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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonatas 16-26


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* indicates part of a complete set

No. 16, op. 31/1

Wilhelm Backhaus Decca 4757198 * review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1572 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Decca 4781821* review
Annie Fischer BBC Legends BBCL41992 review
Emil Gilels Brilliant 94291 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
David Korevaar Ivory Classics 77004 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901902 review review
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80400* review
Telarc CD80185 review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Thomas Sauer MSR MS1284 review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review

No. 17, op. 31/2, 'Tempest'

Wilhelm Backhaus Decca 4757198 * review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1572 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Brilliant 94272 review
Decca 4781821* review
John Browning MSR MS1122 review
Jill Crossland Divine Art DDV24147 review
Ingrid Fliter EMI 0954732 review
Walter Gieseking Naxos 8.111353 review
Cor de Groot Doremi DHR7937-9 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Stephen Kovacevich EMI 2153142 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901902 review review
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
Heinrich Neuhaus APR 5660 review
Heinrich Neuhaus Russian CD RCD16245 review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80160 review
Telarc CD80400* review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Sviatoslav Richter Brilliant 92229 review
Regis RRC1384 review
Brilliant 94399 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Thomas Sauer MSR MS1284 review
Fazil Say Naive V5016 review review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review
Nobuyuki Tsujii Euroarts 2059084 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
David Wilde Delphian DCD34090 review

No. 18, op. 31/3, 'The Hunt'

Wilhelm Backhaus Audite 23420 review
Decca 4757198 * review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571254 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1572 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Decca 4781821* review
Cor de Groot Doremi DHR7937-9 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
Jacob Lateiner Parnassus PACD96051-2 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901902 review review
Amber Yiu-Hsuan Liao MSR Classics MS1368 review
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80185 review
Telarc CD80400* review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Sviatoslav Richter Brilliant 92229 review
Brilliant 94399 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Thomas Sauer MSR MS1284 review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
Earl Wild Ivory 76001 review

No. 19, op. 49/1

Wilhelm Backhaus Decca 4757198 * review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571251 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS BISSACD1363 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Decca 4781821* review
François-Frédéric Guy Naive V5023 review
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901909-11 review
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
Radu Lupu Decca 4782340 review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80400* review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review

No. 20, op. 49/2

Wilhelm Backhaus Decca 4757198 * review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571251 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS BISSACD1363 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Decca 4781821* review
Walter Gieseking Naxos 8.112063 review review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901909-11 review
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
Radu Lupu Decca 4782340 review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80400* review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review

No. 21, op. 53, 'Waldstein'

Claudio Arrau Euroarts 2058678 review
Euroarts 2058708 review
Vladimir Ashkenazy Eloquence 4801304 review
Wilhelm Backhaus Audite 23420 review
Decca 4757198* review
Medici MM0062 review
Archipel ARPCD0342 review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571254 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1573 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Brilliant 94272 review
Decca 4781821* review
Philips 4757182 review
Jae-Hyuck Cho Dunelm DRD0259 review review
Edwin Fischer Archipel ARPCD0216 review
Nelson Friere Decca 4758155 review
Reiko Fujisawa Quartz QTZ2094 review
Walter Gieseking Naxos 8.112063 review review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
Vladimir Horowitz RCA 82876 623112 review
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Stephen Kovacevich EMI 2153142 review
Ernst Levy Marston 520392 review
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
Radu Lupu Decca 4782340 review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80400* review
Telarc CD80160 review
Alice Sarah Ott DG 4779291 review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Vlado Perlemuter Nimbus NI5340 review
James Rhodes Signum Classics SIGCD308 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Fazil Say Naive V5016 review review
Artur Schnabel EMI 5628802 review
Rudolf Serkin BBC Legends BBCL41772 review

Music & Arts CD1141

review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review
Solomon EMI 2061022 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
David Wilde Delphian DCD34090 review

No. 22, op. 54

Claudio Arrau EMI 9184322 review
Wilhelm Backhaus Decca 4757198 * review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1573 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Decca 4781821* review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Andreas Haefliger Avie AV2082 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80400* review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Sviatoslav Richter RCA 82876 594212 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Andras Schiff ECM 1947 review
Artur Schnabel EMI 5628802 review
Naxos 8.110761 review
Mordecai Shehori Cembal d'amour CD133 review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review

No. 23, op. 57, 'Appassionata'

Claudio Arrau EMI 9184322 review
Euroarts 2058678 review
Euroarts 2058708 review
ICA Classics ICAD5073 review
Wilhelm Backhaus Decca 4757198 * review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2050427 review
Euroarts 2050429 review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571258 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1573 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Brilliant 94272 review
Decca 4781821* review
Mary Beth Briggs Semaphore SMLMP21 review
Edwin Fischer EMI 6294992 review
Ingrid Fliter EMI 0954732 review
Walter Gieseking Naxos 8.112063 review review
Emil Gilels Doremi DHR7795 review
Andromeda ANDRCD5046 review
Anthony Goldstone Divine Art DDA25039 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Andreas Haefliger Avie AV2148 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA67518 review
Vladimir Horowitz RCA 82876 623112 review
Freddy Kempf BIS BISSACD1460 review
Stephen Kovacevich EMI 2153142 review
Christian Leotta Atma Classique ACD22486 review
Ernst Levy Marston 520392 review
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80400* review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Vlado Perlemuter Nimbus NI5340 review
Vassily Primakov Bridge 9251 review review
Sviatoslav Richter RCA 82876 594212 review
Regis RRC1384 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Artur Rubinstein Medici MM0292 review
Fazil Say Naive V5016 review review
Artur Schnabel EMI 5628802 review
Naxos 8.110761 review
Andras Schiff ECM 1947 review
Rudolf Serkin Music & Arts CD1141 review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review
Solomon EMI 2061022 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review

No. 24, op. 78 'A Thérèse'

Claudio Arrau EMI 9184322 review
Wilhelm Backhaus Decca 4757198 * review
Pristine Classical PAKM051-58 * review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1573 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 93761* review review
Brilliant 94075 * review
Decca 4781821* review
Nikolai Demidenko ASV GLD4017 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Eric Heidsieck* EMI 3877392
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Christian Leotta Atma Classique ACD22486 review
HJ Lim * EMI 4649522 review review
Louis Lortie Chandos CHAN10616(9) * review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80400* review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Bernard Roberts * Nimbus NI1774 review
Martin Roscoe Deux-Elles DXL1163 review
Rudolf Serkin BBC Legends BBCL41772 review
Artur Schnabel EMI 5628802 review
Naxos 8.110761 review
Andras Schiff ECM 1947 review
Rudolf Serkin Music & Arts CD1141 review
Craig Sheppard* Romeo 7233-41 review review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review




 


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