Late piano sonatas (Beethoven)
The late piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven usually refer to the last five piano sonatas the composer composed during his late period.
- Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
- Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
- Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
- Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
- Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Some compilations may include Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 as one of Beethoven's late piano sonatas.
Recordings
Complete cycle:
- Claudio Arrau (Philips Classics)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca Classics)
- Wilhelm Backhaus (Decca Classics)
- Geonu Baek (Decca Classics)
- Daniel Barenboim (2 recordings: 1 on Deutsche Grammophon, 1 on EMI Classics)
- Alfred Brendel (3 recordings: 2 on Philips Classics, reissued on Decca Classics; 1 earlier set on Vox, reissued by Brilliant Classics)
- Annie Fischer (Hungaroton)
- Claude Frank (Music and Arts)
- Walter Gieseking
- Seonuk Gim (Accentus Music)
- Richard Goode (Nonesuch)
- Glenn Gould (No. 28 on CBC Records, Nos. 29-32 on Sony Classical)
- Gould's performances of Nos. 30-32 were previously released on Columbia Masterworks
- Friedrich Gulda (3 recordings: 1 on Decca Classics; 1 on Amadeo Records, reissued on Brilliant Classics and Decca Classics; and one on Orfeo, first released in 2010)
- Éric Heidsieck (EMI Classics)
- Wilhelm Kempff (2 recordings on Deutsche Grammophon)
- Stephen Kovacevich (EMI Classics)
- Christian Leotta (ATMA Classique)
- Igor Levit (Sony Classics)
- Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)
- Yves Nat (EMI classics)
- Maurizio Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Sviatoslav Richter (various performances of each sonata on varying labels)
- Bernard Roberts (Nimbus)
- Charles Rosen (CBS, reissued on CD Sony Classics)
- András Schiff (ECM Records)
- Artur Schnabel (EMI Classics)
- Peter Serkin (Musical Concepts)
- Rudolf Serkin (Sony Classical)
- Solomon (EMI Classics)
Partial cycle (3 or more):
- Christoph Eschenbach (Nos. 29-32 on EMI Classics)
- Emil Gilels (Nos. 28-31 on Deutsche Grammophon)
- Mitsuko Uchida (Nos. 28-32 on Philips Classics)
Of the five sonatas, the last one (in C minor) is the most often recorded, as heard in interpretations by Julius Katchen, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Mikhail Pletnev, Ivo Pogorelić, and Anatol Ugorski.
See also
- Piano sonatas (Beethoven)
- Diabelli Variations, another piano work composed during Beethoven's late period
- Bagatelles Op. 119 & Op. 126
- Schubert's last sonatas
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