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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 1-32 - Levit

Sony Classical  19075843182 (9 discs)

Stereo

Classical - Instrumental

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32

Igor Levit (piano)


Igor Levit, exclusive artist with Sony Classical says: "For me, this recording is a conclusion of my past fifteen years. The literally life-changing encounter with the Diabelli Variations at the age of 17, which is effectively still ongoing, the daily engagement with Beethoven's sonatas, with Beethoven as a person, with myself, with the world in which I live - all that has also led to this recording. What I started in 2013 with the last five sonatas, I can now conclude. It fills me with great happiness and at the same time feels like a new beginning."

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• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 'Sonatine'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les adieux'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

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