In 1992, Alfred Brendel set about recording every piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. The beauty of those works and the legendary imaginative powers of Brendel combined to earn rapturous praise, and this set brings all those magnificent performances together. Behold his transformative interpretations of these treasured piano sonatas: No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; No. 15 in D, Op. 28 "Pastoral"; No. 21 in C, Op. 53 "Wildstein"; No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "The Tempest"; No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Opt. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"; No. 29 in B Flat, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; No. 26 in E Flat, Op. 81a "Les Adieux", and more on 10 CDs!

Tracklisting:

CD 1

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
4. Prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2 No.2
5. Allegro vivace
6. Largo appassionato
7. Scherzo (Allegretto)
8. Rondo (Grazioso)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3
9. Allegro con brio
10. Adagio
11. Scherzo (Allegro)
12. Allegro assai

CD 2
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, Op.7
1. Allegro molto e con brio
2. Largo, con gran espressione
3. Allegro
4. Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale"
5. Allegro
6. Andante
7. Scherzo (Allegro assai)
8. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.20 in G, Op.49 No.2
9. Allegro ma non troppo
10. Tempo di Menuetto

CD 3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1
1. Allegro molto e con brio
2. Adagio molto
3. Finale (Prestissimo)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10 No.2
4. Allegro
5. Allegretto
6. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3
7. Presto
8. Largo e mesto
9. Menuetto (Allegro)
10. Rondo (Allegro)

CD 4
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique"
1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
2. Adagio cantabile
3. Rondo (Allegro)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1
4. Allegro
5. Allegretto
6. Rondo (Allegro comodo)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14 No.2
7. Allegro
8. Andante
9. Scherzo (Allegro assai)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat, Op.22
10. Allegro con brio
11. Adagio con molto espressione
12. Menuetto
13. Rondo (Allegretto)

CD 5
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat, Op.26
1. Andante con variazioni
2. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe
4. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat, Op.27 No.1
5. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I
6. Allegro molto e vivace
7. Adagio con espressione
8. Allegro vivace - Tempo I - Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight"
9. Adagio sostenuto
10. Allegretto
11. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1
12. Andante
13. Rondo (Allegro)

CD 6
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.16 in G, Op.31 No.1
1. Allegro vivace
2. Adagio grazioso
3. Rondo (Allegretto)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest"
4. Largo - Allegro
5. Adagio
6. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat, Op.31 No.3 -"The Hunt"
7. Allegro
8. Scherzo (Allegretto vivace)
9. Menuetto (Moderato e grazioso)
10. Presto con fuoco

CD 7
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein"
1. Allegro con brio
2. Introduzione (Adagio molto)
3. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54
4. In Tempo d'un Menuetto
5. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101
6. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo)
7. Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Vivace alla marcia)
8. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto)
9. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossen- heit (Allegro)
10. Ludwig van Beethoven – Andante favori in F, WoO 57

CD 8
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79
1. Presto alla tedesca
2. Andante
3. Vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.24 in F sharp, Op.78 "For Therese"
4. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
5. Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90
6. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
7. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata"
8. Allegro assai
9. Andante con moto
10. Allegro ma non troppo

CD 9
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat, Op.106 -"Hammerklavier"
1. Allegro
2. Scherzo (Assai vivace - Presto - Prestissimo - Tempo I)
3. Adagio sostenuto
4. Largo - Allegro risoluto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux"
5. Das Lebewohl (Adagio - Allegro)
6. Abwesendheit (Andante espressivo)
7. Das Wiedersehn (Vivacissimamente)

CD 10
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109
1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I
2. Prestissimo
3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat, Op.110
4. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
5. Allegro molto
6. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo)
7. Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111
8. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
9. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)

Boxset Dimensions: 5"x5"x1"