstein, I. Allegro con brio
      • 2. II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
      • 3. III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
      • 4. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op.54, I. In tempo d'un menuetto
      • 5. II. Allegretto - Più allegro
      • 6. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata, I. Allegro assai
      • 7. II. Andante con moto
      • 8. III. Allegro, ma non troppo - Presto

      Disc 8

      • 1. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Op.78, I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
      • 2. II. Allegro vivace
      • 3. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Op.79, I. Presto alla tedesca
      • 4. II. Andante
      • 5. III. Vivace
      • 6. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Op.81a Les adieux, I. Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux): Adagio - Allegro
      • 7. II. Abwesenheit (L'Absence): Andante espressivo
      • 8. III. Das Wiedersehen (Le Retour): Vivacissimamente
      • 9. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op.90, I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
      • 10. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen

      Disc 9

      • 1. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101, I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegro ma non troppo)
      • 2. II. Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Vivace alla marcia)
      • 3. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto - Tempo del primo pezzo)
      • 4. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit (Allegro)
      • 5. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Op.106 Hammerklavier, I. Allegro
      • 6. II. Scherzo: Assai vivace
      • 7. III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
      • 8. IV. Largo - Fuga: Allegro risoluto

      Disc 10

      • 1. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op.109, I. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo primo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo primo
      • 2. II. Prestissimo
      • 3. III. Tema con variazioni: Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Molto cantabile ed espressivo)
      • 4. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Op.110, I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
      • 5. II. Allegro molto
      • 6. III. Adagio, ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo
      • 7. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op.111, I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
      • 8. II. Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile