Paavali Jumppanen - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 31 "The Tempest", 78, 79, 81a "Les Adieux" & 90 (2016)

This double-CD release is a fourth volume in pianist Paavali Jumppanens ongoing recording cycle of the Beethoven piano sonatas. This release includes Piano Sonatas Nos. 1618 & 2427 written between 180102 and 180914, and belonging to the middle period of the composers oeuvre. Jumppanen has collaborated with numerous contemporary composers and premiering many solo and chamber works for the piano. He has worked personally with esteemed composers including Pierre Boulez, William Duckworth, Henri Dutilleux, as well as composers of his native Finland. On the DG recording project of the complete works by Pierre Boulez, Jumppanen recorded the piano sonatas upon the composers request. Paavali Jumppanen is an internationally esteemed pianist, a versatile performer equally at home as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, and a recitalist. His vast repertoire spans piano literature from Bach to the Avant-garde. Jumppanen has spent several years performing the works of Viennese Classics, in particular Beethoven. His performances of the complete cycles of Beethoven's and Mozart's Piano Sonatas as well as Beethoven's concertos and chamber music have won critical acclaim.