Louis Lortie - Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas '2010

Tracks list

Tracklist

CD1
01. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: II. Adagio
03. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
04. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: IV. Prestissimo
05. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2: I. Allegro vivace
06. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2: II. Largo appassionato
07. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegretto - Trio
08. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2: IV. Rondo. Grazioso
09. 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 - Trio
12. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3: IV. Allegro assai
13. Sonata for piano 4 Hands in D Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro molto
14. Sonata for piano 4 Hands in D Major, Op. 6: II. Rondo. Moderato

CD2
01. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
02. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto
03. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Finale. Prestissimo
04. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro
05. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: II. Allegretto
06. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Presto
07. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: I. Presto
08. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Largo e mesto
09. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Allegro
10. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: IV. Rondo. Allegro
11. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathetique: I. Grave - Allegro di
molto e con brio
12. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathetique: II. Adagio cantabile
13. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathetique: III. Rondo. Allegro

CD3
01. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1: II. Allegretto
03. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro comodo
04. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2: I. Allegro
05. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2: II. Andante
06. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro assai
07. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: I. Allegro con brio
08. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: II. Adagio con molta
espressione
09. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: III. Minuetto
10. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: IV. Rondo. Allegretto
11. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 Funeral March: I. Andante con
variazioni
12. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 Funeral March: II. Scherzo.
Allegro molto
13. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 Funeral March: III. Marcia
funebre sulla morte dun eroe
14. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 Funeral March: IV. Allegro

CD4
01. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 Quasi una fantasia: I.
Andante
02. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 Quasi una fantasia: II.
Allegro molto e vivace
03. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 Quasi una fantasia: III.
Adagio con espressione
04. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 Quasi una fantasia: IV.
Allegro vivace
05. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight: I. Adagio
sostenuto
06. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight: II.
Allegretto
07. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight: III. Presto
agitato
08. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, Pastoral: I. Allegro
09. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, Pastoral: II. Andante
10. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, Pastoral: III. Scherzo. Allegro
vivace
11. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, Pastoral: IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non
troppo

CD5
01. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1: I. Allegro vivace
02. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1: II. Adagio grazioso
03. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegretto
04. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 Tempest: I. Largo - Allegro
05. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 Tempest: II. Adagio
06. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 Tempest: III. Allegretto
07. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, La Chasse: I. Allegro
08. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, La Chasse: II. Scherzo.
Allegretto vivace
09. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, La Chasse: III.
Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso - Trio
10. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, La Chasse: IV. Presto
con fuoco

CD6
01. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: I. Allegro molto e con brio
02. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: II. Largo con gran espressione
03. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: III. Allegro
04. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e
grazioso
05. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1: I. Andante
06. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1: II. Rondo. Allegro
07. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2: I. Allegro ma non troppo
08. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2: II. Tempo di menuetto
09. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 Waldstein: I. Allegro con brio
10. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 Waldstein: II. Introduzione. Adagio
molto
11. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 Waldstein: III. Rondo. Allegretto
moderato - Prestissimo

CD7
01. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54: I. In tempo dun minuetto
02. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54: II. Allegretto - Più allegro
03. Cantata III- Dir vorrei: I. Allegro assai
04. Cantata III- Dir vorrei: II. Andante con moto
05. Cantata III- Dir vorrei: III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
06. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 À Thérèse: I. Adagio
cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
07. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 À Thérèse: II.
Allegro vivace
08. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79: I. Presto alla tedesca
09. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79: II. Andante
10. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79: III. Vivace
11. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a Les Adieux: I. Das Lebewohl:
Adagio - Allegro
12. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a Les Adieux: II. Abwesenheit:
Andante espressivo
13. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a Les Adieux: III. Das
Wiedersehn: Vivacissimamente

CD8
01. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: I. Mit lebhaftigkeit und durchaus
mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
02. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr
singbar vorgetragen
03. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: I. Allegretto ma non troppo
04. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: II. Vivace alla marcia
05. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: III. Adagio ma non troppo con
affeto - Presto
06. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: IV. Allegro
07. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier: I. Allegro
08. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier: II. Scherzo.
Assai vivace - Presto - Tempo I
09. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier: III. Adagio
sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
10. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier: IV. Largo -
Allegro risoluto

CD9
01. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: I. Vivace ma non troppo
02. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo
03. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster
Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
04. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Variation 1: Molto espressivo
05. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Variation 2: Leggieramente
06. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Variation 3: Allegro vivace
07. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Variation 4: Etwas langsamer,
als das Thema
08. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Variation 5: Allegro ma non
troppo
09. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Variation 6: Tempo I del tema
10. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto
espressivo
11. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
12. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo -
13. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo -
14. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: III. Fuga. Allegro ma non
troppo -
15. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: III. Listesso tempo di Arioso
-
16. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: III. Listesso tempo della Fuga
poi a poi di nuovo vivente
17. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed
appassionato
18. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice
e cantabile
19. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. (Variation 1) -
20. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. (Variation 2) Listesso tempo -
21. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. (Variation 3) Listesso tempo -
22. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. (Variation 4) -
23. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. (Variation 5)

Beethoven has always been a part of the concert repertoire of exclusive Chandos
artist Louis Lortie, and it rose again to the top of his agenda as he prepared
to complete his recorded cycle of the composer’s sonatas earlier this
year. Sonatas Nos 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31 and 32, newly recorded, will be
released for the first time as part of a box set of the entire canon, which will
be available at the bargain price of 9 CDs for the price of 3.

This box set of the complete piano sonatas is a must for all lovers of Beethoven
and great piano playing. The compositions are bold and beautiful, challenging,
witty and fresh. They seem to encompass all aspects of human sensibility and
aspiration, and the superb playing of Louis Lortie takes the music to another
level. His recording of the composer’s ‘Eroica’ Variations,
which won an Edison Award, was described by Gramophone in glowing terms:

‘His account… is spacious and magisterial, virile yet sensitive, and
the wide range of dynamic nuance and keyboard colour is there to illumine
Beethoven’s textures and not highlight the artist’s pianism. He
succeeds in communicating the power of Beethoven’s imagination: the
part-writing in the fugue emerges with a masterly clarity, and is beautifully
weighted and balanced.’

Highlights among the new recordings are that of the sublime Sonata No. 30,
composed in 1820 – 22, which displays all the characteristics of
Beethoven’s last creative phase: rich harmonic structures, a fascination
with intricate counterpoint, and a strict adherence to classical and baroque
forms. Also worthy of a separate mention is Sonata No. 22, a veritable study in
contrasts. Its two complementary themes – a gracious, dignified
‘feminine’ theme resembling a minuet, and a stamping, assertive,
‘masculine’ theme – gradually influence one another in the
course of the movement until they become thoroughly integrated and combined in
the final passages.

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