Beethoven - Piano Sonatas - Sony: 88697326462 - download

Listen on Presto Music. Free thirty day trial. Find out more.

… a masterly recital, and one whose undemonstrative performances enable the music to speak for itself most eloquently. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Nov 2008
Catalogue No: 88697326462
Label: Sony
Length: 70 minutes

BBC Music Magazine Awards

2010

Instrumental Award Winner

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre'

Work length18:25

$5.20

$6.80

Murray Perahia (piano)

I. Andante con variazioni

Track length7:32

$1.30

$1.70

II. Scherzo. Molto allegro

Track length2:39

$1.30

$1.70

III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe

Track length5:39

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Allegro

Track length2:35

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1

Work length12:59

$3.90

$5.10

Murray Perahia (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length6:35

$1.30

$1.70

II. Allegretto - Trio

Track length3:23

$1.30

$1.70

III. Rondo. Allegro comodo

Track length3:01

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2

Work length14:51

$3.90

$5.10

Murray Perahia (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length6:52

$1.30

$1.70

II. Andante

Track length4:42

$1.30

$1.70

III. Scherzo. Allegro assai

Track length3:17

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale'

Work length24:21

$5.20

$6.80

Murray Perahia (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length9:57

$1.30

$1.70

II. Andante

Track length7:18

$1.30

$1.70

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Track length2:15

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length4:51

$1.30

$1.70

About
Reviews
Explore

About

World-renowned pianist Murray Perahia’s second new studio album this year, a welcome return after a break of three years due to injury.

Nominated for Classic FM Gramophone Awards Artist Of The Year 2008.

The album will be advertised in Gramophone magazine and other key print titles, and a great response is expected across the board from the media.

Murray Perahia’s best-selling albums have sold in excess of 35,000 units each in the UK alone.

Reviews

January 2009

… a masterly recital, and one whose undemonstrative performances enable the music to speak for itself most eloquently.

2010

Perahia is a quiet Beethovenian, referring not to his dynamics but his utterly unhistrionic approach. Though you might want higher voltages running through some works, the sonatas here respond well to such a temperament. The opening of the variation set in Op 26, for instance, is simplicity itself, and Perahia's swiftly flowing second movement is beautifully judged.
If anything is missing from these readings, it's a certain irreverent humour. Perahia's playing is so well honed that sometimes that last aspect seems to have been tamed, though he brings an effective sense of unease to the finale of the work.
His Pastoral, on the other hand, is a joyous balance of warmth of sound (how he makes the piano sing) in the outer movements, both simultaneously anchored by, and tensing against, a pedal note of D, and the shadowy Andante. A thought-provoking essay by Jeremy Siepmann and a well balanced recording match the quality of the playing.

March 2009

The opening of the variation set in Op 26… is simplicity itself… and Perahia's swiftly flowing second movement is beautifully judged. His Pastoral… is a joyous balance of warmth of sound (how he makes the piano sing) in the outer movements…

16/11/08

one of the most thoughtful and self-effacing pianists of the day…Perahia’s singing tone and shapely phrasing are a joy – even works recorded as frequently as these sound new-minted in his hands

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas

Downloads

Contents

Download queue