Credits:

Rudolf Serkin

Description:

This is the first release of the "Sony Classical Masterpieces Collection 1000". This is an album of Beethoven's piano sonatas performed by Rudolf Serkin, an Austrian who honestly pursued the orthodoxy of correct German music. This collection of well-known works also features a superbly concentrated performance with a heartrendingly sharp technicality.

Tracklisting:

1 PIANO SONATA NO.14 IN C-SHARP MINOR. OP.27. NO.2 'MOONLIGHT' 1.ADAGIO SOSTENUTO / Rudolf Serkin
2 PIANO SONATA NO.14 IN C-SHARP MINOR. OP.27. NO.2 'MOONLIGHT' 2.ALLEGRETTO / Rudolf Serkin
3 PIANO SONATA NO.14 IN C-SHARP MINOR. OP.27. NO.2 'MOONLIGHT' 3.PRESTO AGITATO / Rudolf Serkin
4 PIANO SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR. OP.13 'PATHETIQUE' 1.GRAVE;ALLEGRO DI MOLTO E CON BRIO / Rudolf Serkin
5 PIANO SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR. OP.13 'PATHETIQUE' 2.ADAGIO CANTABILE / Rudolf Serkin
6 PIANO SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR. OP.13 'PATHETIQUE' 3.RONDO:ALLEGOR / Rudolf Serkin
7 PIANO SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR. OP.57 'APPASIONATA' 1.ALLEGRO ASSAI / Rudolf Serkin
8 PIANO SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR. OP.57 'APPASIONATA' 2.ANDANTE CON MOTO / Rudolf Serkin
9 PIANO SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR. OP.57 'APPASIONATA' 3.ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO / Rudolf Serkin
10 PIANO SONATA NO.26 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. OP.81A 'LES ADIEUX' 1.DAS LEBEWOHL/LES ADIEUX:ADAGIO;ALLEGRO / Rudolf Serkin
11 PIANO SONATA NO.26 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. OP.81A 'LES ADIEUX' 2.ABWESENHEIT/L'ABSENCE:ADANTE ESPRESSIVO / Rudolf Serkin
12 PIANO SONATA NO.26 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. OP.81A 'LES ADIEUX' 3.DAS WIEDERSEHEN/LE RETOUR:VIVACISSIMAMENTE / Rudolf Serkin