Tracks
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat, Op. 81a
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp, Op. 78,
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106
CD1
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53
"Waldstein"
1) Allegro con brio
10:49
2) Introdizione (Adagio molto)
3:18
3) Rondo (Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo)
9:30
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57
"Appassionata"
4) Allegro assai
9:07
5) Andante con moto
6:17
6) Allegro ma non troppo
5:11
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat, Op. 81a
"Les adieux"
7) Das Lebewohl (Adagio – Allegro)
6:43
8) Die Abwesenheit (Andante espressivo)
4:01
9) Das Wiedersehen (Vivacissimamente)
5:21
CD2
10) Adagio sostenuto
5:41
11) Allegretto
2:39
12) Presto
7:16
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2
"Moonlight"
13) Allegro molto e con brio
8:07
14) Largo, con gran espressione
8:05
15) Allegro
5:15
16) Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso)
7:00
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat, Op. 7
17) Allegro con brio
7:24
18) Adagio con molto espressione
6:59
19) Menuetto
3:17
20) Rondo (Allegretto)
6:29
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat, Op. 22
21) Allegro
3:55
22) Adagio
4:45
23) Menuetto (Allegretto)
4:03
24) Prestissimo
4:57
CD3
25) Allegro vivace
6:52
26) Largo appassionato
6:19
27) Scherzo (Allegretto)
3:02
28) Rondo (Grazioso)
7:02
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1
29) Allegro con brio
10:19
30) Adagio
7:06
31) Scherzo (Allegro)
3:16
32) Allegro assai
5:30
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2
33) Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
8:56
34) Adagio cantabile
5:16
35) Rondo (Allegro)
4:52
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3
36) Allegro molto e con brio
5:35
37) Adagio molto
7:55
38) Finale (Prestissimo)
4:30
CD4
39) Allegro
8:48
40) Allegretto
4:43
41) Presto
4:06
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13
“Pathétique”
42) Presto
7:14
43) Largo e mesto
9:19
44) Menuetto (Allegro)
2:42
45) Rondo (Allegro)
4:19
Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
46) Allegro vivace
6:33
47) Adagio grazioso
11:48
48) Rondo allegretto
7:10
Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2
49) Largo - Allegro
9:00
50) Adagio
8:00
51) Allegretto
6:37
Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3
52) Allegro
7:48
53) Scherzo (Allegretto vivace)
5:06
54) Menuetto (Moderato e grazioso)
4:29
55) Presto con fuoco
4:59
CD5
56) Andante con Variazioni
7:59
57) Scherzo (Allegro molto)
2:42
58) Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un eroe
6:09
59) Allegro
3:41
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1
60) Andante – Allegro – Tempo I
5:01
61) Allegro molto e vivace -
1:55
62) Adagio con espressione -
2:58
63) Allegro vivace – Tempo I – Presto
5:43
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2
“The Tempest”
64) Allegro
10:12
65) Andante
6:10
66) Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
2:22
67) Rondo (Allegro, ma non troppo)
4:34
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat, Op. 31, No. 3
“The Hunt”
68) Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
5:35
69) Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
7:36
CD6
70) Allegro
7:03
71) Allegretto
3:22
72) Rondo (Allegro comodo)
3:15
Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat, Op.26
73) Allegro
7:00
74) Andante
5:53
75) Scherzo (Allegro assai)
3:41
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat, Op. 27, No. 1
76) In tempo d’un menuetto
5:37
77) Allegretto
5:42
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28
“Pastoral”
78) Andante
4:05
79) Rondo (Allegro)
3:49
Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op. 90
80) Allegro ma non troppo
4:18
81) Tempo di Menuetto
3:27
CD7
82) Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
8:05
83) Allegro vivace
3:18
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, No. 1
84) Presto alla tedesca
4:59
85) Andante
3:10
86) Vivace
2:09
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2
87) Allegro
11:11
88) Scherzo (Assai vivace)
2:41
89) Adagio sostenuto
15:53
90) Largo – Allegro risoluto
11:36
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54
91) Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
3:41
92) Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Vivace alla Marcia)
5:45
93) Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
2:27
94) Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit
6:56
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1
95) Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo
3:22
96) Prestissimo
2:24
97) Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
13:05
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49, No. 2
98) Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
6:24
99) Allegro molto
2:00
100) Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente
3:38
101) Fuga
6:28
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp, Op. 78,
“For Therese”
102) Maestoso
9:44
103) Arietta
15:54
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79
CD8
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106
“Grosse Sonate für das Hammerklavier”
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
CD9
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat, Op. 110
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Total Tracks
103
Total Duration
10hr 19min
Album information
The waiting has finally paid off: the complete Mari Kodama’s Beethoven piano sonata cycle has finally arrived. Although not the first with this achievement, the very idea that an artist can play this music and still introduce a new perspective, as Kodama so often proves with her performances, is astonishing.
As Gramophone eloquently phrases it: ‘Never bearing down heavily on the music, she always allows Beethoven his own voice.’
After starting the recordings in 2003, Mari Kodama completed the final piece in 2013. Once again Ms. Kodama meets all expectations in the pursuit of these horizons, and she entirely takes on the challenge with the last instalment of her critically-acclaimed journey through this ever-fascinating cycle. It is then only fair that this feat is celebrated in the form of a collector’s item SACD box set with its larger-than-life surround sound.
One can’t have too many Beethoven sonata cycles in their library when the performance is this fabulous and the surround sound is just to die for.
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