Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0794881868322
Format: Box set
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
MPN: 901909
Number Of Discs: 3
Publisher: Harmonia Mundi
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Running Time: 184 minutes
Studio: Harmonia Mundi

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Disc 1:

1. Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1: 1st movement, Allegro molto e con brio
2. Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1: 2nd movement, Adagio molto
3. Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1: 3rd movement, Finale
4. Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2: 1st movement, Allegro
5. Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2: 2nd movement, Allegretto
6. Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2: 3rd movement, Presto
7. Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3: 1st movement, Presto
8. Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3: 2nd movement, Allegro e mesto
9. Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3: 3rd movement, Menuetto
10. Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3: 4th movement, Rondo

Disc 2:

1. Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral': 1st movement, Allegro
2. Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral': 2nd movement, Andante
3. Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral': 3rd movement, Scherzo
4. Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral': 4th movement, Rondo
5. Sonata for Piano no 19 in G minor, Op. 49 no 1: 1st movement, Andante
6. Sonata for Piano no 19 in G minor, Op. 49 no 1: 2nd movement, Rondo
7. Sonata for Piano no 20 in G major, Op. 49 no 2: 1st movement, Allegro ma non troppo
8. Sonata for Piano no 20 in G major, Op. 49 no 2: 2nd movement, Tempo di Menuetto
9. Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': 1st movement, Adagio-Allegro
10. Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': 2nd movement, Andante espressivo
11. Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': 3rd movement, Vivacissimamente

Disc 3:

1. Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109: 1st movement, Vivace, ma non troppo
2. Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109: 2nd movement, Prestissimo
3. Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109: 3rd movement, Andante
4. Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 1st movement, Moderato cantabile
5. Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 2nd movement, Allegro molto
6. Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 3rd movement, Adagio ma non troppo
7. Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111: 1st movement, Maestoso
8. Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111: 2nd movement, Arietta

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Rating: - A benchmark set
This (along with the other CDs which form Lewis's complete Beethoven cycle) is the set I would recommend as the best single recording to have if you want just one recording of all these works, and as a recording that everyone ought to want to have in addition to any others. Other performances are wilder, faster, and louder - or generally more extreme - but if you really want to understand the works, these are quite wonderful. You won't really get the point if you're only awake to speed and dynamics, ... Read More

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