Browse: Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)Composed: 1801Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos » Piano Sonatas
Artists in first performance: Ludwig van BeethovenDedicated to: Countess Giulietta Guicciardi
The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. The popular name Moonlight Sonata goes back to a critic's remark after Beethoven's death.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._14_(Beethoven)
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The pulse of the Scherzo is rigorously even, but it has explosive energy; the sheer precisions of the articulation in the finale is a pleasure, as he takes us boldly through its labyrinth of... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th February 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Record Review, 10th March 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Piano
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Nouveauté
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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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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, February 2001, First Choice
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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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Wilhelm Kempff was the most inspirational of Beethoven pianists. Those who have cherished his earlier stereo cycle for its magical spontaneity will find Kempff's qualities even more intensely... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Radu Lupu: The Complete Decca Solo Recordings
RecommendedRadu Lupu (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
For his last collection Lupu turns to Schumann...and proves to be one of the interpreters whose understanding of this composer can be measured alongside that of Murray Perahia. This is playing... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2014, First Choice
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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... — More…
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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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All but one of these performances are exceptional, even by Kissin’s stratospheric standards, the odd one out being the Moonlight Sonata…But the most extraordinary track is that of the 32 Variations.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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To listen to Moravec is to be reminded of another era, one in which there was no political correctness surrounding Bach and the modern piano. He gives a warm, richly rhetorical reading of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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