Artist: Mari Kodama Title Of Album: Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas Year Of Release: 2014 Label: PentaTone Classics Genre: Classical Quality: FLAC (Tracks)/MP3 Bitrate: Lossless 24bit / 96kHz | 320 kbps Total Time: 10:19:47 min Total Size: 10,55 Gb/1,46 Gb WWW: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Mari Kodama, piano The waiting has finally paid off: the complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle has finally arrived. Japanese pianist Mari Kodama is only the fourth woman to have recorded all of Beethoven's sonatas (Pizzicato). Although not the first with this achievement, the very idea that an artist can play this music and still introduce a new perspective, as Kodama so often proves with her performances, is astonishing. After starting the recordings in 2003, Mari Kodama completed the final piece in 2013. Once again Ms. Kodama meets all expectations in the pursuit of these horizons, and she entirely takes on the challenge with the last instalment of her critically-acclaimed journey through this ever-fascinating cycle. It is then only fair that this feat is celebrated in the form of a collector’s item SACD box set with its larger-than-life surround sound. One can't have too many Beethoven sonata cycles in their library when the performance is this fabulous and the surround sound is just to die for. Recorded between January 2003 - February 2013 at Concertboerderij Valthermond and Doopsgezinde Kerk in The Netherlands. Producer: Wilhelm Hellweg Recording engineers: Jean-Marie Geijsen and Daan van Aalst Editing engineers: Holger Busse, Alfredo Lasheras Hakobian, Matthijs Ruijter, Ientje Mooij, Erdo Groot and Jean-Marie Geijsen CD1 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein" 01 - I. Allegro con brio 02 - II. Introduzione: Adagio molto 03 - III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata" 04 - I. Allegro assai 05 - II. Andante con moto 06 - III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux" 07 - I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio. Allegro 08 - II. Abwesenheit: Andante espressivo 09 - III. Das Wiedersehn: Vivacissimamente CD2 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" 01 - I. Adagio sostenuto 02 - II. Allegro 03 - III. Presto Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 04 - I. Allegro molto e con brio 05 - II. Largo, con gran espressione 06 - III. Allegro 07 - IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22 08 - I. Allegro con brio 09 - II. Adagio con molto espressione 10 - III. Minuetto 11 - IV. Rondo: Allegretto CD3 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 01 - I. Allegro 02 - II. Adagio 03 - III. Menuetto: Allegretto 04 - IV. Prestissimo Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2 05 - I. Allegro vivace 06 - II. Largo appassionato 07 - III. Scherzo: Allegretto - Trio 08 - IV. Rondo: Grazioso Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 09 - I. Allegro con brio 10 - II. Adagio 11 - III. Scherzo: Allegro – Trio 12 - IV. Allegro assai CD4 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique" 01 - I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 02 - II. Adagio cantabile 03 - III. Rondo: Allegro Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 04 - I. Molto allegro e con brio 05 - II. Adagio molto 06 - III. Finale: Prestissimo Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2 07 - I. Allegro 08 - II. Allegretto 09 - III. Finale: Presto Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 10 - I. Presto 11 - II. Largo e mesto 12 - III. Menuetto - Trio - Menuetto: Allegro 13 - IV. Rondo: Allegro CD5 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 01 - I. Allegro vivace 02 - II. Adagio grazioso 03 - III. Rondo allegretto Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest" 04 - I. Lento - Allegro 05 - II. Adagio 06 - III. Allegretto Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, "La Chasse" 07 - I. Allegro 08 - II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace 09 - III. Minuet: Moderato e grazioso 10 - IV. Presto con fuoco CD6 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 01 - I. Andante con variazioni 02 - II. Scherzo: Molto allegro 03 - III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe 04 - IV. Allegro Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 05 - I. Andante 06 - II. Allegro molto e vivace 07 - III. Adagio con espressione 08 - IV. Allegro vivace Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, "Pastoral" 09 - I. Allegro 10 - II. Andante 11 - III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 12 - IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 13 - I. Mit lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck 14 - II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen CD7 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1 01 - I. Allegro 02 - II. Allegretto 03 - III. Rondo: Allegro comodo Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2 04 - I. Allegro 05 - II. Andante 06 - III. Scherzo: Allegro assai Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54 07 - I. In tempo d'un minuetto 08 - II. Allegretto - Piu allegro Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1 09 - I. Andante 10 - II. Rondo: Allegro Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 11 - I. Allegro ma non troppo 12 - II. Tempo di menuetto Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 13 - I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 14 - II. Allegro vivace Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79 15 - I. Presto alla tedesca 16 - II. Andante 17 - III. Vivace CD8 Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" 01 - I. Allegro 02 - II. Scherzo: Assai vivace - Presto - Tempo I 03 - III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento 04 - IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 05 - I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung 06 - II. Lebhaft. Marschmassig 07 - III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll 08 - IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit CD9 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 01 - I. Vivace ma non troppo 02 - II. Prestissimo 03 - III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110 04 - I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 05 - II. Allegro molto 06 - III. Adagio ma non troppo - Arioso dolente 07 - IV. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 08 - I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 09 - II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile ////
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