Beethoven Piano Your resource for the piano music of Ludwig van Beethoven

asin: B00004VXOM binding: Audio CD list price: $25.98 USD amazon price: $25.98 USD

From the mysterious, hushed opening notes of the Appassionata sonata to the conclusion of the grand fugue of Beethoven's penultimate A flat Sonata, 79 minutes later, this CD encompasses playing of matchless purity and stylistic insights. Solomon's legendary status is summed up in this final CD of Testament's five-disc series of Solomon's unfinished Beethoven sonata cycle. In addition to the authoritative command he exhibits throughout, one is struck by the way Solomon captures a multitude of tonal and emotional shadings in each of the works. There's repose in his graceful rendition of lyric passages and emotional struggle (though never technical struggle) in the heaven-storming ones. Slow movements, even the famous central movement of the Appassionata, are never static. They always flow gently, leaving an effect of profundity that more distended approaches miss. Another trait of Solomon's playing is his precise articulation in even the fastest sections, where others often lose detail in a wild blur of notes. This disc, like its four companions in this series, is essential. --Dan Davis

asin: B0000AH3EO binding: Audio CD list price: $12.98 USD amazon price: $12.98

First Time on CD. Digitally Remastered.

author: Ludwig van Beethoven asin: 0486245632 binding: Paperback list price: $24.95 USD amazon price: $16.47 USD

Full scores of 5 great Beethoven piano concertos, reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, with all cadenzas as he wrote them. The works reveal the pianistic and orchestral mastery of Beethoven's early and middle periods as well as his innovative genius. New table of contents.

author: Beethoven asin: B000LRYPQ2 binding: Digital list price: $5.95 USD amazon price: $5.95 USD

Downloadable sheet music file