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On this CD:
  1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  2. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  3. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  4. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  5. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  6. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  7. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  8. Piano Sonata No. 8, "Pathétique" in C minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  9. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  10. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  11. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  12. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  13. Piano Sonata No. 13, "quasi una fantasia" in E flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  14. Piano Sonata No. 14, "Moonlight" in C sharp minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  15. Piano Sonata No. 15, "Pastoral" in D
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  16. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  17. Piano Sonata No. 17, "Tempest" in D minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  18. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  19. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  20. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  21. Piano Sonata No. 21, "Waldstein" in C
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  22. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  23. Piano Sonata No. 23, "Appassionata" in F minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  24. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  25. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  26. Piano Sonata No. 26, "Les adieux" in E flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  27. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  28. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  29. Piano Sonata No. 29, "Hammerklavier" in B flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  30. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  31. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

  32. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Daniel Barenboim

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly good Beethoven set for the price., 13 Dec 2006
By David C. Coleman (Birmigham, UK) - See all my reviews
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Whenever I buy a set of CD's at such a discount price, I instantly question the reason(s) why they are so cheap. Especially when I see who the artist(s) are and what the record label is, as is the case here.
But my fears are laid to rest because I think this is one of the best value for money items I've ever bought.

I actually remember owning part of this Barenboim cycle on old vinyl LP's (in a different era!) so I know what I was to expect.
Being re-mastered on CD's has meant a new crispness and dynamics to the recording, breathing new life to, what I think are very competent and sensitive accounts of these wonderful works (I actually think this Beethovens' most expressive and intimate medium as he was, primarily, a pianist).

Barenboim has a very understated approach to the works; letting them, largely, speak for themselves. Not putting too much personal interpretation into them, but at the same time having a sensitivity and clarity to form and structure, and an understanding of the musical mind of the composer.
He is not frightened of including the exposition repeats. Something that was sadly not observed with other artists of the mid-to-late twentieth century.

Recordings are, by and large, good, considering their age (mainly 60's and 70's) when Barenboim was at his peak as a pianist. It's a shame though, that some of the works are not laid out in chronoligical or compositional order on the ten discs. If, like me, you want to follow the works in compositional order to grasp the musical thinking of the composer at the time: You have to chop and change discs somewhat! And also, even though there are adequate write ups for the music there is nothing on Barenboim himself.
But these are small quibbles considering that you're paying about 2-50 GBP per disc...
Great value for money and you won't go far wrong with them...
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83 of 85 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The wit and the freshness impress most in Barenboim's set., 31 Mar 2001
By John Austin "austinjr@bigpond.net.au" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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A complete set of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas will provide any serious music lover with rich and endless enjoyment. Bold, challenging, beautiful, witty and fresh - they seem to encompass all aspects of human sensibility and aspiration. It is perhaps the wit and the freshness that impress most in Barenboim's EMI boxed set of the complete sonatas.

Daniel Barenboim was 25 when he was invited to record them. Has any other pianist ever received such an invitation at that age? Barenboim accepted, but insisted that he be free to record them again if he wished to at a later stage in his career. Well, so far he has made one further complete recording, and that is very fine too.

This set, however, recorded 1966-1969, is the one complete set I prefer above all others. Every listener will have his favourite sonatas and his favourite moments in them. I especially like Barenboim's spontaneous playing of the four sonatas found on CD 8. Elsewhere, Barenboim sometimes has a tendency to push slow tempos to extreme: the variation movements of Nos 30 and 32 are surely excessively slow.

Welcome indeed, especially for those who once owned these recordings on first release vinyl, is the high quality of these 1989 EMI transfers. Adding inestimably to the value of this set are the notes provided by Eric Blom. Slightly abridged and edited here, they originally accompanied the first complete recording of the 32 sonatas made in the 1930s by Artur Schnabel.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Strong and Correct, 26 Jul 2005
By A Customer
In terms of value for money this set is astonishing. I'm no expert on classical music but the playing and the sound quality is very high indeed. I agree with all the comments already made, the only thing I can add is that somtimes I think Daniel is a bit over-the-top in his use of dynamics - though I would think Beethoven himself would have approved of this! Compared to Wilhelm Kempf I'd say Daniel is 'stronger' and more 'correct' in his playing.

The playing on the 'classics' e.g. Pathétique and Moonlight is excellent.

If you like Barenboim's style this is a highly recommended set.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully played
The quality of both the recording, and the performance is excellent. Some other reviewers thought that some of his playing was rather slow, but I disagree, and as none of us knew... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Happily retired

2.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful playing and music spoilt by poor recording and ADD transfer
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Although these performances are now all well over 30 years old, I cannot imagine a better bargain. Barenboim was already well versed in this repertoire at the time he made this... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate
I play these pieces regularly on my piano but I was reduced to tears on hearing several of these renditions by Barenboim. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars incredible
Barenboim is in absolutely incredible form in these recordings. He IS, in my mind, Beethoven in his interpretation. I can really lose myself in the way he performs the music. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars An Artist At His Peak
As Daniel Barenboim was my introduction into the classical world, I had a great admiration for his sincerity and interpretation of Beethoven's Pathetiqué, Appasionata and... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. D. Brooks

1.0 out of 5 stars Barenboim's EMI Piano Sonatas
Daniel Barenboim plays them slowly which is fine to me. The longest sonata is the "Hammerklavier" and it is the hardest and he is slow that he makes it c.an hour. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2006 by Bradley Mohamed

4.0 out of 5 stars Modesty and music
I didn't much like these recordings when they appeared in the sixties. And now I realise why. Barenboim isn't exactly playing the Great Virtuoso here. Read more
Published on 3 May 2006 by Ronan M. Conroy

4.0 out of 5 stars Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas
This is Mr. Barenboim's fine interpretation of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas. He is a well accomplished pianist/conductor and does an excellent job of this monumental task of... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hammerklavier's the best
These are possibly the greatest pieces of piano music in existence, and Barenboim's playing is such that you can almost taste it. Read more
Published on 12 April 2002 by Matt Westwood

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