Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 10 No. 3, Op. 26 & "Grande sonate pathétique", Op. 13 Gianluca Cascioli

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1908 - 1992): 2 Rondos, Op. 51:
• 1 Beethoven: 2 Rondos, Op. 51: No. 1, Rondo in C Major 04:58
• Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3:
• 2 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: I. Presto 07:39
• 3 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Largo e mesto 09:18
• 4 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Allegro 02:54
• 5 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: IV. Rondo. Allegro 04:21
• Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Grande sonate pathétique":
• 6 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Grande sonate pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 10:07
• 7 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Grande sonate pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile 04:32
• 8 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Grande sonate pathétique": III. Rondo. Allegro 04:51
• Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Flat-Major, Op. 26:
• 9 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Flat-Major, Op. 26: I. Andante con variazioni 07:39
• 10 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Flat-Major, Op. 26: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto 02:52
• 11 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Flat-Major, Op. 26: III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe 05:39
• 12 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Flat-Major, Op. 26: IV. Allegro 03:14
• Total Runtime 01:08:04

Info for Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 10 No. 3, Op. 26 & "Grande sonate pathétique", Op. 13

Beethoven’s music has always lain at the heart of Gianluca Cascioli’s research into interpretation. What distinguishes the present work is above all the choice of instrument: a fortepiano modelled on an 1805 Anton Walter built by Paul McNulty, an instrument equipped with both a moderator and the una corda stop, like the one that Beethoven asked the same builder to make in 1802. The recording is in fact dedicated to works composed and published between the years 1796 and 1802.

The interest in historical performance practices and original sources, which has increasingly become a defining mark of Cascioli’s performances, is another evident characteristic of this new recording, which features, among other things, arpeggiated chords, embellishments, ornamented fermatas and the use of rubato. All decisions on such matters, however, are always firmly founded on the sources, methods and treatises of Beethoven’s own day, as the artist himself explains in the interview included in the liner notes. Cascioli has now arrived at his twelfth recording of works by the great composer – the first for Arcana , after many issued on distinguished labels like Deutsche Grammophon and Harmonia Mundi.

Gianluca Cascioli, piano

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