Beethoven Sonatas - A Survey of Complete Cycles
Part 3, 1977 - 1989
 | Alfred Brendel II 1970 - 1977 - Philips (analog) Not long after Brendel had finished these recordings, digital became the new thing in the recording industry and so he would go about it for a third time shortly thereafter, recording what is--at least on CD--his most prevalent cycle. Availability:
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 | Malcolm Binns 19?? - 1977 (?) - L'Oiseau-Lyre Played on different period instruments. Never issued on CD. Availability of last 5 Sonatas:
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 | Annie Fischer 1976 - 1978* - Hungaroton These performances were recorded phrase by phrase with retakes, cutting, pasting, and editing taking place as late as 1992 and even beyond Fischer's death. Has its (cult?) following. Availability: (Also available on individual discs)
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 | John Lill 1975 - 1980 - ASV (Brilliant, Sanctuary) Availability:
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 | Vladimir Ashkenazy 1971 - 1981 - Decca My first Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle of which especially the early sonatas hold up very well while I've become rather indifferent to much of the rest. Availability:
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 | Rudolf Buchbinder 1979 - 1981 - Telefunken / Telarc Live? Buchbinder is one of the worlds most avid Beethoven sonata edition collectors with over 18 complete editions in his library. Availability:
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 | Daniel Barenboim II 1981 - 1984 - Deutsche Grammophon Barenboim, Take Two. Now for Deutsche Grammophon. Availability:
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 | Tatiana Nikolayeva 1984 - Melodiya (Olympia (UK), DS Berlin, Scribendum) What little I've heard about (but not of) this cycle, it must be uncompetitive in every regard. Recorded during a series of Moscow recitals over a few months in very early 1984. Availability:
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 | Bernard Roberts 1981 - 1984 - Nimbus Availability:
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 | Paul Badura Skoda II 1978 - 1989* - Auvidis Astrée Once available on 9 individual CDs. Not currently available in any form. Played on seven different Fortepianos and Hammerklaviers, ranging from a 1790 Schantz PF to a 1824 Conrad Graf HK. (*Not 1993, as I had previously thought. Hence the 'wrong' inclusion in Part 4 at first, instead of here.)
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 | Jenő Jandó 1987 - 1989 - Naxos Naxos' pianist for all seasons seems to have recorded the complete-anything. Some Haydn I have of his is very amiable stuff, but the little I've heard of his Beethoven too bland from making me explore it further. Availability: On individual discs. (Two 5-disc sets containing the cycle have since been discontinued.)
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Part 1: 1935 - 1969
Part 2: 1967 - 1974
Part 4: 1990 - 1996
Part 5: 1996 - 1999
Part 6: 2000 - 2005
If you have additional information about recording dates, availability, cover art -- or corrections and additions -- your input is much appreciated.
This survey is meant to list all complete sets of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas and their availability in different markets, not to review them.
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1 comments:
Have a look at:
http://www.albany.edu/~rshaf/beethoven32.html
Ciao,
Malatesta
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