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Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas [Box set]

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  • Audio CD (18 Jan 1994)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B00000417L
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,199 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

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 9:40Album Only
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique" - 2. Adagio cantabile 5:20£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique" - 3. Rondo (Allegro) 4:31£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 1. Adagio sostenuto 6:02£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 2. Allegretto 2:25£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 3. Presto 7:31Album Only
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale" - 1. Allegro10:40Album Only
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale" - 2. Andante 6:48£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale" - 3. Scherzo (Allegro assai) 2:17£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale" - 4. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo) 5:21£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux" - 1. Das Lebewohl (Adagio - Allegro) 7:14Album Only
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux" - 2. Abwesendheit (Andante espressivo) 3:56£0.79
Listen13. Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux" - 3. Das Wiedersehn (Vivacissimamente) 5:50£0.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest" - 1. Largo - Allegro 8:49Album Only
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest" - 2. Adagio 8:25Album Only
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest" - 3. Allegretto 6:42£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 1. Allegro con brio10:40Album Only
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 2. Introduzione (Adagio molto) 4:21£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 3. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo) 9:52Album Only
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata" - 1. Allegro assai 9:50Album Only
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata" - 2. Andante con moto 6:38£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata" - 3. Allegro ma non troppo 8:11Album Only

On this CD:
  1. Sonata for Piano No. 8, 'Pathétique' in C minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Alfred Brendel

  2. Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Alfred Brendel

  3. Piano Sonata No. 15, "Pastoral" in D
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Alfred Brendel

  4. Piano Sonata No. 17, "Tempest" in D minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Alfred Brendel

  5. Piano Sonata No. 21, "Waldstein" in C
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Alfred Brendel

  6. Piano Sonata No. 23, "Appassionata" in F minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Alfred Brendel

  7. Piano Sonata No. 26, "Les adieux" in E flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Alfred Brendel

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5.0 out of 5 stars Without doubt the best set of Beethoven Sonatas I have heard, 6 Dec 2000
By Mr. Adam A. Brown - See all my reviews
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Alfred Brendel is well known and well respected by the musical community as a great interpreter of Beethoven, but the recordings on this cycle are second to none. Alfred Brendel brings the discipline of perfect precision to the music in a way that I have never experienced before; regardless of speed or complexity, each note stands on its own and yet is perfectly part of the whole. One might expect there to be some reduction in expressiveness as a result of such amazing precision, but quite the reverse is true. The feeling that runs through the pieces is wholly genuine, and Brendel never allows technical ability to compromise artistic integrity. Consider the 3rd movement of the Waldstein sonata. The subtlety of the rendition is second to none, and one feels intimately attached to the music, as though Beethoven himself were playing through him. The shifts in velocity, tempo, colour and just the general feeling of the piece are simultaneously uplifting and captivating. Despite this wonder of expressiveness there is never any inappropriate enrichment or thickening of tone, a trap that so many great performers seem unable to escape.

This is what it must have been like to hear Liszt perform Beethoven - Alfred Brendel is at the same time a master of precision and expression, one for whom technique and form are as one.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Alfred Brendel - Master of Beethoven piano interpretation., 11 Aug 2005
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The original recordings may be over thirty years old,but the combination of first-rate transfer to CD and Alfred Brendel's superb interpretation of Beethoven's piano sonatas,make this collection,in my opinion,the benchmark by which other recordings should be judged. The price is amazing value.For me,the Moonlight especially the challenging Presto was simply wonderful.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A truly great performance, 31 Jul 2008
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I love the music of Beethoven and especially his piano sonatas, symphonies and string quartets. Also I have listened to a LOT of different interpretations and can with certainty say that Brendel is among the absolute winners. And here I'm first of all thinking about the overall performance; it really has depth, musicality and transcendence - in other words; here is a man who understands Beethoven's music.

This is not to say that everything is "perfect" - maybe sometimes one is missing a little clarity - a little more extra technical brilliance, but I believe that it doesn't really matter, because he really tells the story and that is the most important thing. Just listen to the famous 1'rst movement of the "Moonlight Sonata" - a piece that have been played to death, but in Brendel's hands it is a sheer joy - deep and profound, it cannot be any better.

It is a shame that they haven't reissued he's complete performances from the 70's, with an updated mastering, because he's new rerecording of all the sonatas is definitely not as good as the ones from the 70's. You will not regret buying these selected sonatas (from the 70's) - it's just great.
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