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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32

Recorded 1951-56

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32

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Wilhelm Kempff was the most inspirational of Beethoven pianists. Those who have cherished his earlier stereo cycle for its magical spontaneity will find Kempff's qualities even more intensely...

Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32

Recorded 1951-56

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

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Wilhelm Kempff was the most inspirational of Beethoven pianists. Those who have cherished his earlier stereo cycle for its magical spontaneity will find Kempff's qualities even more intensely...

Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

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Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Work length17:39
I. Allegro
Track length4:33
II. Adagio
Track length4:41
III. Menuetto (Allegretto)
Track length3:02
IV. Prestissimo
Track length5:23
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
Work length22:21
I. Allegro vivace
Track length5:32
II. Largo appassionato
Track length7:02
III. Scherzo (Allegretto)
Track length3:17
IV. Rondo (Grazioso)
Track length6:30
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
Work length29:02
I. Allegro molto e con brio
Track length8:42
II. Largo, con gran espressione
Track length7:50
III. Allegro
Track length5:19
IV. Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso)
Track length7:11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
Work length22:49
I. Allegro con brio
Track length7:40
II. Adagio
Track length7:09
III. Scherzo (Allegro)
Track length2:46
IV. Allegro assai
Track length5:14
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Work length17:52
I. Allegro molto e con brio
Track length6:09
II. Adagio molto
Track length7:45
III. Finale (Prestissimo)
Track length3:58
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
Work length12:53
I. Allegro
Track length5:39
II. Allegretto
Track length3:30
III. Presto
Track length3:44
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
Work length20:35
I. Presto
Track length5:00
II. Largo e mesto
Track length8:45
III. Menuetto (Allegro)
Track length2:51
IV. Rondo (Allegro)
Track length3:59
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'
Work length16:22
I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
Track length7:44
II. Adagio cantabile
Track length4:05
III. Rondo (Allegro)
Track length4:33
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
Work length13:51
I. Allegro
Track length6:40
II. Allegretto
Track length3:34
III. Rondo (Allegro comodo)
Track length3:37
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
Work length16:10
I. Allegro
Track length7:29
II. Andante
Track length5:23
III. Scherzo (Allegro assai)
Track length3:18
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
Work length24:46
I. Allegro con brio
Track length7:33
II. Adagio con molto espressione
Track length7:37
III. Menuetto
Track length3:09
IV. Rondo (Allegretto)
Track length6:27
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre'
Work length19:38
I. Andante con variazioni
Track length8:06
II. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
Track length2:54
III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe
Track length5:31
IV. Allegro
Track length3:07
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'
Work length15:48
I. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I
Track length4:45
II. Allegro molto e vivace
Track length2:18
III. Adagio con espressione
Track length2:58
IV. Allegro vivace - Tempo I - Presto
Track length5:47
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
Work length14:31
I. Adagio sostenuto
Track length6:20
II. Allegretto
Track length2:19
III. Presto
Track length5:52
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale'
Work length21:27
I. Allegro
Track length7:28
II. Andante
Track length6:37
III. Scherzo (Allegro assai)
Track length2:27
IV. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
Track length4:55
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
Work length22:18
I. Allegro vivace
Track length4:53
II. Adagio grazioso
Track length11:02
III. Rondo (Allegretto)
Track length6:23
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
Work length20:45
I. Largo - Allegro
Track length6:19
II. Adagio
Track length7:20
III. Allegretto
Track length7:06
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
Work length20:33
I. Allegro
Track length6:09
II. Scherzo (Allegretto vivace)
Track length5:07
III. Menuetto (Moderato e grazioso)
Track length4:32
IV. Presto con fuoco
Track length4:45
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
Work length7:52
I. Andante
Track length4:07
II. Rondo (Allegro)
Track length3:45
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
Work length8:22
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length4:37
II. Tempo di Menuetto
Track length3:45
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Work length21:38
I. Allegro con brio
Track length8:25
II. Introduzione (Adagio molto)
Track length3:30
III. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo)
Track length9:43
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Work length11:58
I. In Tempo d'un Menuetto
Track length6:01
II. Allegretto
Track length5:57
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Work length21:28
I. Allegro assai
Track length9:43
II. Andante con moto
Track length6:10
III. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length5:35
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
Work length7:48
I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
Track length4:59
II. Allegro vivace
Track length2:49
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79
Work length7:24
I. Presto alla tedesca
Track length3:03
II. Andante
Track length2:29
III. Vivace
Track length1:52
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'
Work length13:59
I. Das Lebewohl (Adagio - Allegro)
Track length6:51
II. Abwesendheit (Andante espressivo)
Track length3:00
III. Das Wiedersehn (Vivacissimamente)
Track length4:08
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Work length13:14
I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
Track length5:07
II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
Track length8:07
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'
Work length38:41
I. Allegro
Track length8:54
II. Scherzo. Assai vivace - Presto - Prestissimo - Tempo I
Track length2:41
III. Adagio sostenuto
Track length15:19
IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto
Track length11:47
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Work length18:49
I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto ma non troppo
Track length3:35
II. Lebhaft, marschmäßig. Vivace alla marcia
Track length5:41
III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto
Track length2:23
IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro
Track length7:10
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Work length16:36
I. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I
Track length3:14
II. Prestissimo
Track length2:23
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Track length10:59
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Work length18:06
I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
Track length6:04
II. Allegro molto
Track length2:29
III. Adagio ma non troppo. Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length9:33
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Work length21:38
I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Track length7:05
II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Track length14:33

Awards and reviews

2010

Wilhelm Kempff was the most inspirational of Beethoven pianists. Those who have cherished his earlier stereo cycle for its magical spontaneity will find Kempff's qualities even more intensely conveyed in this mono set, recorded between 1951 and 1956. Amazingly the sound has more body and warmth than the stereo, with Kempff's unmatched transparency and clarity of articulation even more vividly caught, both in sparkling Allegros and in deeply dedicated slow movements. If in places he's even more personal, some might say wilful, regularly surprising you with a new revelation, the magnetism is even more intense, as in the great Adagio of the Hammerklavier or the final variations of Op-111, at once more rapt and more impulsive, flowing more freely. The bonus disc, entitled 'An All-Round Musician', celebrates Kempff's achievement in words and music, on the organ in Bach, on the piano in Brahms and Chopin as well as in a Bachian improvisation, all sounding exceptionally transparent and lyrical. Fascinatingly, his pre-war recordings of the Beethoven sonatas on 78s are represented too. Here we have his 1936 recording of the Pathétique, with the central Adagio markedly broader and more heavily pointed than in the mono LP version of 20 years later.
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