BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 21, 32 - Boris Giltburg

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas form an unparalleled canon, remaining one of the greatest and most rewarding challenges for pianists to this day. These three sonatas represent Beethoven’s Early, Middle and Late periods but are united in the key of C – minor, for the dramatic and stormy intensity of mood in the Pathétique, and major for the radiant and poetic Waldstein sonata. In his sonata Op. 111 the cycle is completed with music of utmost dramatic tension and the deepest spirituality.

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"

1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 00:08:33
2. Adagio cantabile 00:04:48
3. Rondo: Allegro 00:04:36

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"

1. Allegro con brio 00:08:47
2. Introduzione: Adagio molto 00:03:59
3. Rondo: Allegretto moderato 00:10:41

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111

1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 00:09:13
2. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile 00:18:32

Playing Time: 69:10