Artur Schnabel Plays Beethoven: The 32 Piano Sonatas

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Artur Schnabel Plays Beethoven: The 32 Piano Sonatas

Artur Schnabel

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Artur Schnabel's recordings of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas was one of the most ambitious undertakings of the pre-LP era. These legendary 1930s era sessions retain their reputation as one of the greatest achievements in recording history -- supreme performances considered definitive by many music critics seven decades after they were committed to disc by HMV. Paul Arden-Taylor's new remastering of these great recordings combines state-of-the-art restorations with unrivaled value pricing.

CD 1

1 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No.1 I. Allegro 03:14

2 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No.1 II. Adagio 05:59

3 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No.1 III. Menuetto 03:23

4 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No.1 IV. Presto 04:43

5 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 I. Allegro vivace 06:26

6 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 II. Largo appassionato 07:21

7 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 III. Scherzo: Allegretto 03:21

8 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 IV. Rondo: Grazioso 05:45

9 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3 I. Allegro con brio 09:54

10 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3 II. Adagio 07:40

11 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 02:49

12 Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3 IV. Allegro assai 05:20

13 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2 I. Allegro 05:01

14 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2 II. Allegretto 03:58

15 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2 III. Presto 02:04

CD 2

16 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 I. Allegro molto e con brio 04:37

17 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 II. Adagio molto 07:55

18 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 III. Prestissimo 03:44

19 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique" I. Grave - Allegro molto e con brio 08:29

20 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique" II. Adagio cantabile 05:55

21 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique" III. Rondo: Allegro 04:05

22 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2 I. Allegro 05:49

23 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2 II. Andante 07:08

24 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2 III. Scherzo: Allegro assai 03:35

25 Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb, Op. 31, No. 3 I. Allegro 08:17

26 Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb, Op. 31, No. 3 II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace 04:43

27 Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb, Op. 31, No. 3 III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso 04:09

28 Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb, Op. 31, No. 3 IV. Presto con fuoco 04:00

CD 3

29 Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op. 7 I. Allegro molto e con brio 07:24

30 Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op. 7 II. Largo con gran espressione 09:12

31 Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op. 7 III. Allegro 04:50

32 Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op. 7 IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso 06:06

33 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3 I. Presto 06:23

34 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3 II. Largo e mesto 11:23

35 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegro 02:24

36 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3 IV. Allegro 03:55

37 Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op. 22 I. Allegro con brio 06:42

38 Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op. 22 II. Adagio con molto espressione 09:01

39 Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op. 22 III. Menuetto 03:18

40 Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op. 22 IV. Rondo: Allegretto 05:20

CD 4

41 Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab, Op. 26 I. Andante con variazione 09:51

42 Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab, Op. 26 II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 02:24

43 Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab, Op. 26 III. Maestoso andante, "Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe" 07:18

44 Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab, Op. 26 IV. Allegro 02:28

45 Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastorale" I. Allegro 07:18

46 Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastorale" II. Andante 07:21

47 Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastorale" III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 02:04

48 Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastorale" IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 04:32

49 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1 I. Allegro vivace 05:53

50 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1 II. Adagio grazioso 12:37

51 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1 III. Rondo: Allegretto 05:38

CD 5

52 Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia" I. Andante - Allegro - Tempo primo 05:16

53 Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia" II. Allegro molto e vivace 01:35

54 Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia" III. Adagio con espressione 03:03

55 Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia" IV. Allegro vivace 05:08

56 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" I. Adagio sostenuto 04:54

57 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" II. Allegretto 02:12

58 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" III. Presto agitato 06:29

59 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "The Storm" I. Largo - Allegro 08:47

60 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "The Storm" II. Adagio 08:16

61 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "The Storm" III. Allegretto 05:42

62 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1 I. Andante 04:06

63 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1 II. Rondo: Allegro 02:59

64 Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49, No. 2 I. Allegro ma non troppo 04:22

65 Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49, No. 2 II. Tempo di menuetto 02:58

66 Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck 05:36

67 Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen 06:42

CD 6

68 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, "Waldstein" I. Allegro con brio 09:52

69 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, "Waldstein" II. Adagio molto 05:15

70 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, "Waldstein" III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato 08:47

71 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata" I. Allegro assai 08:57

72 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata" II. Andante con moto 06:02

73 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata" III. Allegro ma non troppo 07:04

74 Piano Sonata No. 24 in F#, Op. 78 I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 07:00

75 Piano Sonata No. 24 in F#, Op. 78 II. Allegro vivace 02:39

76 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79 I. Presto alla tedesca 03:52

77 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79 II. Andante 03:04

78 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79 III. Vivace 01:29

79 Piano Sonata No. 26 in Eb, Op. 81a, "Les adieux" I. Adagio - Allegro (Les adieux) 06:54

80 Piano Sonata No. 26 in Eb, Op. 81a, "Les adieux" II. Andante espressivo (L'absence) 03:09

81 Piano Sonata No. 26 in Eb, Op. 81a, "Les adieux" III. Vivacissimamente (Le retour) 04:57

CD 7

82 Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54 I. In tempo d'un menuetto 04:55

83 Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54 II. Allegretto 05:20

84 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 I. etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten empfindung 03:56

85 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 II. lebhaft, marschmassig 05:22

86 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll 03:11

87 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 IV. Geschwind, doc nicht zu zehr und mit entschlossenheit 06:37

88 Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" I. Allegro 08:44

89 Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" II. Scherzo: Assai vivace 02:38

90 Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" III. Adagio sostenuto 17:47

91 Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" IV. Finale. Largo - Allegro risoluto 11:02

CD 8

92 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, no. 1 I. Allegro 06:46

93 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, no. 1 II. Allegretto 04:03

94 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, no. 1 III. Rondo: Allegro commodo 03:06

95 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109 I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo 03:50

96 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109 II. Prestissimo 02:17

97 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109 III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster empfidung 14:06

98 Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Op. 110 I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo 06:30

99 Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Op. 110 II. Allegro molto 01:53

100 Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Op. 110 III. Adagio ma non troppo 08:02

101 Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Op. 110 IV. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo 01:50

102 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 08:14

103 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 II. Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile 17:41

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CD 1
1	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No.1	I. Allegro	03:14
2	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No.1	II. Adagio	05:59
3	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No.1	III. Menuetto	03:23
4	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No.1	IV. Presto	04:43
5	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2	I. Allegro vivace	06:26
6	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2	II. Largo appassionato	07:21
7	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2	III. Scherzo: Allegretto	03:21
8	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2	IV. Rondo: Grazioso	05:45
9	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3	I. Allegro con brio	09:54
10	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3	II. Adagio	07:40
11	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3	III. Scherzo: Allegro	02:49
12	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3	IV. Allegro assai	05:20
13	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2	I. Allegro	05:01
14	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2	II. Allegretto	03:58
15	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2	III. Presto	02:04
CD 2
16	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1	I. Allegro molto e con brio	04:37
17	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1	II. Adagio molto	07:55
18	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1	III. Prestissimo	03:44
19	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique"	I. Grave - Allegro molto e con brio	08:29
20	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique"	II. Adagio cantabile	05:55
21	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique"	III. Rondo: Allegro	04:05
22	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2	I. Allegro	05:49
23	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2	II. Andante	07:08
24	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2	III. Scherzo: Allegro assai	03:35
25	Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb, Op. 31, No. 3	I. Allegro	08:17
26	Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb, Op. 31, No. 3	II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace	04:43
27	Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb, Op. 31, No. 3	III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso	04:09
28	Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb, Op. 31, No. 3	IV. Presto con fuoco	04:00
CD 3
29	Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op. 7	I. Allegro molto e con brio	07:24
30	Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op. 7	II. Largo con gran espressione	09:12
31	Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op. 7	III. Allegro	04:50
32	Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op. 7	IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso	06:06
33	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3	I. Presto	06:23
34	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3	II. Largo e mesto	11:23
35	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3	III. Menuetto: Allegro	02:24
36	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3	IV. Allegro	03:55
37	Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op. 22	I. Allegro con brio	06:42
38	Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op. 22	II. Adagio con molto espressione	09:01
39	Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op. 22	III. Menuetto	03:18
40	Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op. 22	IV. Rondo: Allegretto	05:20
CD 4
41	Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab, Op. 26	I. Andante con variazione	09:51
42	Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab, Op. 26	II. Scherzo: Allegro molto	02:24
43	Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab, Op. 26	III. Maestoso andante, "Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe"	07:18
44	Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ab, Op. 26	IV. Allegro	02:28
45	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastorale"	I. Allegro	07:18
46	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastorale"	II. Andante	07:21
47	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastorale"	III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace	02:04
48	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastorale"	IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo	04:32
49	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1	I. Allegro vivace	05:53
50	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1	II. Adagio grazioso	12:37
51	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1	III. Rondo: Allegretto	05:38
CD 5
52	Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia"	I. Andante - Allegro - Tempo primo	05:16
53	Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia"	II. Allegro molto e vivace	01:35
54	Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia"	III. Adagio con espressione	03:03
55	Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb, Op. 27, No. 1, "Quasi una fantasia"	IV. Allegro vivace	05:08
56	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"	I. Adagio sostenuto	04:54
57	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"	II. Allegretto	02:12
58	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"	III. Presto agitato	06:29
59	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "The Storm"	I. Largo - Allegro	08:47
60	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "The Storm"	II. Adagio	08:16
61	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "The Storm"	III. Allegretto	05:42
62	Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1	I. Andante	04:06
63	Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1	II. Rondo: Allegro	02:59
64	Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49, No. 2	I. Allegro ma non troppo	04:22
65	Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49, No. 2	II. Tempo di menuetto	02:58
66	Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90	I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck	05:36
67	Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90	II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen	06:42
CD 6
68	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, "Waldstein"	I. Allegro con brio	09:52
69	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, "Waldstein"	II. Adagio molto	05:15
70	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, "Waldstein"	III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato	08:47
71	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"	I. Allegro assai	08:57
72	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"	II. Andante con moto	06:02
73	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"	III. Allegro ma non troppo	07:04
74	Piano Sonata No. 24 in F#, Op. 78	I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo	07:00
75	Piano Sonata No. 24 in F#, Op. 78	II. Allegro vivace	02:39
76	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79	I. Presto alla tedesca	03:52
77	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79	II. Andante	03:04
78	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79	III. Vivace	01:29
79	Piano Sonata No. 26 in Eb, Op. 81a, "Les adieux"	I. Adagio - Allegro (Les adieux)	06:54
80	Piano Sonata No. 26 in Eb, Op. 81a, "Les adieux"	II. Andante espressivo (L'absence)	03:09
81	Piano Sonata No. 26 in Eb, Op. 81a, "Les adieux"	III. Vivacissimamente (Le retour)	04:57
CD 7
82	Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54	I. In tempo d'un menuetto	04:55
83	Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54	II. Allegretto	05:20
84	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101	I. etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten empfindung	03:56
85	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101	II. lebhaft, marschmassig	05:22
86	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101	III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll	03:11
87	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101	IV. Geschwind, doc nicht zu zehr und mit entschlossenheit	06:37
88	Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"	I. Allegro	08:44
89	Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"	II. Scherzo: Assai vivace	02:38
90	Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"	III. Adagio sostenuto	17:47
91	Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"	IV. Finale. Largo - Allegro risoluto	11:02
CD 8
92	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, no. 1	I. Allegro	06:46
93	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, no. 1	II. Allegretto	04:03
94	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, no. 1	III. Rondo: Allegro commodo	03:06
95	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109	I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo	03:50
96	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109	II. Prestissimo	02:17
97	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109	III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster empfidung	14:06
98	Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Op. 110	I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo	06:30
99	Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Op. 110	II. Allegro molto	01:53
100	Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Op. 110	III. Adagio ma non troppo	08:02
101	Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Op. 110	IV. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo	01:50
102	Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111	I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato	08:14
103	Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111	II. Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile	17:41