Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 3

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The warm sonic ambience and Biss's intelligent annotations make this release all the more worth consideration, even in a catalogue awash with world-class Beethoven sonata recordings. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014 More…

Release Date: 13th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: ONYX4115
Label: Onyx
Series: Biss Beethoven Sonatas
Length: 70 minutes

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale'

Work length22:51

Jonathan Biss

I. Allegro

Track length9:15

II. Andante

Track length6:19

III. Scherzo (Allegro ma non troppo)

Track length2:20

IV. Rondo - Allegro ma non troppo

Track length4:57

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1

Work length22:59

Jonathan Biss

I. Allegro vivace

Track length6:22

II. Adagio grazioso

Track length10:09

III. Rondo: Allegretto – Presto

Track length6:28

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'

Work length24:29

Jonathan Biss

I. Allegro Con Brio

Track length10:40

II. Introduzione (Adagio molto)

Track length3:50

III. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo)

Track length9:59

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1801 saw Beethoven’s development of the piano sonata take a dramatic turn, testing the sonata’s limits with a set of slow variations in lieu of a sonata allegro in op26, a multi-movement work played without pause in op27/1, and the remarkable opening movement of the ‘Moonlight’ op27/2. Operatic recitatives are incorporated into the ‘Tempest’ op31/2. These features are without precedent. Volume 3 of Jonathan Biss’s acclaimed cycle of the sonatas contains two works from this year of experiment and innovation, though the innovations are less brazen - op28 ‘Pastorale’ and the somewhat overlooked op31/1. The third sonata on this disc is one of the most famous of the 32 – The ‘Waldstein’, composed in 1803, is a work of life affirming spirit and energy. Jonathan’s illustrated weekly talks on 'Discovering Beethoven’s Sonatas' for the Curtis Institute had 32000 people sign up!

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March 2014

The warm sonic ambience and Biss's intelligent annotations make this release all the more worth consideration, even in a catalogue awash with world-class Beethoven sonata recordings.

13th January 2014

three more admirable Beethoven performances from Jonathan Biss...There’s great vitality in his reading of the first movement [of the Waldstein] and he’s excellent at observing Beethoven’s copious dynamic markings. In the development section his pianism has great dynamism and he brings out all the excitement in Beethoven’s pulsating music.

19th January 2014

Of the three Op 31 sonatas, No 2 (the Tempest) and the splendid No 3 are much more familiar than No 1. But what a delight that one is, too, as Biss shows in a performance that brings out its wit and the subversive humour that Beethoven can never suppress for long.

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