Beethoven: Complete Works for Solo Piano

Contents Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32 Beethoven: Bagatelles (7), Op. 33 Beethoven: Bagatelles (11), Op. 119 Beethoven: Bagatelles (6), Op. 126 Beethoven: Bagatelle in C major, WoO56 Beethoven: Bagatelle in C minor, WoO52 Beethoven: Variations (9) on a March by Dressler, WoO 63 Beethoven: Variations (6) in F major on a Swiss Song, WoO 64 Beethoven: Variations (24) on Righini’s Arietta ‘Venni amore,’ WoO 65 Beethoven: Variations (13) on the Arietta ‘Es war ein alter Mann’, WoO 66 Beethoven: Variations (12) on the ‘Menuet à la Vigano’ by Haibel, WoO 68 Beethoven: Variations (9) on the Aria ‘Quant’ è più bello’, WoO 69 Beethoven: Variations (6) in G major on the duet ‘Nel cor più non mi sento’ from the opera La Molinara by Giovanni Paisiello, WoO 70 Beethoven: Variations (12) on a Russian Dance, WoO 71 Beethoven: Variations (8) on the Romance ‘Une fièvre brûlante’, WoO 72 Beethoven: Variations (10) in B-flat major on the duet ‘La stessa, la stessissima’ from the opera Falstaff by Antonio Salieri, WoO 73 Beethoven: Variations (7) on the Quartet ‘Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen’, WoO 75 Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme ‘Die Ruinen von Athen’, Op. 76 Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme in G major for Piano, WoO 77 Beethoven: Variations (7) on ‘God save the King’, WoO 78 Beethoven: Variations (5) on ‘Rule Britannia’, WoO 79 Beethoven: Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 Beethoven: Variations (6) for Piano on an Original Theme in F major, Op. 34 Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Op. 35 Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme ‘Die Ruinen von Athen’, Op. 76 Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120 Beethoven: Variations (8) on the song ‘Ich hab’ein kleines Hüttchen nur’ in B-flat major for Piano, Anh. 10 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas WoO 47 ‘Kurfürsten Sonatas’ Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Beethoven: Rondos (2), Op. 51 Beethoven: Two Movements from a Sonatina in F major WoO 50 Beethoven: Allegretto in C minor,WoO 53 Beethoven: Bagatelle in G minor, WoO 61a (Allegretto quasi Andante) Beethoven: Allegretto in B minor, WoO 210 Beethoven: Bagatelle in C major, WoO 54, ‘Lustig-Traurig’ Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59) Beethoven: Bagatelle in B flat major, WoO 60 Beethoven: Prelude in F minor WoO 55 Beethoven: Waltz in E flat major WoO 84 Beethoven: Waltz in D major WoO 85 Beethoven: Andante Favori in F, WoO 57 Beethoven: Menuets (12), WoO 7 Beethoven: Ländlerische Tänze für Zwei Violinen und Bass Beethoven: Two Preludes, Op. 39 Beethoven: Rondo in A major, WoO 49 Beethoven: Rondo in B flat major, Anh. 6 Beethoven: Rondo in C major, WoO 48 Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77 Beethoven: Polonaise in C major, Op. 89 Beethoven: Ländler (6), WoO 15 Beethoven: Deutsche Tänze (12), WoO 13 Beethoven: Allemande in A major WoO 81 Beethoven: Ecossaises Beethoven: Contredanses (12), WoO 14 Beethoven: Piano Sonatina No 37 in G major, Anh. 5, No. 1 Beethoven: Piano Sonatina No. 38 in F major, Anh. 5, No. 2 Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51 Beethoven: Rondo in B flat major, Anh. 6 Beethoven: Minuet in A flat major, WoO 209 (Hess 33) Beethoven: Three Marches for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 45 Beethoven: Minuets (12), WoO 7 Beethoven: Deutsche Tänze (12), WoO 8

“The exploration of Beethoven’s piano works still continues to astonish me,” wrote the Viennese pianist Rudolf Buchbinder in 2014, introducing his book Mein Beethoven: Leben mit dem Meister. “Even pieces that I have performed hundreds of times never lose their freshness to me.” Buchbinder recorded this collection of Beethoven’s complete works for solo piano – which includes a number of rarities – between 1973 and 1981. At its heart, of course, are the sonatas. As Buchbinder has said: “There are, I believe, no more personal statements of a human being than those we find in these 32 piano sonatas, which are also the crowning glory of Beethoven’s oeuvre.”