The 32 Piano Sonatas

by Ludwig van Beethoven / Claude Frank

The 32 Piano Sonatas cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1971
  • Label: RCA Victrola
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:06:39
  • Community rating: 4.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released to coincide with the Beethoven bicentennial, Claude Frank's monumental recording of the complete 32 piano sonatas was a massive critical and commercial achievement for RCA Victrola[cite: 1]. Frank's interpretation is celebrated for its deep intellectual rigor, emotional warmth, and impeccable technical clarity across the vast spectrum of Beethoven's compositional eras[cite: 1]. It remains a benchmark reference recording within the classical piano repertoire[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental, complex, melodic, unaccompanied-solo, polyphonic

Tracklist

  1. No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1: Allegro
  2. No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1: Adagio
  3. No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1: Menuetto: Allegretto; Trio
  4. No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1: Prestissimo
  5. No. 20 In G, Op. 49, No. 2: Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
  6. No. 20 In G, Op. 49, No. 2: Tempo Di Menuetto
  7. No. 2 In A, Op. 2, No. 2: Allegro Vivace
  8. No. 2 In A, Op. 2, No. 2: Largo Appassionato
  9. No. 2 In A, Op. 2, No. 2: Scherzo: Allegretto
  10. No. 2 In A, Op. 2, No. 2: Rondo: Grazioso
  11. No. 3 In C, Op. 2, No. 3: Allegro Con Brio
  12. No. 3 In C, Op. 2, No. 3: Adagio
  13. No. 3 In C, Op. 2, No. 3: Scherzo: Allegro; Trio; Coda
  14. No. 3 In C, Op. 2, No. 3: Allegro Assai
  15. No. 4 In E-Flat, Op. 7: Allegro Molto E Con Brio
  16. No. 4 In E-Flat, Op. 7: Largo, Con Gran Spressione
  17. No. 4 In E-Flat, Op. 7: Allegro; Minore
  18. No. 4 In E-Flat, Op. 7: Rondo: Poco Allegretto E Grazioso
  19. No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1: Allegro Molto E Con Brio
  20. No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1: Allegro Molto
  21. No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1: Finale: Prestissimo
  22. No. 6 In F, Op. 10, No. 2: Allegro
  23. No. 6 In F, Op. 10, No. 2: Allegretto
  24. No. 6 In F, Op. 10, No. 2: Presto
  25. No. 7 In D, Op. 10, No. 3: Presto
  26. No. 7 In D, Op. 10, No. 3: Largo E Mesto
  27. No. 7 In D, Op. 10, No. 3: Menuetto: Allegro; Trio
  28. No. 7 In D, Op. 10, No. 3: Rondo: Allegro
  29. No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique"): Grave; Allegro Di Molto E Con Brio
  30. No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique"): Adagio Cantabile
  31. No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique"): Rondo: Allegro
  32. No. 9 In E, Op. 14, No. 1: Allegro
  33. No. 9 In E, Op. 14, No. 1: Allegretto; Maggiore
  34. No. 9 In E, Op. 14, No. 1: Rondo: Allegro Comodo
  35. No. 10 In G, Op. 14, No. 2: Allegro
  36. No. 10 In G, Op. 14, No. 2: Andante
  37. No. 10 In G, Op. 14, No. 2: Scherzo: Allegro Assai
  38. No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight") (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia): Adagio Sostenuto
  39. No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight") (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia): Allegretto
  40. No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight") (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia): Presto
  41. No. 11 In B-Flat, Op. 22: Allegro Con Brio
  42. No. 11 In B-Flat, Op. 22: Adagio Con Molta Espressione
  43. No. 11 In B-Flat, Op. 22: Menuetto; Minore
  44. No. 11 In B-Flat, Op. 22: Rondo: Allegretto
  45. No. 12 In A-Flat, Op. 26 ("Funeral March"): Andante Con Varianioni
  46. No. 12 In A-Flat, Op. 26 ("Funeral March"): Scherzo: Allegro Molto; Trio
  47. No. 12 In A-Flat, Op. 26 ("Funeral March"): Marci Funebre Sulla Morte D'Un Eroe
  48. No. 12 In A-Flat, Op. 26 ("Funeral March"): Allegro
  49. No. 13 In E-Flat, Op. 27, No. 1 (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia): Andante; Allegro
  50. No. 13 In E-Flat, Op. 27, No. 1 (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia): Allegro Molto E Vivace
  51. No. 13 In E-Flat, Op. 27, No. 1 (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia): Adagio Con Espressione
  52. No. 13 In E-Flat, Op. 27, No. 1 (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia): Allegro Vivace; Presto
  53. No. 19 In G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1: Andante
  54. No. 19 In G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1: Rondo: Allegro
  55. No. 15 In D, Op. 28 ("Pastoral"): Allegro
  56. No. 15 In D, Op. 28 ("Pastoral"): Andante
  57. No. 15 In D, Op. 28 ("Pastoral"): Scherzo: Allegro Vivace; Trio
  58. No. 15 In D, Op. 28 ("Pastoral"): Rondo: Allegro, Ma Non Troppo; Piu Allegro Quasi Presto
  59. No. 16 In G, Op. 31, No. 1: Allegro Vivace
  60. No. 16 In G, Op. 31, No. 1: Adagio Grazioso
  61. No. 16 In G, Op. 31, No. 1: Rondo: Allegretto
  62. No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 ("Tempest"): Largo; Allegro
  63. No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 ("Tempest"): Adagio
  64. No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 ("Tempest"): Allegretto
  65. No. 18 In E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3: Allegro
  66. No. 18 In E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3: Scherzo: Allegretto Vivace
  67. No. 18 In E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3: Menuetto: Moderato E Grazioso; Trio
  68. No. 18 In E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3: Presto Con Fuoco
  69. No. 21 In C, Op. 53 ("Waldstein"): Allegro Con Brio
  70. No. 21 In C, Op. 53 ("Waldstein"): Introduzione: Adagio Molto; Rondo: Allegro Moderato
  71. No. 22 In F, Op. 54: In Tempo D'Un Menuetto
  72. No. 22 In F, Op. 54: Allegretto; Piu Allegro
  73. No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata"): Allegro Assai; Piu Allegro
  74. No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata"): Andante Con Moto
  75. No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata"): Allegro, Ma Non Troppo; Presto
  76. No. 25 In G, Op. 79: Presto Alla Tedesca
  77. No. 25 In G, Op. 79: Andante
  78. No. 25 In G, Op. 79: Vivace
  79. No. 27 In E Minor, Op. 90: Mit Lebhaftigkeit Und Druchaus Mit Empfindung Und Ausdruck
  80. No. 27 In E Minor, Op. 90: Nicht Zu Gerschwind Und Sehr Singbar Vorgetragen
  81. No. 26 In E-Flat, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux"): Les Adieux: Adagio; Allegro
  82. No. 26 In E-Flat, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux"): L'Absence: Andante Espressivo
  83. No. 26 In E-Flat, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux"): Le Retour: Vivacissimamente
  84. No. 28 In A, Op. 101: Etwas Lebhaft Und Mit Der Innigsten Empfindung
  85. No. 28 In A, Op. 101: Lebhaft, Marschmassig
  86. No. 28 In A, Op. 101: Langsham Und Sehnsuchtvoll
  87. No. 28 In A, Op. 101: Geschwinde, Doch Nicht Zu Sehr, Und Mit Entschlossenheit
  88. No. 29 In B-Flat, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier"): Allegro
  89. No. 29 In B-Flat, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier"): Scherzo: Assai Vivace
  90. No. 29 In B-Flat, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier"): Adagio Sostenuto
  91. No. 29 In B-Flat, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier"): Largo; Allegro Risoluto
  92. No. 30 In E, Op. 109: Vivace, Ma Non Troppo; Adagio Espressivo (4:04)
  93. No. 30 In E, Op. 109: Prestissimo (2:31)
  94. No. 30 In E, Op. 109: Gesangvoll, Mit Innigster Empfindung (Variations 1-6) (13:32)
  95. No. 31 In A-Flat, Op. 110: Moderato Cantabile, Molto Espressivo (6:25)
  96. No. 31 In A-Flat, Op. 110: Allegro Molto (2:07)
  97. No. 31 In A-Flat, Op. 110: Adagio, Ma Non Troppo (11:03)
  98. No. 31 In A-Flat, Op. 110: Fugue: Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
  99. No. 24 In F-Sharp, Op. 78: Adagio Cantabile; Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
  100. No. 24 In F-Sharp, Op. 78: Allegro Vivace
  101. No. 32 In C Minor, Op. 111: Maestoso; Allegro Con Brio Ed Appassionato (8:58)
  102. No. 32 In C Minor, Op. 111: Arietta: Adagio Molto Semplice E Cantabile (17:56)

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