Artur Schnabel, Ludwig van Beethoven – The Beethoven Piano Sonatas Volume 2: Sonatas Nos. 8-15 (E/E) – 3xLP, UK 1981
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The Beethoven Piano Sonatas Volume 2: Sonatas Nos. 8-15 is an LP by Ludwig van Beethoven, Artur Schnabel from 1981 released on the His Master's Voice label.
About this album
Schnabel’s Beethoven sonatas set remains a landmark of 20th-century piano interpretation, valued for its intellectual rigour and expressive depth. This second volume gathers Sonatas Nos. 8-15, bringing together works that helped define Beethoven’s middle-period voice, from the dramatic Pathétique to the expansive op. 28 and the famous Moonlight Sonata. Schnabel’s readings are admired for their structural clarity, unsentimental phrasing and sense of musical argument, qualities that made his complete Beethoven cycle a benchmark for later pianists. Recorded in the early recording era, the set is historically significant as well as musically authoritative.
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Artist: Ludwig van Beethoven, Artur SchnabelLabel: His Master's Voice – RLS 754Format: LP, MonoUnits: 3Country: UKReleased: 1981Style: Classical
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Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique'
Sonata No. 9 In E, Op. 14 No. 1
Sonata No. 10 In G, Op. 14 No. 2
Sonata No. 11 In B Flat, Op. 22
Sonata No. 12 In A Flat, Op. 26
Sonata No. 13 In E Flat, Op. 27 No. 1
Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight'
Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28 'Pastoral'