This landmark edition of the 35 piano sonatas by Professor Barry Cooper, renowned Beethoven specialist, satisfies the exacting requirements of performer, teacher and scholar. It is the most comprehensive study of these extraordinary works yet undertaken.
Key features:
- The only modern edition to include all 35 sonatas as a set
- Faithful to the original notation, correcting long-standing errors found in other editions
- Presents new and important research
- General Introduction covering performance practice, including tempo, articulation, pedalling and dynamics
- Commentary to each sonata, including history, full assessment of the sources and detailed notes on interpretation
- Beautifully presented in three hardbound volumes and slipcase
- Introductory CD included
Contents:
- WoO47 No. 1, Eb Major/Es-Dur
- WoO47 No. 2, F minor/f-Moll
- WoO47 No. 3, D Major/D-Dur
- Op. 2 No. 1, F minor/f-Moll
- Op. 2 No. 2, A Major/A-Dur
- Op. 2 No. 3, C Major/C-Dur
- Op. 49 No. 1, G minor/g-Moll
- Op. 49 No. 2, G Major/G-Dur
- Op. 7, Eb major/Es-Dur
- Op. 10 No. 1, C minor/c-Moll
- Op. 10 No. 2, F Major/F-Dur
- Op. 10 No. 3, D Major/D-Dur
- Op. 13 (Pathétique), C minor/c-Moll
- Op. 14 No. 1, E Major/E-Dur
- Op. 14 No. 2, G Major/G-Dur
- Op. 22, Bb Major/B-Dur
- Op. 26, Ab Major/As-Dur
- Op. 27 No. 1 (quasi una fantasia), Eb Major/Es-Dur
- Op. 27 No. 2 (quasi una fantasia, ‘Moonlight’/‘Mondschein’), C# minor/cis-Moll
- Op. 28 (‘Pastorale’), D Major/D-Dur
- Op. 31 No. 1, G Major/G-Dur
- Op. 31 No. 2, D minor/d-Moll
- Op. 31 No. 3, Eb Major/Es-Dur
- Op. 53 (‘Waldstein’), C Major/C-Dur
- Op. 54, F Major/F-Dur
- Op. 57 (‘Appassionata’), F minor/f-Moll
- Op. 79, G Major/G-Dur
- Op. 78, F# Major/Fis-Dur
- Op. 81a (Das Lebewohl, ‘Les adieux’), Eb Major/Es-Dur
- Op. 90, E minor/e-Moll
- Op. 101, A Major/A-Dur
- Op. 106 (‘Hammerklavier’), Bb Major/B-Dur
- Op. 109, E Major/E-Dur
- Op. 110, Ab Major/As-Dur
- Op. 111, C minor/c-Moll