Beethoven Piano Sonatas Volume 9: Hammerklavier

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Roscoe’s ebullient launch [of the Hammerklavier] hovers around [metronome mark] 120, much varied later in the ebb and flow of Beethoven’s material, but never losing an undercurrent of boundless... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Aug 2022
Catalogue No: DXL1169
Label: Deux-Elles
Series: Martin Roscoe Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Length: 67 minutes

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79

Work length9:34

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Martin Roscoe

I. Presto alla tedesca

Track length4:53

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II. Andante

Track length2:38

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III. Allegro vivace

Track length2:03

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90

Work length13:31

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Martin Roscoe

I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit, und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck

Track length5:37

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II. Nicht zu geschwind, und sehr singbar vorgetragen

Track length7:54

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

Work length44:34

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Martin Roscoe

I. Allegro

Track length10:55

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II. Scherzo. Assai vivace

Track length2:45

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III. Adagio sostenuto.

Track length18:55

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IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto

Track length11:59

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Martin Roscoe is a versatile musician and one of Britain's most prolific recitalists who features regularly on BBC Radio 3. His enduring popularity and solid reputation are built on a deeply thoughtful musicianship that is allied to an easy rapport with audiences and fellow musicians alike. He has recorded the complete piano music of Nielsen and Szymanowski, as well as this series for of the first complete Beethoven piano sonatas from Barry Cooper’s new edition, published by ABRSM. Martin is currently a Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music, London. Artistic Director of Ribble Valley International Piano Week and Beverley Chamber Music

Martin is currently a Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music, London. Artistic Director of Ribble Valley International Piano Week and Beverley Chamber Music. This album is the long-awaited final volume of Martin Roscoe's immensely popular and critically acclaimed cycle of Beethoven's complete sonatas for solo piano. As Martin observes, "Planning nine discs of the 35 Beethoven sonatas required a lot of thought... I tried to make each CD comprise the sort of combination of works I might programme together in a recital situation, hopefully providing a satisfying listen from beginning-to-end and shedding light on each other. I’m very pleased with the combination of the sonatas Opp 79 and 90 with the mighty Hammerklavier on this final disc. It’s well known that every work by Beethoven’s quite unlike any other; here, in these three sonatas I wanted to juxtapose three middle to late period Sonatas from 1809-1819, each one with its own unique character."

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December 2022

Roscoe’s ebullient launch [of the Hammerklavier] hovers around [metronome mark] 120, much varied later in the ebb and flow of Beethoven’s material, but never losing an undercurrent of boundless energy...As for the demented inventiveness of the final fugue, in which some of the greatest pianists have come unstuck, Roscoe keeps a firm command to the end.

Awards Issue 2022

DeuxElles’ engineering enhances my admiration for Roscoe’s intelligent virtuosity, and I hope that his Beethoven cycle will eventually appear as a box-set.

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