Beethoven / Lifschitz: 32 Sonatas
Beethoven / Lifschitz
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Beethoven / Lifschitz: 32 Sonatas
Beethoven / Lifschitz
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Title: 32 Sonatas
Artist: Beethoven / Lifschitz
Label: Alpha
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3760014195846
Genre: Classical
In a world like ours, shaped by centrifugal forces, even a monumental corpus like Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas can appear in a new light. Chronological examination of it's genesis reveals fascinating parallels. - The Sonatas op.2 were published in the last year of the French Revolution. - The ensuing wave of political migration reached Vienna and also affected Elector Maximilian Franz, who was not only the brother of Marie Antoinette and Emperor Joseph II but had also been Beethoven's employer in Bonn. - Beethoven gave compositional form to the triumph and downfall of a tyrant who brought war to Europe and occupied Vienna. - After the international peace conference of 1815, he vigorously embarked on writing modernistic late works in opposition to the emerging police state and it's postmodern entertainment culture. Konstantin Lifschitz applies strict criteria in order to realize the groundbreaking compositional dynamics of these works. He shows his musical independence by supplementing the cycle of sonatas with the Allegretto WoO 53, and still has much to tell us about it, defying past and present fashions. The fact that he recorded the massive cycle live on eight consecutive days also makes this set a monument in it's own right.
Tracks:
1.1 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
1.2 1. I. Allegro
1.3 2. II. Adagio
1.4 3. III. Menuetto: Allegretto
1.5 4. IV. Prestissimo
1.6 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
1.7 5. I. Allegro vivace
1.8 6. II. Largo appassionato
1.9 7. III. Scherzo: Allegretto - Trio
1.10 8. IV. Rondo: Grazioso
1.11 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
1.12 9. I. Allegro con brio
1.13 10. II. Adagio
1.14 11. III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
1.15 12. IV. Allegro assai
2.1 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
2.2 1. I. Allegro molto e con brio
2.3 2. II. Adagio molto
2.4 . 3. Allegretto in C Minor, WoO 53
2.5 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
2.6 4. III. Finale: Prestissimo
2.7 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2
2.8 5. I. Allegro
2.9 6. II. Allegretto
2.10 7. III. Presto
2.11 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
2.12 8. I. Presto
2.13 9. II. Largo e mesto
2.14 10. III. Menuetto: Allegro
2.15 11. IV. Rondo: Allegro
3.1 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7
3.2 1. I. Allegro molto e con brio
3.3 2. II. Largo con gran espressione
3.4 3. III. Allegro
3.5 4. IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
3.6 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"
3.7 5. I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
3.8 6. II. Adagio cantabile
3.9 7. III. Rondo: Allegro
3.10 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1
3.11 8. I. Allegro
3.12 9. II. Allegretto
3.13 10. III. Rondo: Allegro comodo
3.14 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2
3.15 11. I. Allegro
3.16 12. II. Andante
3.17 13. III. Scherzo: Allegro assai
4.1 Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22
4.2 1. I. Allegro con brio
4.3 2. II. Adagio con molta espressione
4.4 3. III. Minuetto
4.5 4. IV. Rondo: Allegretto
4.6 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26, "Sonate mit dem Trauermarsch"
4.7 5. I. Andante con variazioni
4.8 6. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
4.9 7. III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe
4.10 8. IV. Allegro
4.11 Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, "Pastoral"
4.12 9. I. Allegro
4.13 10. II. Andante
4.14 11. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
4.15 12. IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
5.1 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1
5.2 1. I. Allegro vivace
5.3 2. II. Adagio grazioso
5.4 3. III. Rondo: Allegretto
5.5 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest"
5.6 4. I. Largo - Allegro
5.7 5. II. Adagio
5.8 6. III. Allegretto
5.9 Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, "La Chasse"
5.10 7. I. Allegro
5.11 8. II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
5.12 9. III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso - Trio
5.13 10. IV. Presto con fuoco
6.1 Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1
6.2 1. I. Andante
6.3 2. II. Allegro molto e vivace
6.4 3. III. Adagio con espressione
6.5 4. IV. Allegro vivace
6.6 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
6.7 5. I. Adagio sostenuto
6.8 6. II. Allegretto
6.9 7. III. Presto agitato
6.10 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1
6.11 8. I. Andante
6.12 9. II. Rondo: Allegro
6.13 Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2
6.14 10. I. Allegro ma non troppo
6.15 11. II. Tempo di menuetto
7.1 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"
7.2 1. I. Allegro con brio
7.3 2. II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
7.4 3. III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
7.5 Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54
7.6 4. I. In tempo d'un minuetto
7.7 5. II. Allegretto - Più allegro
7.8 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"
7.9 6. I. Allegro assai
7.10 7. II. Andante con moto
7.11 8. III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
8.1 Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78
8.2 1. I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
8.3 2. II. Allegro vivace
8.4 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79
8.5 3. I. Presto alla tedesca
8.6 4. II. Andante
8.7 5. III. Vivace
8.8 Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux"
8.9 6. I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio - Allegro
8.10 7. II. Abwesenheit: Andante espressivo
8.11 8. III. Das Wiedersehn: Vivacissimamente
8.12 Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90
8.13 9. I. Mit lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
8.14 10. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
8.15 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101
8.16 11. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
8.17 12. II. Lebhaft. Marschmässig
8.18 13. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
8.19 14. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit
9.1 Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"
9.2 1. I. Allegro
9.3 2. II. Scherzo: Assai vivace - Presto - Tempo I
9.4 3. III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
9.5 4. IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto
10.1 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
10.2 1. I. Vivace ma non troppo
10.3 2. II. Prestissimo
10.4 3. III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
10.5 Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
10.6 4. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
10.7 5. II. Allegro molto
10.8 6. III. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo
10.9 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
10.10 7. I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
10.11 8. II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Artist: Beethoven / Lifschitz
Label: Alpha
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3760014195846
Genre: Classical
In a world like ours, shaped by centrifugal forces, even a monumental corpus like Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas can appear in a new light. Chronological examination of it's genesis reveals fascinating parallels. - The Sonatas op.2 were published in the last year of the French Revolution. - The ensuing wave of political migration reached Vienna and also affected Elector Maximilian Franz, who was not only the brother of Marie Antoinette and Emperor Joseph II but had also been Beethoven's employer in Bonn. - Beethoven gave compositional form to the triumph and downfall of a tyrant who brought war to Europe and occupied Vienna. - After the international peace conference of 1815, he vigorously embarked on writing modernistic late works in opposition to the emerging police state and it's postmodern entertainment culture. Konstantin Lifschitz applies strict criteria in order to realize the groundbreaking compositional dynamics of these works. He shows his musical independence by supplementing the cycle of sonatas with the Allegretto WoO 53, and still has much to tell us about it, defying past and present fashions. The fact that he recorded the massive cycle live on eight consecutive days also makes this set a monument in it's own right.
Tracks:
1.1 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
1.2 1. I. Allegro
1.3 2. II. Adagio
1.4 3. III. Menuetto: Allegretto
1.5 4. IV. Prestissimo
1.6 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
1.7 5. I. Allegro vivace
1.8 6. II. Largo appassionato
1.9 7. III. Scherzo: Allegretto - Trio
1.10 8. IV. Rondo: Grazioso
1.11 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
1.12 9. I. Allegro con brio
1.13 10. II. Adagio
1.14 11. III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
1.15 12. IV. Allegro assai
2.1 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
2.2 1. I. Allegro molto e con brio
2.3 2. II. Adagio molto
2.4 . 3. Allegretto in C Minor, WoO 53
2.5 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
2.6 4. III. Finale: Prestissimo
2.7 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2
2.8 5. I. Allegro
2.9 6. II. Allegretto
2.10 7. III. Presto
2.11 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
2.12 8. I. Presto
2.13 9. II. Largo e mesto
2.14 10. III. Menuetto: Allegro
2.15 11. IV. Rondo: Allegro
3.1 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7
3.2 1. I. Allegro molto e con brio
3.3 2. II. Largo con gran espressione
3.4 3. III. Allegro
3.5 4. IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
3.6 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"
3.7 5. I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
3.8 6. II. Adagio cantabile
3.9 7. III. Rondo: Allegro
3.10 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1
3.11 8. I. Allegro
3.12 9. II. Allegretto
3.13 10. III. Rondo: Allegro comodo
3.14 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2
3.15 11. I. Allegro
3.16 12. II. Andante
3.17 13. III. Scherzo: Allegro assai
4.1 Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22
4.2 1. I. Allegro con brio
4.3 2. II. Adagio con molta espressione
4.4 3. III. Minuetto
4.5 4. IV. Rondo: Allegretto
4.6 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26, "Sonate mit dem Trauermarsch"
4.7 5. I. Andante con variazioni
4.8 6. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
4.9 7. III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe
4.10 8. IV. Allegro
4.11 Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, "Pastoral"
4.12 9. I. Allegro
4.13 10. II. Andante
4.14 11. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
4.15 12. IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
5.1 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1
5.2 1. I. Allegro vivace
5.3 2. II. Adagio grazioso
5.4 3. III. Rondo: Allegretto
5.5 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest"
5.6 4. I. Largo - Allegro
5.7 5. II. Adagio
5.8 6. III. Allegretto
5.9 Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, "La Chasse"
5.10 7. I. Allegro
5.11 8. II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
5.12 9. III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso - Trio
5.13 10. IV. Presto con fuoco
6.1 Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1
6.2 1. I. Andante
6.3 2. II. Allegro molto e vivace
6.4 3. III. Adagio con espressione
6.5 4. IV. Allegro vivace
6.6 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
6.7 5. I. Adagio sostenuto
6.8 6. II. Allegretto
6.9 7. III. Presto agitato
6.10 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1
6.11 8. I. Andante
6.12 9. II. Rondo: Allegro
6.13 Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2
6.14 10. I. Allegro ma non troppo
6.15 11. II. Tempo di menuetto
7.1 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"
7.2 1. I. Allegro con brio
7.3 2. II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
7.4 3. III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
7.5 Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54
7.6 4. I. In tempo d'un minuetto
7.7 5. II. Allegretto - Più allegro
7.8 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"
7.9 6. I. Allegro assai
7.10 7. II. Andante con moto
7.11 8. III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
8.1 Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78
8.2 1. I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
8.3 2. II. Allegro vivace
8.4 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79
8.5 3. I. Presto alla tedesca
8.6 4. II. Andante
8.7 5. III. Vivace
8.8 Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux"
8.9 6. I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio - Allegro
8.10 7. II. Abwesenheit: Andante espressivo
8.11 8. III. Das Wiedersehn: Vivacissimamente
8.12 Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90
8.13 9. I. Mit lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
8.14 10. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
8.15 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101
8.16 11. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
8.17 12. II. Lebhaft. Marschmässig
8.18 13. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
8.19 14. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit
9.1 Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"
9.2 1. I. Allegro
9.3 2. II. Scherzo: Assai vivace - Presto - Tempo I
9.4 3. III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
9.5 4. IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto
10.1 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
10.2 1. I. Vivace ma non troppo
10.3 2. II. Prestissimo
10.4 3. III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
10.5 Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
10.6 4. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
10.7 5. II. Allegro molto
10.8 6. III. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo
10.9 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
10.10 7. I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
10.11 8. II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
