FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas

Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 93092

Barcode: 5028421930923

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Instrumental

This product has now been deleted. Information is for reference only.

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Bagatelles (6), op.126
Piano Sonata no.5 in C minor, op.10 no.1
Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor, op.31 no.2 'Tempest'
Piano Sonata no.21 in C major, op.53 'Waldstein'
Piano Sonata no.31 in A flat major, op.110

Artists

Harris Goldsmith

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Artists

Harris Goldsmith

About

A rare opportunity tot hear Harris Goldsmith’s temperamental and brilliant Beethoven interpretations. His is an unusual approach to some of these classical sonatas. Especially remarkable is the large-scale overall concept on which his interpretations are based.

New Yorker Goldsmith has a versatile talent; he is not just a pianist. He is also an author, a critic and a musicologist. For quite some years he has been teaching chamber music as well at the Mannes College of Music in New York. Also he regularly writes reviews.

The recordings on these two CD’s were made between 1970 and 1981.

Tracklisting:

CD 1
PIANO SONATA No. 5 in C minor Op. 10/1
1. Allegro molto e con brio 4:42
2. Adagio molto 9:05
3. Finale, prestissimo 3:46
PIANO SONATA No. 21 in C major Op. 53 ''Waldstein''
4. Allegro con brio 9:18
5. Introduzione, adagio molto 4:00
6. Rondo, allegretto moderato - prestissimo 9:00
PIANO SONATA No. 31 in A flat major Op. 110
7. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 6:10
8. Allegro molto 1:48
9. Adagio ma non troppo 3:20
10. Fuga, allegro ma non troppo - l'istesso tempo di arioso - l'istesso tempo della fuga - meno allegro 6:28

Total: 57:54

Recordings: March 2, 1977, June 2 & 9 1978, Vanguard Studio New York (Op. 53 & 110), live concert New York December 16, 1970 (Op. 10/1)

CD 2
PIANO SONATA No. 17 in D minor Op. 31/2 ''Sturm''
1. Largo - allegro 8:35
2. Adagio 8:08
3. Allegretto 5:59
4. Ziemlich lebhaft, in B flat major Wo0 60 1:01
5. Allegretto fur Piringer, in B minor Wo0 61 2:41
6. Albumblatt in A minor, Wo0 59, ''Fur Elise'' 2:48
6 BAGATELLES Op. 126
7. No. 1 in G major 2:57
8. No. 2 in G minor 2:54
9. No. 3 in E flat major 2:38
10. No. 4 in B minor 3:47
11. No. 5 in G major 1:50
12. No. 6 in E flat major 4:31

Total: 48:35

Recording: October 28 & 29, 1981, American Academy of Arts and Letters