Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas (9CD Box)

Rudolf Buchbinder is one of the legendary artists of our time. His piano playing is an unparalleled fusion of the authority of a career spanning more than 60 years with spirit and spontaneity. Few musicians have engaged with Beethoven’s music as intensively and over such a long period as legendary Austrian Maestro Rudolf Buchbinder.  He has performed the 32 piano sonatas 60 times in cycles all over the world and developed the story of their interpretation over decades. At the Salzburger Festspiele in 2014 he was the first pianist ever playing all 32 Sonatas on several recitals in one festival season. This recording was only available as a DVD and now the whole cycle will be released digitally and in a 9-CD edition.

Tracklist

CD 1 73:07

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor op. 2 no. 1

Klaviersonate Nr. 1 f-Moll

1 1. Allegro 3:38

2 2. Adagio 4:32

3 3. Menuetto. Allegretto 8:12

4 4. Prestissimo 10:50

Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major op. 2 no. 2

Klaviersonate Nr. 2 A-Dur

5 1. Allegro vivace 6:33

6 2. Largo appassionato 5:26

7 3. Scherzo. Allegretto 3:07

8 4. Rondo. Grazioso 6:15

Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major op. 2 no. 3

Klaviersonate Nr. 3 C-Dur

9 1. Allegro con brio 9:54

10 2. Adagio 6:34

11 3. Scherzo. Allegro 3:10

12 4. Allegro assai 4:56

CD 2 53:31

Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major op. 7

Klaviersonate Nr. 4 Es-Dur

1 1. Allegro molto e con brio 7:37

2 2. Largo, con gran espressione 7:05

3 3. Allegro 4:38

4 4. Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso 7:15

Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor op. 10 no. 1

Klaviersonate Nr. 5 c-Moll

5 1. Allegro molto e con brio 5:13

6 2. Adagio molto 5:42

7 3. Finale. Prestissimo 4:16

Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major op. 10 no. 2

Klaviersonate Nr. 6 F-Dur

8 1. Allegro 5:36

9 2. Allegretto 3:31

10 3. Presto 2:38

CD 3 68:11

Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major op. 10 no. 3

Klaviersonate Nr. 7 D-Dur

1 1. Presto 7:03

2 2. Largo e mesto 8:19

3 3. Menuetto. Allegro 2:38

4 4. Rondo. Allegro 4:06

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor “Pathétique” op. 13

Klaviersonate Nr. 8 c-Moll

5 1. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio 8:45

6 2. Adagio cantabile 5:21

7 3. Rondo. Allegro 4:39

Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major op. 14 no. 1

Klaviersonate Nr. 9 E-Dur

8 1. Allegro 5:55

9 2. Allegretto 2:56

10 3. Rondo. Allegro comodo 3:21

Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major op. 14 no. 2

Klaviersonate Nr. 10 G-Dur

11 1. Allegro 7:25

12 2. Andante 4:19

13 3. Scherzo. Allegro assai 3:24

CD 4 71:06

Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major op. 22

Klaviersonate Nr. 11 B-Dur

1 1. Allegro con brio 7:33

2 2. Adagio con molta espressione 6:36

3 3. Menuetto 3:06

4 4. Rondo. Allegretto 6:30

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major op. 26

Klaviersonate Nr. 12 As-Dur

5 1. Andante con Variazioni 6:56

6 2. Scherzo. Allegro molto 2:29

7 3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe. Maestoso Andante 6:05

8 4. Allegro 2:52

Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major op. 27 no. 1

Klaviersonate Nr. 13 Es-Dur

Sonata quasi una fantasia

9 1. Andante – Allegro – Tempo I 4:51

10 2. Allegro molto e vivace 1:48

11 3. Adagio con espressione 2:10

12 4. Allegro vivace 5:18

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor “Moonlight” op. 27 no. 2

Klaviersonate Nr. 14 cis-Moll »Mondschein-Sonate«

Sonata quasi una fantasia

13 1. Andante sostenuto 5:25

14 2. Allegretto 2:08

15 3. Presto agitato 7:19

CD 5 65:10

Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major “Pastoral” op. 28

Klaviersonate Nr. 15 D-Dur

1 1. Allegro 9:48

2 2. Andante 6:55

3 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 1:52

4 4. Rondo. Allegro, ma non troppo 5:16

Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major op. 31 no. 1

Klaviersonate Nr. 16 G-Dur

5 1. Allegro vivace 6:25

6 2. Andante grazioso 7:51

7 3. Rondo. Allegretto 6:30

Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor “The Tempest” op. 31 no. 2

Klaviersonate Nr. 17 d-Moll »Sturm-Sonate«

8 1. Largo – Allegro 7:39

9 2. Adagio 6:42

10 3. Allegretto 6:12

CD 6 70:37

Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major “The Hunt” op. 31 no. 3

Klaviersonate Nr. 18 Es-Dur »Jagd-Sonate«

1 1. Allegro 7:31

2 2. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace 4:59

3 3. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso 4:54

4 4. Presto con fuoco 4:57

Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor op. 49 no. 1

Klaviersonate Nr. 19 g-Moll

5 1. Andante 3:26

6 2. Rondo. Allegro 3:22

Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major op. 49 no. 2

Klaviersonate Nr. 20 G-Dur

7 1. Allegro, ma non troppo 4:51

8 2. Tempo di Minuetto 3:58

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major “Waldstein” op. 53

Klaviersonate Nr. 21 C-Dur

9 1. Allegro con brio 9:54

10 2. Introduzione. Adagio molto 3:11

11 3. Rondo. Allegretto moderato 9:28

Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major op. 54

Klaviersonate Nr. 22 F-Dur

12 1. In tempo d’un Menuetto 4:37

13 2. Allegretto 5:29

CD 7 70:36

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor “Appassionata” op. 57

Klaviersonate Nr. 23 f-Moll

1 1. Allegro assai 9:04

2 2. Andante con moto 5:58

3 3. Allegro, ma non troppo – Presto 7:58

Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major op. 78

Klaviersonate Nr. 24 Fis-Dur

4 1. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo 6:38

5 2. Allegro vivace 3:06

Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major op. 79

Klaviersonate Nr. 25 G-Dur

6 1. Presto alla tedesca 4:35

7 2. Andante 2:24

8 3. Vivace 2:22

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major “Les Adieux” op. 81a

Klaviersonate Nr. 26 Es-Dur

9 1. Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux). Adagio – Allegro 6:26

10 2. Abwesenheit (L’Absence). Andante espressivo 3:40

11 3. Das Wiedersehn (Le Retour). Vivacissimamente 5:30

Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor op. 90

Klaviersonate Nr. 27 e-Moll

12 1. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck 4:54

13 2. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen 8:01

CD 8 57:33

Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major op. 101

Klaviersonate Nr. 28 A-Dur

1 1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. 3:44

Allegretto ma non troppo

2 2. Lebhaft, marschmäßig. Vivace alla marcia 5:46

3 3. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto 2:41

4 4. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro 7:05

Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major “Hammerklavier” op. 106

Klaviersonate Nr. 29 B-Dur

5 1. Allegro 10:19

6 2. Scherzo. Assai vivace 2:18

7 3. Adagio sostenuto 15:02

8 4. Largo – Allegro risoluto 10:38

CD 9 65:17

Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major op. 109

Klaviersonate Nr. 30 E-Dur

1 1. Vivace, ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo – Tempo I 3:43

2 2. Prestissimo 2:35

3 3. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo. 12:19

Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung

Var. I. Molto espressivo

Var. II. Leggiermente

Var. III. Allegro vivace

Var. IV. Un poco meno andante, cioè un poco più adagio come il tema.

Etwas langsamer als das Thema

Var. V. Allegro, ma non troppo

Var. VI. Tempo I del tema. Cantabile

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major op. 110

Klaviersonate Nr. 31 As-Dur

4 1. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo 6:33

5 2. Allegro molto 2:11

6 3. Adagio, ma non troppo – Fuga. Allegro, ma non troppo 11:18

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor op. 111

Klaviersonate Nr. 32 c-Moll

7 1. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato 8:43

8 2. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile 17:55

Var. I

Var. II

Var. III

Var. IV

Var. V