In 2020, the world will celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. This specially priced boxed set collects highly acclaimed harmonia mundi recordings made by pianist Paul Lewis. Included are the complete Piano Sonatas, all five Piano Concertos and the Diabelli Variations. Gramophone magazine said of Lewis’s interpretations of the sonatas, “One of the most highly prized recording marathons of recent years… an unmissable benchmark” while the Telegraph said of the piano concertos, “Paul Lewis makes every note count.” This set would make a perfect gift for any Beethoven fan.
Paul Lewis – Piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek – Conductor
SONATAS
One of the most highly prized recording marathons of recent years… an unmissable benchmark. – Gramophone
CONCERTOS
This is a superb set in which Lewis asserts his own inspiring voice together with his mature insight into Beethoven’s creative mind. – Telegraph
In rendering the five Beethoven piano concertos, Paul Lewis makes every note count. – N.Y. Times
DIABELLI VARIATIONS
All the ingredients are in place here to make this an exceptional release. – BBC Music Magazine (Disc of the Month, July 2011)
Disc 1
Sonata no. 16, op. 31, no. 1
G Major / Sol Majeur / G-Dur
1I. Allegro vivace 7’09
2II. Adagio grazioso 10’08
3III. Rondo. Allegretto 7’22
Sonata no. 17, op. 31, no. 2 “The Tempest”
D Minor / ré mineur / d-Moll
4I. Largo. Allegro 8’53
5II. Adagio 8’23
6III. Allegretto 7’15
Sonata no. 18, op. 31, no. 3
E-Flat Major / Mi bémol Majeur / Es-Dur
7I. Allegro 9’12
8II. Scherzo (Allegretto vivace) 5’27
9III. Menuetto (Moderato e grazioso) 4’26
10IV. Presto con fuoco 5’19
Disc 2
Sonata no. 8, op. 13 “Pathétique”
C Minor / ut mineur / c-Moll
1I. Grave. Allegro di molto e con brio 9’48
2II. Andante cantabile 5’23
3III. Rondo (Allegro) 5’21
Sonata no. 11, op. 22
B-Flat Major / Si bémol Majeur / B-Dur
4I. Allegro con brio 7’39
5II. Adagio con molto espressione 7’18
6III. Tempo di Menuetto 3’25
7IV. Rondo (Allegretto) 6’51
Sonata no. 28, op. 101
A Major / La Majeur / A-Dur
8I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto ma non troppo 4’03
9II. Lebhaft, marschmässig. Vivace alla marcia 6’41
10III. Adagio ma non troppo con affetto. IV. Allegro ma non troppo 11’26
Disc 3
Sonata no. 9, op. 14, no. 1
E Major / Mi Majeur / E-Dur
1I. Allegro 7’03
2II. Allegretto 3’26
3III. Rondo (Allegro commodo) 3’39
Sonata no. 10, op. 14, no. 2
G Major / Sol Majeur / G-Dur
4I. Allegro 7’50
5II. Andante 5’06
6III. Scherzo (Allegro assai) 4’08
Sonata no. 24, op. 78
F-Sharp Major / Fa dièse Majeur / Fis-Dur
7I. Adagio cantabile. Allegro ma non troppo 7’19
8II. Allegro vivace 3’10
Sonata no. 21, op. 53 “Waldstein”
C Major / Ut majeur / C-Dur
9I. Allegro con brio 11’27
10II. Introduzione (Adagio molto) 4’35
11III. Rondo (Allegretto moderato. Prestissimo) 10’52
Disc 4
Sonata no. 27, op. 90
E Minor / mi mineur / e-Moll
1I. Allegro (Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck) 5’46
2II. Rondo (Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen) 8’27
Sonata no. 25, op. 79 “Alla tedesca”
G Major / Sol majeur / G-Dur
3I. Presto (Alla tedesca) 5’30
4II. Andante 2’33
5III. Vivace 2’10
Sonata no. 29, op. 106 “Hammerklavier”
B-Flat Major / Si bémol Majeur / B-Dur
6I. Allegro 11’39
7II. Scherzo (Assai vivace) 2’48
8III. Adagio sostenuto (Appassionato e con molto sentimento) 18’31
9IV. Largo. Allegro. Allegro risoluto 12’52
Disc 5
Sonata no. 1, op. 2, no. 1
F Minor / fa mineur / f-Moll
1I. Allegro 4’31
2II. Adagio 4’39
3III. Menuetto (Allegretto). Trio 3’31
4IV. Prestissimo 5’22
Sonata no. 2, op. 2, no. 2
A Major / La Majeur / A-Dur
5I. Allegro vivace 7’28
6II. Largo appassionato 6’09
7III. Scherzo (Allegretto) 3’48
8IV. Rondo. Grazioso 7’11
Sonata no. 3, op. 2, no. 3
C Major / Ut Majeur / C-Dur
9I. Allegro con Brio 10’36
10II. Adagio 7’13
11III. Scherzo. Allegro 3’22
12IV. Allegro assai 5’36
Disc 6
Sonata no. 4, op. 7
E-Flat Major / Mi bémol Majeur / Es-Dur
1I. Allegro molto e con brio 8’29
2II. Largo con gran espressione 8’10
3III. Allegro 5’30
4IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso 7’58
Sonata no. 22
F Major / Fa Majeur / F-Dur
5I. In tempo di menuetto 6’09
6II. Allegretto. Più Allegro 6’38
Sonata no. 23, op. 57 “Appassionata”
F Minor / fa mineur /f-Moll
7I. Allegro assai 10’25
8II. Andante con moto. Allegro non troppo 5’46
9III. Allegro ma non troppo. Presto 8’38
Disc 7
Sonata no. 12, op. 26 “Funeral March”
A-Flat Major / La bémol Majeur / As-Dur
1I. Andante con variazioni 8’45
2II. Scherzo. Allegro molto 3’12
3III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un eroe. Maestoso 5’41
4IV. Allegro 3’38
Sonata no. 13, op. 27 no. 1 “Quasi una fantasia”
E-Flat Major / Mi bémol Majeur / Es-Dur
5I. Andante. Allegro. Andante 4’55
6II. Allegro molto e vivace 2’09
7III. Adagio con espressione Allegro vivace. Tempo I. Presto 2’42
8IV. Finale. Allegro vivace 5’54
Sonata no. 14, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight Sonata”
C-Sharp Major / Ut dièse Majeur / Cis-Dur
9I. Adagio sostenuto 5’15
10II. Allegretto 2’19
11III. Presto agitato 7’38
Disc 8
Sonata no. 5, op. 10, no. 1
C Minor / ut mineur / c-Moll
1I. Allegro molto e con brio 5’58
2II. Adagio molto 9’25
3III. Finale. Prestissimo 4’32
Sonata no. 6, op. 10, no. 2
F Major / Fa Majeur / F-Dur
4I. Allegro 5’38
5II. Allegretto 4’37
6III. Finale. presto 4’05
Sonata no. 7, op. 10, no. 3
D Major / Ré Majeur / D-Dur
7I. Presto 6’57
8II. Largo e mesto 11’04
9III. Menuetto. Allegro 3’04
10IV. Rondo. Allegro 4’10
Disc 9
Sonata no. 15, op. 28 “Pastorale”
D Major / Ré Majeur / D-Dur
1I. Allegro 10’48
2II. Andante 7’15
3III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 2’33
4IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo 5’46
Sonata no. 19, op. 49, no. 1
G Minor / sol mineur / g-Moll
5I. Andante 4’45
6II. Rondo. Allegro 3’46
Sonata no. 20, op. 49, no. 2
G Major / Sol Majeur / G-Dur
7I. Allegro ma non troppo 4’55
8II. Tempo di minuetto 3’41
Sonata no. 26, op. 81a “Les Adieux”
E-Flat Major / Mi bémol Majeur / Es-Dur
9I. Adagio. Allegro (Les Adieux) 7’24
10II. Andante espressivo (L’Absence) 3’39
11III. Vivacissimamente (Le Retour) 5’58
Disc 10
Sonata no. 30, op. 109
E Major / Mi Majeur / E-Dur
1I. Vivace, ma non troppo. Adagio espressivo 3’30
2II. Scherzo prestissimo 2’32
3III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung 12’03
Sonata no. 31, op. 110
A-Flat Major / La bémol Majeur / As-Dur
4I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo 6’36
5II. Allegro molto. Adagio ma non troppo. Fuga 2’11
6III. Adagio ma non troppo. Arioso dolente 10’23
Sonata no. 32, op. 111
C Minor / ut mineur / c-Moll
7I. Maestoso. Allegro con brio ed appassionato 8’53
8II. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile) 18’05
Disc 11
Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 15
C Major / Ut majeur / C-Dur
1I. Allegro con brio 17’44
2II. Largo 11’41
3III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando 8’53
Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 19
B-Flat Minor / si bémol mineur / b-Moll
4I. Allegro con brio 14’26
5II. Adagio 8’49
6III. Rondo. Molto allegro 6’10
Disc 12
Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 37
C Minor / ut mineur / c-Moll
1I. Allegro con brio 17’03
2II. Largo 9’30
3III. Rondo. Allegro 9’31
Piano Concerto no. 4, op. 58
G Major / Sol majeur / G-Dur
4I. Allegro moderato 18’33
5II. Andante con moto 4’50
6III. Rondo. Vivace 10’00
Disc 13
Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor”, op. 73
E-Flat Major / Mi bémol Majeur / Es-Dur
1I. Allegro 20’17
2II. Adagio, un poco mosso 8’08
3III. Rondo. Allegro, ma non troppo 10’25
Disc 14
Diabelli Variations, op. 120
1Thème. Vivace. Variation I. Alla Marcia maestoso 2’27
2Variation II. Poco allegro0’58
3Variation III. L’istesso tempo 1’24
4Variation IV. Un poco più vivace 1’07
5Variation V. Allegro vivace0’56
6Variation VI. Allegro ma non troppo e serioso 1’44
7Variation VII. Un poco più allegro 1’18
8Variation VIII. Poco vivace 1’36
9Variation IX. Allegro pesante e risoluto 1’35
10Variation X. Presto0’39
11Variation XI. Allegretto 1’10
12Variation XII. Un poco più moto0’51
13Variation XIII. Vivace 1’02
14Variation XIV. Grave e maestoso 3’54
15Variation XV. Presto scherzando0’36
16Variation XVI. Allegro0’58
17Variation XVII. 1’05
18Variation XVIII. Poco moderato 1’52
19Variation XIX. Presto0’53
20Variation XX. Andante 2’06
21Variation XXI. Allegro con brio. Meno allegro 1’09
22Variation XXII. Allegro molto0’52
23Variation XXIII. Allegro assai0’47
24Variation XXIV. Fughetta. Andante 2’59
25Variation XXV. Allegro0’44
26Variation XXVI. 1’09
27Variation XXVII. Vivace 1’02
28Variation XXVIII. Allegro0’57
29Variation XXIX. Adagio ma non troppo 1’16
30Variation XXX. Andante, sempre cantabile 1’51
31Variation XXXI. Largo, molto espressivo 4’34
32Variation XXXII. Fuga. Allegro. Poco adagio 2’53
33Variation XXXIII. Tempo di Menuetto moderato 4’08
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