Name: Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas by Stephen Kovacevich
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This cycle of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven by Stephen Kovacevich recorded between 1991 and 2002 is easily as good or better than the best cycles of the past 50 years. Bishop is a superb virtuoso, a seasoned interpreter, a profound thinker, and a mature man and he brings all these qualities to bear on the greatest cycle of piano sonatas ever composed. Kovacevich hears the depths as well as the excitement of the early sonatas and the breadth as well as the brilliance of the middle sonatas and he limns the face of the infinite in the late sonatas. EMI's digital sound is warm, clear, and real. The liner notes by Beethoven scholar Joseph Kerman are outstanding. For all the undoubted greatness of Arrau, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Brendel, and Kempff's cycles, only Stephen Kovacevich's cycle comes close to the magisterial achievement of Artur Schnabel's cycle. It is impossible to over-recommend this set.

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas

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1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: I. Allegro

2. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Adagio

3. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: III. Menuetto. Allegretto

4. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: IV. Prestissimo

5. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro vivace

6. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Largo appassionato

7. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegretto

8. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: IV. Rondo. Grazioso

9. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: I. Allegro con brio

10. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio

11. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: III. Scherzo. Allegro

12. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: IV. Allegro assai

13. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: I. Allegro molto e con brio

14. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: II. Largo, con gran espressione

15. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: III. Allegro

16. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso

17. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio

18. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto

19. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Finale. Prestissimo

20. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro

21. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: II. Allegretto

22. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Presto

23. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: I. Presto

24. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Largo e mesto

25. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Allegro

26. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: IV. Rondo. Allegro

27. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio

28. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

29. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": III. Rondo. Allegro

30. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: I. Allegro

31. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: II. Allegretto

32. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro comodo

33. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: I. Allegro

34. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: II. Andante

35. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro assai

36. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: I. Allegro con brio

37. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: II. Adagio con molto espressione

38. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: III. Menuetto

39. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: IV. Rondo. Allegretto

40. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. (a) Andante con variazioni

41. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. (b) Variation I -

42. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. (c) Variation II

43. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. (d) Variation III

44. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. (e) Variation IV -

45. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. (f) Variation V

46. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto

47. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe. Maestoso andante

48. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: IV. Allegro

49. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: I. Andante

50. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: II. Allegro molto e vivace

51. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: III. Adagio con espressione

52. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: IV. Allegro vivace

53. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

54. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": II. Allegretto

55. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto agitato

56. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral": I. Allegro

57. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral": II. Andante

58. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

59. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral": IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

60. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: I. Allegro vivace

61. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: II. Adagio grazioso

62. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegretto

63. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": I. Largo - Allegro

64. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": II. Adagio

65. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": III. Allegretto

66. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: I. Allegro

67. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace

68. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso

69. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: IV. Presto con fuoco

70. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1: I. Andante

71. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1: II. Rondo. Allegro

72. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2: I. Allegro ma non troppo

73. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2: II. Tempo di menuetto

74. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio

75. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": II. Introduzione. Adagio molto

76. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo

77. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54: I. In tempo d'un menuetto