Browse: Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)Composed: 1804Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos » Piano Sonatas
Dedicated to: Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, known as the Waldstein, is one of the three most notable sonatas of his middle period . Completed in summer 1804 and surpassing Beethoven's previous piano sonatas in its scope, the Waldstein is a key early work of Beethoven's "Heroic" decade (1803–1812) and set a standard for piano composition in the grand manner.
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What you will get is a new sense of the sheer physicality of the music…What’s fascinating about Levit’s whole cycle is the crazy tempos at which he takes the first Allegros and Prestos…Where... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019, Classical Album of the Year
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Best-Seller of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended - ‘Appassionata’
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…Brautigam… tempos in the outer movements are tremendously fast, and for the intervening episodes of the Waldstein's ronda finale, with their dizzying cascades of semiquaver triplets, he accelerates... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended Recording - 'Appassionata'
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended Recording - 'Appassionata'
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he plays a rich-sounding modern instrument, and Chandos supplies its usual feather-bed acoustic. Yet whenever there's a chance to be abrasive, Bavouzet seizes it, and he relishes the opportunities... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 33: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 21 & 23
RecommendedArthur Rubinstein (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 2nd Awards (1959), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Grammy Awards, 2nd Awards (1959), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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