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Dedicated to: Count Joseph von Sonnenfels
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. The name Pastoral or Pastorale became known through A. Cranz publishing of Beethoven's work, but was first coined by a London publisher, Broderip & Wilkinson. While not as famous as its immediate predecessor, Piano Sonata No. 14, it is generally admired for its intricate technicality as well as for its beauty. The sonata takes roughly twenty-five minutes to play with its intended repeats.
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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... —
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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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Building A Library, March 2026, Top Choice (Waldstein Sonata)
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Angela Hewitt is on characteristic top form in three of Beethoven’s iconic sonatas … Hewitt’s intelligent planning gives it [Pathétique] a hardcore makeover. The extremes of dynamic range are... —
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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…appropriately enough this final volume ends with the last sonata triptych of Opp. 109-111. Lewis plays all three works with characteristic warmth and beauty of tone, and you're not likely... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Instrumental
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Glenn Gould plays Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3, 5-10, 12-14, 15-18, 23 & 30-32
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Grammy Awards, 26th Awards (1983), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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András Schiff's Beethoven Sonata cycle… continues to be stimulating and provocative, always forcing one to hear such familiar music in a new light. As he approaches the final sonatas of the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, Instrumental Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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… a masterly recital, and one whose undemonstrative performances enable the music to speak for itself most eloquently. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Instrumental Award Winner
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The original recordings are sonically well balanced and give a good measure of Kempff’s sonority. While the rare shellac pressings are admittedly of poor quality, any extreme noise reduction... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Collectionneur
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