Jos van Immerseel - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
02. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto
03. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: Prestissimo
04. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: I. Presto
05. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Largo e mesto
06. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Menuetto (Allegro)
07. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: IV. Rondo (Allegro)
08. Alla ingharese in G Major, Op. 129
09. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave (Allegro di molto e con brio)
10. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
11. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": III. Rondo (Allegro)

CD2
01. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: II. Allegretto
03. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: III. Rondo (Allegro comodo)
04. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: I. Allegro
05. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: II. Andante
06. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: III. Scherzo (Allegro assai)
07. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Funeral March": Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe (Maestoso andante)
08. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
09. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": II. Allegretto
10. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto agitato

CD3
01. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral": I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral": II. Andante
03. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral": III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
04. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral": IV. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
05. Two Rondos, Op. 51: II. Andante cantabile e grazioso in G Major
06. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: I. Allegro
07. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: II. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
08. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: III. Menuetto (Moderato e grazioso)
09. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: IV. Presto con fuoco
10. Andante in F Major, WoO 57


A leading authority on the fortepiano, Jos Van Immerseel has devised a programme focusing on the music Beethoven composed for a Viennese piano with a range of five octaves. This includes the finest keyboard music from Beethoven’s early Viennese period, more specifically works written between 1795 and 1804. For this recording, the Flemish pianist has used the composer’s extant autograph manuscripts or the first editions published shortly after composition, as well as the latest critical edition by Jonathan Del Mar (Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 2017-18). The writings of Carl Czerny, one of Beethoven’s most important ‘pupils’, were also a significant source of information. With his customary attention to the instrumentarium, Jos Van Immerseel has opted for a five-octave Viennese grand fortepiano by Christopher Clarke, a masterly replica, built in 1988, of an instrument by Walter, whom Beethoven himself selected in 1802 from among the sixty or so Viennese piano makers of the time.

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