Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Composed: 1821Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos » Piano Sonatas
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From the first note, Osborne’s kinship with the composer is everywhere apparent and he conveys the vast contrasts of the last three sonatas unerringly...What is particularly winning about this... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 18th May 2019, Record of the Week
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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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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each work was approached afresh each time he played it, always finding something new, whether it’s the joy that courses through the third of the Op 31 set, the myriad colours and subtleties... — More…
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Special offer. Beethoven - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 8
RecommendedRonald Brautigam (fortepiano)
There are few early-instrument practitioners who can match Brautigam's music insight and technical prowess...there are no holds barred in his impressively passionate account of Op. 111's opening... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th June 2010
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Building a Library, July 2013, First Choice
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each work was approached afresh each time he played it, always finding something new, whether it’s the joy that courses through the third of the Op 31 set, the myriad colours and subtleties... — More…
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Throughout, Liu’s fingerwork is unfailing...and her balances are breathtaking, especially in passages featuring superimposed rhythms. Overall, a major appearance by a pianist who has remained... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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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... — More…
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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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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended Recording - 'Appassionata'
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Here is a stimulating well-contrasted programme. Each sonata benefits from Angela Hewitt's beautifully clean-cut pianistic commant, in which every score marking is placed within a precisely... — More…
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Those who are searching for perfection can stop here...this set, the first solo recording from Russo-German pianist Igor Levit, sets a new standard that will be very difficult to surpass...I... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Newcomer Award
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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