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Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas [Box set]

Wilhelm Kempff | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (13 Nov 1995)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 8
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B0000012XC
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Disc 1:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1 - 1. Allegro 4:33£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1 - 2. Adagio 4:41£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1 - 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) 3:02£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1 - 4. Prestissimo 5:23£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2 No.2 - 1. Allegro vivace 5:32£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2 No.2 - 2. Largo appassionato 7:02£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2 No.2 - 3. Scherzo (Allegretto) 3:17£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2 No.2 - 4. Rondo (Grazioso) 6:30£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, Op.7 - 1. Allegro molto e con brio 8:42£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, Op.7 - 2. Largo, con gran espressione 7:50£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, Op.7 - 3. Allegro 5:19£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, Op.7 - 4. Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso) 7:11£0.79


Disc 2:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 - 1. Allegro con brio 7:40£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 - 2. Adagio 7:09£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 - 3. Scherzo (Allegro) 2:46£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 - 4. Allegro assai 5:14£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1 - 1. Allegro molto e con brio 6:09£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1 - 2. Adagio molto 7:45£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1 - 3. Finale (Prestissimo) 3:58£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10 No.2 - 1. Allegro 5:39£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10 No.2 - 2. Allegretto 3:30£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10 No.2 - 3. Presto 3:44£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3 - 1. Presto 5:00£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3 - 2. Largo e mesto 8:45£0.79
Listen13. Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3 - 3. Menuetto (Allegro) 2:51£0.79
Listen14. Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3 - 4. Rondo (Allegro) 3:59£0.79


Disc 3:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique" - 1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 7:44£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique" - 2. Adagio cantabile 4:05£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique" - 3. Rondo (Allegro) 4:33£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1 - 1. Allegro 6:40£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1 - 2. Allegretto 3:34£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1 - 3. Rondo (Allegro comodo) 3:37£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14 No.2 - 1. Allegro 7:29£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14 No.2 - 2. Andante 5:23£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14 No.2 - 3. Scherzo (Allegro assai) 3:18£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat, Op.22 - 1. Allegro con brio 7:33£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat, Op.22 - 2. Adagio con molto espressione 7:37£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat, Op.22 - 3. Menuetto 3:09£0.79
Listen13. Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat, Op.22 - 4. Rondo (Allegretto) 6:27£0.79


Disc 4:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat, Op.26 - 1. Andante con variazioni 8:06£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat, Op.26 - 2. Scherzo (Allegro molto) 2:55£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat, Op.26 - 3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe 5:31£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat, Op.26 - 4. Allegro 3:07£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat, Op.27 No.1 - 1. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I 4:45£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat, Op.27 No.1 - 2. Allegro molto e vivace 2:18£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat, Op.27 No.1 - 3. Adagio con espressione 2:58£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat, Op.27 No.1 - 4. Allegro vivace - Tempo I - Presto 5:47£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 1. Adagio sostenuto 6:20£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 2. Allegretto 2:19£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 3. Presto 5:52£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale" - 1. Allegro 7:28£0.79
Listen13. Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale" - 2. Andante 6:37£0.79
Listen14. Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale" - 3. Scherzo (Allegro assai) 2:27£0.79
Listen15. Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale" - 4. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo) 4:56£0.79


Disc 5:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.16 in G, Op.31 No.1 - 1. Allegro vivace 4:53£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.16 in G, Op.31 No.1 - 2. Adagio grazioso11:02£1.49
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.16 in G, Op.31 No.1 - 3. Rondo (Allegretto) 6:23£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest" - 1. Largo - Allegro 6:19£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest" - 2. Adagio 7:20£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest" - 3. Allegretto 7:06£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat, Op.31 No.3 -"The Hunt" - 1. Allegro 6:09£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat, Op.31 No.3 -"The Hunt" - 2. Scherzo (Allegretto vivace) 5:07£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat, Op.31 No.3 -"The Hunt" - 3. Menuetto (Moderato e grazioso) 4:32£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat, Op.31 No.3 -"The Hunt" - 4. Presto con fuoco 4:45£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1 - 1. Andante 4:07£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1 - 2. Rondo (Allegro) 3:45£0.79


Disc 6:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.20 in G, Op.49 No.2 - 1. Allegro ma non troppo 4:37£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.20 in G, Op.49 No.2 - 2. Tempo di Menuetto 3:45£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 1. Allegro con brio 8:25£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 2. Introduzione (Adagio molto) 3:30£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 3. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo) 9:43£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54 - 1. In Tempo d'un Menuetto 6:01£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54 - 2. Allegretto 5:57£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata" - 1. Allegro assai 9:43£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata" - 2. Andante con moto 6:10£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata" - 3. Allegro ma non troppo 5:35£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.24 in F sharp, Op.78 "For Therese" - 1. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 4:59£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.24 in F sharp, Op.78 "For Therese" - 2. Allegro vivace 2:49£0.79


Disc 7:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79 - 1. Presto alla tedesca 3:03£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79 - 2. Andante 2:29£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79 - 3. Vivace 1:52£0.39
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux" - 1. Das Lebewohl (Adagio - Allegro) 6:51£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux" - 2. Abwesendheit (Andante espressivo) 3:00£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux" - 3. Das Wiedersehn (Vivacissimamente) 4:08£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90 - 1. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck 5:07£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90 - 2. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen 8:07£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat, Op.106 -"Hammerklavier" - 1. Allegro 8:54£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat, Op.106 -"Hammerklavier" - 2. Scherzo (Assai vivace - Presto - Prestissimo - Tempo I) 2:41£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat, Op.106 -"Hammerklavier" - 3. Adagio sostenuto15:19£1.89
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat, Op.106 -"Hammerklavier" - 4. Largo - Allegro risoluto11:47£1.49


Disc 8:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101 - 1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo) 3:35£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101 - 2. Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Vivace alla marcia) 5:41£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101 - 3. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto) 2:23£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101 - 4. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossen- heit (Allegro) 7:11£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109 - 1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I 3:14£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109 - 2. Prestissimo 2:23£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109 - 3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo)10:59£1.49
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat, Op.110 - 1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 6:04£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat, Op.110 - 2. Allegro molto 2:29£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat, Op.110 - 3. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo) 9:33£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 - 1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 7:05£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 - 2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)14:33£1.89

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Peerless 7 Dec 2008
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For some reason I picture Kempff in these recordings to be playing in an elegant and well proportioned drawing room that is somehow floating freely in space, timeless.

He plays Beethoven without apparent effort, as if for himself (and the universe), and he plays as a master. There is nothing showy here, nor display of technique: you would never guess that to play like this is difficult! You don't get a sense that he is interpreting Beethoven - although, of course, he is (listen to his phrasing and pacing, the way he spins a line of music, leaves it floating for an instant and then pulls it back in ... or just lets it dissolve in the air) - but that he is just playing it as something that has been inside of him forever, playing it as he finds it within himself. Kempff's playing is imperious and yet intimate; it is very fully alive and he is the master of so many different moods (the sonatas span Beethoven's life). If I say his playing is relatively relaxed, don't misunderstand me: there is not a dull moment in this set.

Comparisons with others? This is one of the great sets of these works and contains many of the great performances. I like to compare Kempff with Richter - a pianist whose Beethoven I love - because the contrast in approach is so strong. With Richter you sense deep concentration and a sense, almost, that he is improvising ... discovering the music as he plays it. With Kempff it is clear that he knows where he is going: it seems like he plays these sonatas for the same reasons that we lesser mortals merely listen to them even again and again even though we know them well.
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There was nothing I wanted to know before I ordered because all I wanted was Kempff playing.I love Beethoven and Kempff which I heard live very many times.His daughter living in Perugia made him come and play almost every year also in the later performing years.
I have other pianists'recordings of the 32 sonatas and what I like of Kempff's is the sort of -if I can call it this way-dreamy and serene athosphere he creates.Beside the technical perfection that comes so natural that one sort of does not notice.
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I recently added the latest Paul Lewis complete set to my collection of complete Beethoven Sonatas, which also includes complete sets by Schnabel,Claudio Arrau and Barenboim. Art may indeed be long but life however is definitely too short, so which version do I find myself returning to again and again. This one, for it is as if Beethoven himself were standing in the very room.
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