Beethoven Sonatas - A Survey of Complete Cycles
Part 5, 1996 - 1999
 | Takahiro Sonoda II 1993 - 1996- Evica Available in 12 individual volumes from Japan. | |||||||||||
 | Michael Houstoun 1994 - 1996 - Morrison Music Trust Kiwi-Beethoven on a Steinway D. Still available in four volumes from the Music Trust itself and sources in New Zealand (Triton Music Ltd.) Available internationally through digital distribution via iTunes music store, emusic.com and the Naxos digital music library.
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  | Jean-Bernard Pommier 1991 - 1997 - Erato Availability:
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 | Russell Sherman 1993 - 1997 - GM Recordings Availability: Most of the five volumes are still available; the complete set isn't. Available used or imported outside the US.
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 | Robert Taub 1994 - 1997 - Vox Availability: In five volumes, spottily available. Volume four seems completely oop.
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 | Kazune Shimizu 1995 - 1997 - Sony (Japan) Live recordings. Out of print as a set with individual copies hard to find at HMV.co.jp. | |||||||||||
  | Georges Pludermacher 1998 - Transart live Live recordings from the National Music Conservatory Reims on a Steinway with a fourth, "harmonic", pedal. Availability: Pricey on CDs but incredibly cheap ($16 for the 10 CD set) as mp3 downloads.
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 | Aldo Ciccolini 1985 - 1999 - Bongiovanni / Cascavelle Availability: Looks like it has already been discontinued outside Germany and France, just two years after re-issue.
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 | Gotthard Kladetzky 19?? - 1998 - Koch Schwann Only in the UK do seem (some of) the individual volumes still available on the used CD market. | |||||||||||
 | André DeGroote 1998 - Naxos (BeNeLux), Solal Availability: Originally recorded (at the Brussels Royal Conservatoire) for Naxos, but deleted when they closed their Benelux branch. Just now re-issued by Solal.
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  | Yukio Yokoyama 1998- 1999 - Sony (Japan) Availability: Made for--and sold on--the Japanese market. Available used and as imports, though.
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 | Robert Silverman 1999 - Orpheum Masters Recorded 'into' and then reproduced from a Bösendorfer Reproducing Piano. Read about the process here. No longer availabile. |
Part 1: 1935 - 1969
Part 2: 1967 - 1974
Part 3: 1977 - 1989
Part 4: 1990 - 1996
Part 6: 2000 - 2005
Part 7: 2006 - 2009
Part 8: 2010 onward
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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