Maurizio Zaccaria - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 - Opp. 31, 101, 106 & 109-111 '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist

CD1
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. Presto
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 "The Hunt": I. Allegro
08. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 "The Hunt": II. Scherzo.
Allegretto vivace
09. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 "The Hunt": III. Minuet.
Moderato e grazioso - Trio
10. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 "The Hunt": IV. Presto con
fuoco

CD2
01. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: I. Etwas lebhaft, und mit der
inngsten Empfindung. Allegretto, ma non troppo
02. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig.
Vivace alla marcia
03. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll.
Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
04. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr
und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro
05. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "The Hunt": I. Allegro
06. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "The Hunt": II. Scherzo. Assai
vivace
07. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "The Hunt": III. Adagio
sostenuto
08. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "The Hunt": IV. Introduzione.
Largo - Fuga. Allegro risoluto
01. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace ma non troppo. Adagio
espressivo
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
04. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto
espressivo
05. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
06. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo
07. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed
appassionato
08. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio

Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his 32+4 Piano Sonatas - including 4 Sonatinas
(doubtfull) - between 1782 and 1822. Although originally not intended to be a
meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections
of works in the history of music. Hans von Bülow called them "The New
Testament" of the piano literature (Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered
Clavier being "The Old Testament").
Beethoven's early sonatas were highly influenced by those of Haydn and Mozart.
The first three sonatas, written in 1782-3 are usually not acknowledged as part
of the complete set of piano sonatas, due to the fact that he was 13 when they
were published. His Piano Sonatas No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 15 are four
movements long, which was rather uncommon in his time.
After he wrote his first 15 sonatas, he wrote to Wenzel Krumpholz, "From now on,
I'm going to take a new path." Beethoven's sonatas from this period are very
different from his earlier ones. His experimentation in modifications to the
common sonata form of Haydn and Mozart became more daring, as did the depth of
expression. Most Romantic period sonatas were highly influenced by those of
Beethoven. After his 20th sonata, published in 1805, Beethoven ceased to publish
sonatas in sets and published all his subsequent sonatas each as a single whole
opus. It is unclear why he did so.
Beethoven's late sonatas were some of his most difficult works and some of
today's most difficult repertoire. Yet again, his music found a new path, often
incorporating fugal technique and displaying radical departure from conventional
sonata form. The "Hammerklavier" was deemed to be Beethoven's most difficult
sonata yet. In fact, it was considered unplayable until almost 15 years later,
when Liszt played it in a concert.
Beethoven's piano sonatas came to be seen as the first cycle of major piano
pieces suited to concert hall performance. Being suitable for both private and
public performance, Beethoven's sonatas form "a bridge between the worlds of the
salon and the concert hall". The first person to play them all in a single
concert cycle was Hans von Bülow, the first complete recording is Artur
Schnabel's for the label His Master's Voice.
Maurizio Zaccaria approached the performances of these milestones - the 32+4
(Complete) Piano Sonatas by Ludwig Van Beethoven - with a vision aimed at
highlighting the gestures of the compositional aspect, not disdaining a more
massive use of the resonance pedal which, according to Czerny's words, was used
abundantly by Beethoven himself.
The recordings were made from 2019 to 2021, in exclusive for our label,
OnClassical; they involved two Steinway's grand pianos: the first series
(including Sonatas Opp. 13, 26, 27, 28, 49, 53, 54, 57, 90) was entirely
recorded on a 1968 Steinway D-274 chosen by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli,
property of the label. The second and third series were executed on a brand new
instrument, always a Steinway D.

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