Vladimir Ashkenazy - Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas (10CD BoxSet) (2007)

Tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2, No.1 (1795): I. Allegro (5:31)
02. II. Adagio (4:25)
03. III. Menuetto & Trio: Allegretto (3:25)
04. IV. Prestissimo (7:25)
05. Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.2, No.2 (1795): I. Allegro vivace (6:53)
06. II. Largo appassionato (7:34)
07. III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegretto (3:00)
08. IV. Rondo. Grazioso (6:12)
09. Piano Sonata No.3 in C major, Op.2, No.3 (1795): I. Allegro con brio (10:05)
10. II. Adagio (8:37)
11. III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro (3:18)
12. IV. Allegro assai (5:09)

CD 2:
01. Piano Sonata No.4 in E-flat major, Op.7 (1797): I. Allegro molto e con brio (8:48)
02. II. Largo, con gran espressione (8:33)
03. III. Allegro (5:01)
04. IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso (6:36)
05. Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10, No.1 (1798): I. Molto allegro e con brio (5:53)
06. II. Adagio molto (7:49)
07. III. Finale: Prestissimo (4:37)
08. Piano Sonata No.6 in F major, Op.10, No.2 (1798): I. Allegro (6:16)
09. II. Allegretto (4:17)
10. III. Presto (2:26)

CD 3:
01. Piano Sonata No.7 in D major, Op.10, No.3 (1798): I. Presto (6:56)
02. II. Largo e mesto (9:52)
03. III. Menuetto (2:51)
04. IV. Rondo: Allegro (3:54)
05. Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique' (1798): I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (8:36)
06. II. Adagio cantabile (5:05)
07. III. Rondo: Allegro (4:58)
08. Piano Sonata No.9 in E major, Op.14, No.1 (1799): I. Allegro (5:34)
09. II. Allegretto (3:12)
10. III. Rondo: Allegro commodo (3:04)
11. Piano Sonata No.10 in G major, Op.14, No.2 (1799): I. Allegro (6:42)
12. II. Andante (5:06)
13. III. Scherzo: Allegro assai (3:26)

CD 4:
01. Piano Sonata No.11 in B-flat major, Op.22 (1800): I. Allegro con brio (7:02)
02. II. Adagio con molto espressione (8:38)
03. III. Menuetto (3:18)
04. IV. Rondo: Allegretto (5:59)
05. Piano Sonata No.12 in A-flat major, Op.26 (1801): I. Andante con variazioni (7:16)
06. II. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro molto (2:32)
07. III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe (6:12)
08. IV. Allegro (2:49)
09. Piano Sonata No.13 in E-flat major, Op.27, No.1 (1801): I Andante - Allegro (5:35)
10. II. Allegro molto e vivace (2:01)
11. III. Adagio con espressione (3:07)
12. IV. Allegro vivace - Presto (5:17)

CD 5:
01. Piano Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 'Moonlight' (1801): I. Adagio sostenuto (6:12)
02. II. Allegretto & Trio (2:15)
03. III. Presto agitato (7:45)
04. Piano Sonata No.15 in D major, Op.28 (1801): I. Allegro (10:39)
05. II. Andante (8:10)
06. III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro vivace (2:26)
07. IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo (5:22)
08. Piano Sonata No.16 in G major, Op.31, No.1 (1802): I. Allegro vivace (6:24)
09. II. Adagio grazioso (9:28)
10. III. Rondo: Allegretto (6:32)

CD 6:
01. Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31, No.2 (1802): I. Largo - Allegro (8:35)
02. II. Adagio (8:11)
03. III. Allegretto (7:10)
04. Piano Sonata No.18 in E-flat major, Op.31, No.3 (1802): I. Allegro (8:38)
05. II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace (5:08)
06. III. Menuetto & Trio: Moderato e grazioso (3:58)
07. IV. Presto con fuoco (4:44)
08. Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49, No.1 (1792): I. Andante (4:14)
09. II. Rondo: Allegro (3:25)
10. Piano Sonata No.20 in G major, Op.49, No.2 (1792): I. Allegro ma non troppo (4:39)
11. II. Tempo di menuetto (3:13)

CD 7:
01. Piano Sonata No.21 in C major, Op.53 'Waldstein' (1803): I. Allegro con brio (11:23)
02. II. Introduzione: Molto adagio (4:35)
03. III. Prestissimo (9:40)
04. Piano Sonata No.22 in F major, Op.54 (1804): I. In tempo d'un menuetto (5:53)
05. II. Allegretto (5:26)
06. Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 'Appassionata' (1805): I. Allegro assai (9:41)
07. II. Andante con moto (6:35)
08. III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto (7:40)
09. Piano Sonata No.24 in F-sharp major, Op.78 (1809): I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo (7:18)
10. II. Allegro vivace (2:41)

CD 8:
01. Piano Sonata No.25 in G major, Op.79 (1809): I. Presto alla tedesca (4:43)
02. II. Andante (3:19)
03. III. Vivace (2:01)
04. Piano Sonata No.26 in E-flat major, Op.81a 'Les Adieux' (1810): I. Adagio - Allegro (7:30)
05. II. Andante espressivo (4:01)
06. III. Vivacissimamente (6:15)
07. Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90 (1814): I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck (5:49)
08. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen (7:58)
09. Piano Sonata No.28 in A major, Op.101 (1816): I. Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung (4:29)
10. II. Lebhaft. Marschmabig (6:03)
11. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll - Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit (10:22)

CD 9:
01. Andante favori in F major, WoO 57 (1805) (9:19)
02. Piano Sonata No.29 in B-flat major, Op.106 'Hammerklavier' (1819): I. Allegro (11:02)
03. II. Scherzo: Assai vivace (2:52)
04. III. Adagio sostenuto (19:25)
05. IV. Introduzione: Largo - Fuga: Allegro risoluto (11:37)

CD 10:
01. Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109 (1820): I. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo (4:17)
02. II. Prestissimo (2:32)
03. III. Andante, molto cantabile ed espressivo (13:46)
04. Piano Sonata No.31 in A-flat major, Op.110 (1821): I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo (6:42)
05. II. Allegro molto (2:17)
06. III. Adagio, ma non troppo (4:03)
07. IV. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo (7:37)
08. Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 (1822): I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato (10:06)
09. II. Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile (17:24)

Performers:
Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano