Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 1: Heroic Ideals & The Eternal Feminine Youth

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She plays like a whirlwind...I have never heard the first movement of the Hammerklavier played so fast: Lim believes in honouring Beethoven's metronome direction, impossible though it may seem...Some... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: 7300092
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

Work length37:20

Album only

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

I. Allegro

Track length10:24

Album only

II. Scherzo: Assai vivace

Track length2:43

$1.30

$1.70

III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento

Track length12:50

Album only

IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto

Track length11:23

Album only

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22

Work length21:27

$5.20

$6.80

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

I. Allegro con brio

Track length6:59

$1.30

$1.70

II. Adagio con molta espressione

Track length6:13

$1.30

$1.70

III. Menuetto

Track length2:54

$1.30

$1.70

III. Rondo Allegretto

Track length5:21

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'

Work length14:32

$3.90

$5.10

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

I. Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux). Adagio - Allegro

Track length6:15

$1.30

$1.70

II. Abwesenheit (L'absence). Andante espressivo

Track length2:58

$1.30

$1.70

III. Das Wiedersehen (Le Retour). Vivacissimamente

Track length5:19

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Sonata No.4 in Eb Opus 7

Work length24:19

$5.20

$6.80

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

I. Allegro molto e con brio

Track length7:39

$1.30

$1.70

II. Largo, con gran espressione

Track length5:55

$1.30

$1.70

III. Allegro

Track length4:43

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Rondo: poco allegretto e grazioso

Track length6:02

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Sonata No.9 in E Opus 14 No.1

Work length11:58

$3.90

$5.10

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

I. Allegro

Track length5:37

$1.30

$1.70

II. Allegretto

Track length3:13

$1.30

$1.70

III. Rondo: Allegro comodo

Track length3:08

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Sonata No.10 in G Opus 14 No.2

Work length13:54

$3.90

$5.10

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

I. Allegro

Track length6:27

$1.30

$1.70

II. Andante

Track length4:03

$1.30

$1.70

III. Scherzo: Allegro assai

Track length3:24

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'

Work length13:13

$5.20

$6.80

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

I. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I

Track length4:35

$1.30

$1.70

II. Allegro molto e vivace

Track length1:46

$1.30

$1.70

III. Adagio con espressione

Track length2:06

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Allegro vivace - Presto

Track length4:46

$1.30

$1.70

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto

Work length4:27

$1.30

$1.70

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

Beethoven: Sonata No.14 in C# minor Opus 27 No.2 "Moonlight"

Work length9:26

$2.60

$3.40

HJ Lim (piano)
Recorded: 2011-08-01
Recording Venue: Faller Hall, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, July and August 2011.

II. Allegretto

Track length2:11

$1.30

$1.70

III. Presto agitato

Track length7:15

$1.30

$1.70

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The brilliant 24-year-old Korean pianist HJ Lim, who signed an exclusive contract with EMI Classics in September 2011, has recorded her first project for the label, an ambitious traversal of the Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Lim, a Yamaha exclusive artist, recorded the sonatas on a Yamaha CFX concert grand piano in July and August 2011, grouping them into eight themes. The recordings will be released as four 2-CD sets over the course of 2012 with a complete deluxe box set to be available at the conclusion of the project.

Pianists who record the Beethoven sonatas cycle usually do so at the peak of long and storied careers. With this bold and controversial recording project, HJ Lim aims to prove that at the age of 24 she is ready to record the Beethoven sonatas now. She has the intelligence and artistic vision and her powerful performances have been captivating both traditional and new audiences. She has already performed complete Beethoven sonatas cycles over eight days each in France, Germany and Japan.

Reviews

April 2012

She plays like a whirlwind...I have never heard the first movement of the Hammerklavier played so fast: Lim believes in honouring Beethoven's metronome direction, impossible though it may seem...Some of the quirkier movements are joyfully characterised, and there are times youthful impetuousness blinds her to the music's poetry

2nd February 2012

Proving one’s chops at such a young age doesn’t enter into it – Lim tramples nimbly and with invention as much as she does with respect. Volume two ought to be another triumph.

May 2012

Lim herself is something of a risk-taker. In general, she favours fast tempi and textures that are clear and taut to the point of being overly dry. At the same time, she sometimes employs 'old school' devices like rolling chords and breaking hands...However one responds to these exciting though sometimes wrong-headed performances, there's no doubting Lim's strong personality and fervent commitment.

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 1

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