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~ Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Paul Lewis (performer) (Artist)
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  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Audio CD (28 April 2008)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • ASIN: B0012Y1I4K
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Disc 1:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio 5:58£0.79
Listen  2. Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto 9:25£0.79
Listen  3. Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Finale. Prestissimo 4:32£0.79
Listen  4. Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro 5:38£0.79
Listen  5. Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: II. Allegretto 4:37£0.79
Listen  6. Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Finale. Presto 4:05£0.79
Listen  7. Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3: I. Presto 6:57£0.79
Listen  8. Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Largo e mesto11:04Album Only
Listen  9. Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Allegro 3:04£0.79
Listen10. Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3: IV. Rondo. Allegro 4:10£0.79


Disc 2:

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Listen  1. Sonata No. 15 "Pastorale" in D major, Op. 28: I. Allegro10:48Album Only
Listen  2. Sonata No. 15 "Pastorale" in D major, Op. 28: II. Andante 7:15£0.79
Listen  3. Sonata No. 15 "Pastorale" in D major, Op. 28: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 2:33£0.79
Listen  4. Sonata No. 15 "Pastorale" in D major, Op. 28: IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo 5:46£0.79
Listen  5. Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1: I. Andante 4:45£0.79
Listen  6. Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1: II. Rondo. Allegro 3:46£0.79
Listen  7. Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2: I. Allegro ma non troppo 4:55£0.79
Listen  8. Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2: II. Tempo di minuetto 3:41£0.79
Listen  9. Sonata No. 26 "Lebewohl" in E flat major, Op. 81a: I. Adagio - Allegro ("Les Adieux") 7:24£0.79
Listen10. Sonata No. 26 "Lebewohl" in E flat major, Op. 81a: II. Andante espressivo ("L'Absence") 3:39£0.79
Listen11. Sonata No. 26 "Lebewohl" in E flat major, Op. 81a: III. Vivacissimamente ("Le Retour") 5:58£0.79


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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109: I. Vivace ma non troppo / Adagio espressivo 3:30£0.79
Listen  2. Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109: II. Prestissimo 2:32£0.79
Listen  3. Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109: III. Andante. Gesangvoll mit innigster Empfindung, mezza voce12:03Album Only
Listen  4. Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 6:36£0.79
Listen  5. Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto 2:11£0.79
Listen  6. Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro ma non troppo (Fuga)10:23Album Only
Listen  7. Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 8:53£0.79
Listen  8. Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile18:05Album Only

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Review

This fourth and final volume of Paul Lewis's journey through the Beethoven sonatas confirms the British pianist's place in the forefront of virtuosi of his generation. In 'Les Adieux' and the 'Pastorale', just two of the 10 sonatas here, he shows the blend of formidable technique and high musical intelligence that have become his hallmark. Every note suggests how long and hard Lewis has thought about these works before committing them to disc; this distinctive set deserves to take its place among the finest of recent years. --Anthony Holden, The Observer, 27 April 2008


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With most of the major pianists currently releasing recordings of the composer s Piano Sonatas, it s good to have Paul Lewis, our own top young Beethovenian, joining the fray. This triple-CD set mixes a number of the early sonatas with the last three great works. Lewis harnesses a flawless technique to formidable intellectual control, with illuminating and often magnificent results. --Michael Church, Independent, 19-25 July 2008
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5.0 out of 5 stars A benchmark set, 19 May 2008
By MRM (Sussex, England) - See all my reviews
This (along with the other CDs which form Lewis's complete Beethoven cycle) is the set I would recommend as the best single recording to have if you want just one recording of all these works, and as a recording that everyone ought to want to have in addition to any others. Other performances are wilder, faster, and louder - or generally more extreme - but if you really want to understand the works, these are quite wonderful. You won't really get the point if you're only awake to speed and dynamics, but if you're prepared to listen to these performances seriously you'll find out more about what's going in Beethoven than from any other performances I know. What you have here are deep sensitivity and a great command of piano tone in the service of an outstanding intellect. Extraordinary thought has gone into the voicing of chords, to the balance of parts, and to the shape and structure both of small phrases and of whole movements: and it is not just thought - the thought is deeply felt too. I would mark out for particular mention the last movements of the last three sonatas: the wonderful way in which Op 109 fades away; the way in which the key phrase in the second movement of Op 111 is transformed at the end to create an emotional resolution; and the whole last movement of Op 110 is understood intellectually and emotionally in a way it has been by nobody else - in everybody else's hands we're left with something slightly muddled here, I think, but not in Lewis's performance.
I can imagine that one might prefer to listen to other performances of each of these sonatas, to deal with certain moods, or whatever, but there are no more profound interpretations than these, nor any which reveal more of the possibilities of the music itself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive, 24 Aug 2008
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The reviewer above is spot-on in his assessment of this set. Lewis' virtuosity allows him to sound spontaneous, secure and sensitive at the same time. He presents Beethoven as a much more agreeable character than we are used to when listening to more extreme interpreters such as Kovacevich or Pollini.

The flipside of the human Beethoven is that the frenzy that can be created in the Hammerklavier (one of the previous volumes) or the last movement of Op 111 is replaced by a range of more down-to-earth emotions. Lewis' Beethoven doesn't do jazz. It's different, but extremely impressive nonetheless. And in further agreement with the other reviewer: the ending of Op111 is pure magic...
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5.0 out of 5 stars astonishing, 7 Jul 2009
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Having many versions of these Sonatas I started with a fairly closed mind. This despite having seen Lewis play a few days before and having been mightly impressed. well astonishing is all I can say. Opus 111;11 is worth the price of admission all on it's own. The achingly beautifull begining is followed by an astonishingly articulate and dextrous interpretation where Lewis's hands have independent lives but play in a symbiotic partnership to create a thing of beauty. Opus 28 similarly...infact damn it there all absolutley super. If you only buy one set of these Sonatas buy Lewis's. If you want 2 then buy schifts aswell.
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