Beethoven: Favorite Piano Sonatas
Beethoven/Goodyear
CD
Stewart Goodyear has selected six of his favorite Beethoven piano sonatas for this new 2-CD collection, a compilation of music from his 10-CD box set of complete Beethoven sonatas. Includes: Pathétique, Moonlight, Appassionata, and Hammerklavier, and more."Mr Goodyear's style has strength and drama, elegant and exquisite technique and great emotional depth.""Stewart Goodyear [has a] stylish, vitally communicative way with Beethoven. His spontaneous inflections of phrase never sound the least bit mannered... a kind of kinetic response to the composer's combative, hair trigger dynamic contrasts... A riveting release on every level." - Gramophone"He leaps the summit of the piano repertoire with complete success. Performances have a thrilling energy, mania for details, and brim with interpretive ideas that seem to leap out of the speakers in three dimensions." - David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Enquirer
Tracklist:
- Sonata No. 8, In C Minor, Op. 13, (‘pathétique’): I. Grave - Allegro Di Molto E Con Brio
- Sonata No. 8, In C Minor, Op. 13, (‘pathétique’): II. Adagio Cantabile
- Sonata No. 8, In C Minor, Op. 13, (‘pathétique’): III. Rondo: Allegro
- Sonata # 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No 2 “moonlight”: I. Adagio Sostenuto
- Sonata # 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No 2 “moonlight”: II. Allegretto
- Sonata # 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No 2 “moonlight”: III. Presto Agitato
- Sonata No. 23, In F Minor, Op. 57 (‘appassionata’): I. Allegro Assai
- Sonata No. 23, In F Minor, Op. 57 (‘appassionata’): II. Andante Con Moto
- Sonata No. 23, In F Minor, Op. 57 (‘appassionata’): III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- Sonata No. 26, In E Flat, Op. 81a (Les Adieux): Das Lebewohl (The Farewell): I. Adagio - Allegro
- Sonata No. 26, In E Flat, Op. 81a (Les Adieux): Abwesenheit (Absence): II. Andante Espressivo
- Sonata No. 26, In E Flat, Op. 81a (Les Adieux): Das Wiedersehen (The Reunion): III. Vivacissimamente
- Sonata # 17 In D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “tempest”: I. Largo - Allegro
- Sonata # 17 In D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “tempest”: II. Adagio
- Sonata # 17 In D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “tempest”: III. Allegretto
- Sonata #29 In B Flat Major, Op. 106: Hammerklavier: I. Allegro
- Sonata #29 In B Flat Major, Op. 106: Hammerklavier: II. Scherzo: Assai Vivace
- Sonata #29 In B Flat Major, Op. 106: Hammerklavier: III. Adagio Sostenuto
- Sonata #29 In B Flat Major, Op. 106: Hammerklavier: IV. Introduzione - Fuga: Allegro Risoluto
- Piano Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest"
- Piano Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest"
- Piano Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest"
- Piano Sonata No. 29 In B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
- Piano Sonata No. 29 In B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
- Piano Sonata No. 29 In B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
- Piano Sonata No. 29 In B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"