Beethoven - Piano Sonatas (No.8 - Pathétique; No.14 - Moonlight; No.17 - Tempest; No.23 - Appassionata)
Artur Pizarro - piano

Released: Feb 2003
Label: Linn Records - CKD 244
Genre: Classical, Piano
Quality: SACD image (.iso), Stereo/Multichannel
Total Time: 01:18:20

Tracklist:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata No.8 - Pathétique in C minor : Op.13 (1798)

1 Grave; Allegro di molto e con brio (9.05)
2 Adagio cantabile : 4.55
3 Rondo (Allegro) : 3.48

Sonata No.14 - Moonlight in C# minor : Op.27/2 (1801)

4 Adagio sostenuto : 6.41
5 Allegretto : 2.10
6 Presto agitato : 6.39

Sonata No.17 - Tempest in D minor : Op.31/2 (1802)

7 Largo : 8.32
8 Adagio : 8.44
9 Allegretto : 5.01

Sonata No.23 - Appassionata in F minor : Op.57 (1804)

10 Allegro assai : 9.56
11 Andante con moto : 5.42
12 Allegro ma non troppo – Presto : 7.07



Artur Pizarro plays a Blüthner concert grand piano model 1 (280cm / 9’2”)
supplied courtesy of the Blüthner Piano Centre, London – www.bluthners.co.uk
Artur Pizarro uses the Heinrich Schenker edition
originally published by Universal-Edition A.G., Vienna
in the republication by Dover Publications, Inc.

recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk 16 - 18 October 2002
produced and engineered by Philip Hobbs
post-production by Julia Thomas
piano technician Bruno Torrens
original photograph of Artur Pizarro by Mike Owen
cover Beethoven with the manuscript of the “Missa solemnis” –
painting, 1819, by Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858). Photo AKG London.
design and photo-touching by John Haxby, Knaresborough
Artur Pizarro’s Worldwide Management : Tom Croxon Management


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