Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas (Collectors Edition)

Works on This Recording 1. Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 2 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1793-1795; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 17 Minutes 37 Secs. 2. Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1794-1795; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 26 Minutes 55 Secs. 3. Sonata for Piano no 4 in E flat major, Op. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1796-1797; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 29 Minutes 38 Secs. 4. Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1795-1797; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 19 Minutes 8 Secs. 5. Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1796-1797; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 12 Minutes 21 Secs. 6. Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 24 Minutes 10 Secs. 7. Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 19 Minutes 37 Secs. 8. Sonata for Piano no 9 in E major, Op. 14 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1798; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 14 Minutes 33 Secs. 9. Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 14 no 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1799; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 15 Minutes 51 Secs. 10. Sonata for Piano no 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 26 Minutes 34 Secs. 11. Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 20 Minutes 41 Secs. 12. Sonata for Piano no 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 no 1 "Quasi una fantasia" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 16 Minutes 35 Secs. 13. Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 16 Minutes 29 Secs. 14. Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 "Pastoral" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 26 Minutes 58 Secs. 15. Sonata for Piano no 16 in G major, Op. 31 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 24 Minutes 30 Secs. 16. Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31 no 2 "Tempest" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 24 Minutes 29 Secs. 17. Sonata for Piano no 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 no 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 23 Minutes 13 Secs. 18. Sonata for Piano no 19 in G minor, Op. 49 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1797; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 7 Minutes 59 Secs. 19. Sonata for Piano no 20 in G major, Op. 49 no 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1796; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 8 Minutes 30 Secs. 20. Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1803-1804; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 27 Minutes 32 Secs. 21. Sonata for Piano no 22 in F major, Op. 54 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1804; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 12 Minutes 1 Secs. 22. Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1804-1805; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 26 Minutes 34 Secs. 23. Sonata for Piano no 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 10 Minutes 1 Secs. 24. Sonata for Piano no 25 in G major, Op. 79 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 9 Minutes 27 Secs. 25. Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1809-1810; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 18 Minutes 46 Secs. 26. Sonata for Piano no 27 in E minor, Op. 90 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1814; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 14 Minutes 25 Secs. 27. Sonata for Piano no 28 in A major, Op. 101 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 21 Minutes 26 Secs. 28. Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1817-1818; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 50 Minutes 18 Secs. 29. Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1820; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 22 Minutes 18 Secs. 30. Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1821-1822; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 22 Minutes 3 Secs. 31. Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1821-1822; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 30 Minutes 30 Secs. 32. Sonata for Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 2 no 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Classical ■ Written: 1794-1795; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1981-84 ■ Venue: Mutualité, Paris, France ■ Length: 24 Minutes 14 Secs. Credits Art Direction – Nikolaus Boddin Edited By – Hans-Rudolf Müller Edited By [Text] – Dr. Christiane Jacobsen Engineer – Klaus Scheibe Photography [Artist] – Annette Lederer Photography [Cover] – Hulton Getty Piano – Daniel Barenboim Producer – Dr. Steven Paul Recorded By – Werner Meyer Notes Collectors Edition Recordings: Paris, Mutualité, 5/1981, 5/1982, 12/1983, 3/1984 (p) 1984 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg (c) 1984 - Dr. William Drabkin; Prof. Dr. Volker Scherliess; Dr. Jean Gribenski Comes with 84 pages booklet in English, German and French. Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 02894631272