BRENDEL: Beethoven Sonatas

Catalog Number: ALC1016
Label: Alto
Format: CD

Available: 5
Price: $7.99

Categories: Instrumental Music
Budget Periods: Romantic

Composers: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Performers: Alfred Brendel

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1780-1927)

Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 (Pathetique), 14 (Moonlight), 26 (Les Adieux) and 23 (Appassionata)

Alfred Brendel, piano

Alfred Brendel's classic Vox recordings of the most popular Beethoven piano sonatas - newly remastered from original analogue tapes using JVC K2 technology for maximum fidelity to the source material.

	Track Listing	Time
	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"
1	Grave - allegro di molto e con brio	9:09
2	Adagio cantabile	5:43
3	Rondo allegro	4:20
	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 "Moonlight"
4	Adagio sustenuto	6:01
5	Allegro	2:19
6	Presto agitato	7:38
	Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat minor, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"
7	Das Lebewohl: Adagio - allegro	6:14
8	Abwesenheit: andante espressivo	3:10
9	Das Wiederschen: vivacissimamente	5:34
	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
10	Allegro assai	9:43
11	Andante con moto	6:17
12	Allegro ma non troppo - presto	8:05

Vox reissues offer the rare opportunity not only to reassess the musical and interpretive development of this fine pianist over more than 30 years, but also to benefit from the purely musical insights which such a comparison can give
Gramophone

...The Finale, at a relaxed tempo, is beautifully pointed but does not seek extrovert excitement... ...Les Adieux: finale is striking and direct...recordings excellently remastered; bright, bold and resonant with fine presence.
Penguin Guide