BEETHOVEN - THE COMPLETE 32 PIANO SONATAS - WILHELM KEMPFF (10CD)

CD 1

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 1 IN F MINOR, Op. 2 No. 1

Sonate Nr. 1, f-Moll, op. 2 Nr. 1

1. I. Allegro 4‘32

2. II. Adagio 4‘43

3. III. Menuetto: Allegretto 3‘02

4. IV. Prestissimo 5‘26

SONATA No. 2 IN A MAJOR, Op.2 No. 2

Sonate Nr. 2, A-Dur, op. 2 Nr. 2

5. I. Allegro vivace 5‘32

6. II. Largo appassionato 7‘03

7. III. Scherzo: Allegretto 3‘19

8. IV. Rondo: Grazioso 6‘35

SONATA No. 27 IN E MINOR, Op. 90

Sonate Nr. 27, e-Moll, op. 90

9. I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus 5‘09

mit Empfindung und Ausdruck

10. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr 8‘11

singbar vorzutragen

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1951

LPM 18105 (1-8), 18135 (9, 10)

Total Time 53‘46

CD 2

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 3 IN C MAJOR, Op. 2 No. 3

Sonate Nr. 3, C-Dur, op. 2 Nr- 3

1. I. Allegro con brio 7‘41

2. II. Adagio 7‘13

3. III. Scherzo: Allegro 2‘48

4. IV. Allegro assai 5‘17

SONATA No. 8 IN C MINOR, Op. 13 Sonate Nr. 8 c-Moll op. 13 „Pathétique“

5. I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio

7‘46

6. II. Adagio cantabile 4‘08

7. III. Rondo: Allegro 4‘40

SONATA No. 13 IN E FLAT MAJOR, Op. 27 No. 1

Sonate Nr. 13, Es-Dur, op. 27 Nr. 1

„Sonata quasi una fantasia“

8. I. Andante – Allegro 4‘47

9. II. Allegro molto e vivace 2‘20

10. III. Adagio con espressione 3’07

11. IV. Allegro vivace 5‘52

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1950 (5-7),

1951 (1-4, 8-11)

LPE 17026 (5-7), LPM 18079 (1-4),

18076 (8-11)

Total Time 55‘52

CD 3

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 4 IN E FLAT MAJOR, Op. 7

Sonate Nr. 4 Es-Dur op. 7

1. I. Allegro molto e con brio 8‘45

2. II. Largo, con gran espressione 7‘52

3. III. Allegro 5‘20

4. IV. Rondo: Poco Allegretto e grazioso

7‘19

SONATA No. 5 IN C MINOR, Op. 10 No. 1

Sonate Nr. 5, c-Moll, op. 10 Nr. 1

5. I. Allegro molto e con brio 6‘10

6. II. Adagio molto 7‘46

7. III. Finale: Prestissimo 4‘06

SONATA No. 6 IN F MAJOR, Op. 10 No. 2

Sonate Nr. 6 F-Dur op. 10 Nr. 2

8. I. Allegro 5‘40

9. II. Allegretto 3‘30

10. III. Presto 3‘48

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1951

LPM 18071 (1-4), 18106 (5-10)

Total Time 60‘24

CD 4

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 7 IN D MAJOR, Op. 10 No. 3 / Sonate Nr. 7, D-Dur, op. 10 Nr. 3

1. I. Presto 5‘00

2. II. Largo e mesto 8‘46

3. III. Menuetto: Allegro 2‘51

4. IV. Rondo: Allegro 4‘01

SONATA No. 20 IN G MAJOR, Op. 49 No. 2 / Sonate Nr. 20, G-Dur, op. 49 Nr. 2

5. I. Allegro ma non troppo 4‘35

6. II. Tempo di Menuetto 3‘48

SONATA No. 9 IN E MAJOR, Op. 14 No. 1 / Sonate Nr. 9, E-Dur, op. 14 Nr. 1

7. I. Allegro 6‘45

8. II. Allegretto 3‘36

9. III. Rondo: Allegro comodo 3‘41

SONATA No. 30 IN E MAJOR, Op. 109 / Sonate Nr. 30, E-Dur, op. 109

10. I. Vivace, ma non troppo – Adagio

espressivo 3‘19

11. II. Prestissimo 2‘26

12. III. Gesangsvoll, mit innigster

Empfindung – 11‘08

Andante, molto cantabile ed espressivo

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1951

LPM 18145 (1-4), 18021 (5,6), 18071

(7-9), 18145 (10-12)

Total Time 60‘14

CD 5

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 14 IN C SHARP MINOR,Op. 27 No. 2, “Moonlight” Sonate Nr. 14, cis-Moll, op. 27 Nr. 2, „Mondscheinsonate“

1. I. Adagio sostenuto 8‘45

2.-3. II. Allegretto

Presto agitato 6‘00

SONATA No. 10 IN G MAJOR, Op. 14 No. 2 / Sonate Nr. 10, G-Dur, op. 14 Nr. 2

4. I. Allegro 7‘32

5. II. Andante 5‘27

6. III. Scherzo: Allegro assai 3‘22

SONATA No. 18 IN E FLAT MAJOR, Op. 31 No. 3 / Sonate Nr. 18, Es-Dur, op. 31 Nr. 3

7. I. Allegro 6‘11

8. II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace 5‘10

9. III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso

4‘36

10. IV. Presto con fuoco 4‘52

SONATA No. 19 IN G MINOR, Op. 49 No. 1 / Sonate Nr. 19, g-Moll, op. 49 Nr. 1

11. I. Andante 4‘08

12. II. Rondo: Allegro 3‘48

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1956 (1, 2),

1951 (3-11)

LPE 17026 (1, 2-3), LPM 18079 (3-5),

18021 (6-11)

Total Time 59‘57

CD 6

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 11 IN B FLAT MAJOR, Op. 22

Sonate Nr. 11, B-Dur, op. 22

1. I. Allegro con brio 7‘37

2. II. Adagio con molta espressione 7‘41

3. III. Menuetto 3‘10

4. IV. Rondo: Allegretto 6‘27

SONATA No. 26 IN E FLAT MAJOR, Op. 81a Sonate Nr. 26, Es-Dur, op. 81a „Les Adieux“

5. I. Das Lebewohl (Les adieux). Adagio

- Allegro 6‘54

6. II. - 7. III. Die Abwesenheit

(L’absence). 7‘14

Andante espressivo

Das Wiedersehen (Le retour).

Vivacissimamente

SONATA No. 32 IN C MINOR, Op. 111 Sonate Nr. 32, c-Moll, op. 111

8. I. Maeatoso – Allegro con brio es

appassionato 7‘11

9. II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e

cantabile 14‘36

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1951

LPM 18020 (1-4), 18135 (5-7), 18045 (8,9)

Total Time 61‘06

CD 7

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 12 IN A FLAT MAJOR, Op. 26

Sonate Nr. 12, As-Dur, op. 26

1. I. Andante con variazioni 8‘07

2. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 2‘57

3. III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un

Eroe 5‘32

4. IV. Allegro 3‘11

SONATA No. 17 IN D MINOR, Op. 31 No. 2, “Tempest”

Sonate Nr. 17, d-Moll, op. 31 Nr. 2, „Der Sturm“

5. I. Largo – Allegro 6‘20

6. II. Adagio 7‘24

7. III. Allegretto 7‘11

SONATA No. 28 IN MAJOR, Op. 101 Sonate Nr. 28, A-Dur, op. 101

8. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten

Empfindung:

Allegretto, ma non troppo 3‘33

9. II. Lebhaft, marschmäßig: Vivace alla

marcia 5‘41

10. III. – Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll: Adagio ma 2‘30

non troppo, con affetto

11. IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr und mit 7‘13

Entschlossenheit: Allegro

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1951

LPM 18076 (1-4), 18056 (5-8), 18145

(9-11) Total Time 59‘56

CD 8

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 15 IN D MAJOR, Op. 28 / Sonate Nr. 15, D-Dur, op. 28 „Pastorale“

1. I. Allegro 7‘30

2. II. Andante 6‘37

3. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 2‘28

4. IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

5‘00

SONATA No. 23 IN F MINOR, Op.57 / Sonate Nr. 23, f-Moll, op. 57 „Appassionata“

5. I. Allegro assai 9‘47

6. II. Andante con moto 6‘13

7. III. Allegro, ma non troppo – Presto

5‘49

SONATA No. 24 IN F SHARP MAJOR, Op. 78 / Sonate Nr. 24, Fis-Dur, op. 78

8. I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro, ma non

troppo 5‘00

9. II. Allegro vivace 2‘52

SONATA No. 25 IN G MAJOR, Op. 79 / Sonate Nr. 25, G-Dur, op. 79

10. I. Presto alla tedesca 3‘02

11. II. Andante 2‘30

12. III. Vivace 1‘56

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1951

LPM 18055 (1-4), LPE 17165 (5-9), LPM

18135 (10-12)

Total Time 58‘57

CD 9

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 16 IN G MAJOR, Op. 31

No. 1

Sonate Nr. 16, G-Dur, op. 31 Nr. 1

1. I Allegro vivace 4‘52

2. II. Adagio grazioso 11‘05

3. III. Rondo: Allegretto 6‘28

SONATA No. 21 IN C MAJOR, Op. 53,

“Waldstein”

Sonate Nr. 21, C-Dur, op. 53,

„Waldstein-Sonate“

4. I. Allegro con brio 8‘28

5. II. Introduzione: Adagio molto 3‘31

6. III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato –

Prestissimo 9‘50

SONATA No. 22 IN F MAJOR No. 54

Sonate Nr. 22, F-Dur, op. 54

7. I. In tempo d’un menuetto 6‘07

8. II. Allegretto 5‘59

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1951

LPM 18055 (1-3), 18089 (4-8)

Total Time 56‘31

CD 10

■ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 – 1827)

SONATA No. 31 IN A FLAT MAJOR, Op.

110

Sonate Nr. 31, As-Dur, op. 110

1. I. Moderato cantabile molto

espressivo 6‘06

2. II. Allegro molto 2‘29

3. III. Adagio, ma non troppo – 9‘41

Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo

SONATA No. 29 IN B FLAT MAJOR, Op.

106

Sonate Nr. 29, B-D-Dur, op. 106

„Sonate für das Hammerklavier“

4. I. Allegro 8‘57

5. II. Scherzo: Assai vivace – Presto 2‘42

6. III. Adagio sostenuto: Appassionato e

con 15‘24

molto sentimento

7. IV. Largo: Allegro risoluto 11‘49

Wilhelm Kempff piano

recorded / aufgenommen 1951

LPM 18045 (1-3), 18146 (4-7)

Total Time 57‘10