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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano sonatas 16-24

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No. 16, op. 31/1

Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2066498 review
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Chandos CHAN10798 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1572 review
Ernst von Dohnányi Testament SBT21505 review
Annie Fischer BBC Legends BBCL41992 review
Walter Gieseking Warner 9029624559 review
Emil Gilels Brilliant 94291 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Andreas Haefliger BIS BIS2607 review
Paavali Jumppanen Ondine ODE12902D review
Wilhelm Kempff Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
David Korevaar Ivory Classics 77004 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901902 review review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80185 review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Thomas Sauer MSR MS1284 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
Maria Yudina Scribendum SC813 review

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

Adrian Aeschbacher Kasp 57722 review
Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2066498 review
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Chandos CHAN10798 review
Jorge Bolet Marston 560032 review review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1572 review
James Brawn MSR Classics MS1467 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 94272 review
John Browning MSR MS1122 review
Jill Crossland Divine Art DDV24147 review
Erno Dohnanyi Pristine Audio PASC408 review
Ingrid Fliter EMI 0954732 review
Andor Foldes Eloquence 4841256 review
Walter Gieseking Naxos 8.111353 review
Music & Arts CD1098 review
Warner 9029624559 review
Alexej Gorlatch Oehms OC879 review
Helene Grimaud DG 4791055 review
Cor de Groot Doremi DHR7937-9 review
Naum Grubert Navis Classics NC14002 review review
Friedrich Gulda SWR Music SWR19098CD review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Andreas Haefliger BIS BIS2607 review
Myra Hess APR 7306 review
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Paavali Jumppanen Ondine ODE12902D review
Mindru Katz Cembal d'amour CD169 review
Wilhelm Kempff Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
Stephen Kovacevich EMI 2153142 review
Frederic Lamond APR 7310 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901902 review review
Nikolai Lugansky Harmonia Mundi HMM902442 review
Heinrich Neuhaus APR 5660 review
Russian CD RCD16245 review
Elly Ney Colossuem COL90252 review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80160 review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Sviatoslav Richter Brilliant 92229 review
Regis RRC1384 review
Brilliant 94399 review
Thomas Sauer MSR MS1284 review
Fazil Say Naive V5016 review review
Sona Shaboyan Guild GMCD7405/6 review
Nobuyuki Tsujii Euroarts 2059084 review
Dinorah Varsi Genuin GEN15353 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
David Wilde Delphian DCD34090 review
Maria Yudina Scribendum SC813 review

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

Claudio Arrau Warner 2564 639427 review review
  Warner 9029624557 review
Wilhelm Backhaus Audite 23420 review
APR 5637 review review
Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2066498 review
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Chandos CHAN10798 review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571254 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1572 review
Bella Davidovich Eloquence 4844186 review
Annie Fischer Warner 2564624123 review review
Reine Gianoli Meloclassic MC1044 review review
Walter Gieseking Warner 9029624559 review
Cor de Groot Doremi DHR7937-9 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Andreas Haefliger BIS BIS2607 review
Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA67974 review
Paavali Jumppanen Ondine ODE12902D review
Wilhelm Kempff APR 7403 review review
Meloclassic MC1042 review review
Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
Meloclassic MC1053 review
Frederic Lamond APR 7310 review
Jacob Lateiner Parnassus PACD96051-2 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901902 review review
Amber Yiu-Hsuan Liao MSR Classics MS1368 review
Elly Ney Colossuem COL90252 review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80185 review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Eduardo del Pueyo Eloquence 4840193 review
Sviatoslav Richter Brilliant 92229 review
Brilliant 94399 review
Parnassus PACD96061 review
Thomas Sauer MSR MS1284 review
Dinorah Varsi Genuin GEN15353 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
Earl Wild Ivory 76001 review

No. 19, op. 49/1

Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2066498 review
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Chandos CHAN10798 review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571251 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS BISSACD1363 review
James Brawn MSR Classics MS1466 review review
Annie Fischer ICA Classics ICAC5165 review
Andor Foldes Eloquence 4841256 review
Walter Gieseking Warner 9029624559 review
François-Frédéric Guy Naive V5023 review
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Wilhelm Kempff Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901909-11 review
Radu Lupu Decca 4782340 review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review

No. 20, op. 49/2

Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2066498 review
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Chandos CHAN10798 review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571251 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS BISSACD1363 review
James Brawn MSR Classics MS1466 review review
Walter Gieseking Naxos 8.112063 review review
Warner 9029624559 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Wilhelm Kempff Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi HMC901909-11 review
Radu Lupu Decca 4782340 review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review

No. 21, op. 53, 'Waldstein'

Claudio Arrau Euroarts 2058678 review
Euroarts 2058708 review
Warner 9029624557 review
Vladimir Ashkenazy Profil PH19030 review
Eloquence 4801304 review
Wilhelm Backhaus Audite 23420 review
Medici MM0062 review
Archipel ARPCD0342 review
SWR Classic SWR19057CD review
Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2066498 review
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Chandos CHAN10798 review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571254 review
Jonathan Biss Onyx 4115 review review
Michele Bolla Eloquence 4819497 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1573 review
James Brawn MSR Classics MS1466 review review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 94272 review
Philips 4757182 review
Jae-Hyuck Cho Dunelm DRD0259 review review
Sequeira Costa Claudio CB55722 review
Sergio Fiorentina Piano Classics PCLM0104 review review
Annie Fischer Warner 2564624123 review review
Edwin Fischer Archipel ARPCD0216 review
Andor Foldes Eloquence 4841256 review
Nelson Friere Decca 4758155 review
Reiko Fujisawa Quartz QTZ2094 review
Walter Gieseking Naxos 8.112063 review review
Warner 9029624559 review
Andrey Gugnin Melodiya MELCD1002619 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Conrad Hansen Meloclassic MC1047 review
Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA68220 review
Vladimir Horowitz RCA 82876 623112 review
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Olga Jegunova Music & Media MMC114 review
Wilhelm Kempff APR 7403 review review
Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
Stephen Kovacevich EMI 2153142 review
Frederic Lamond APR 7310 review
Jacob Lateiner Parnassus PACD96081-82 review review
Ernst Levy Marston 520392 review
Radu Lupu Decca 4782340 review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
Denis Matthews Forgotten Records FR1622/3 review
Benno Moiseiwitsch Testament SBT31509 review
Elly Ney Colossuem COL90252 review
John O'Conor Telarc CD80160 review
Alice Sarah Ott DG 4779291 review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Vlado Perlemuter Nimbus NI5340 review
Eduardo del Pueyo Eloquence 4840193 review
James Rhodes Signum Classics SIGCD308 review
Fazil Say Naive V5016 review review
Artur Schnabel EMI 5628802 review
Rudolf Serkin BBC Legends BBCL41772 review

Music & Arts CD1141

review
Solomon EMI 2061022 review
Jascha Spivakovsky Pristine Audio PAKM065 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
David Wilde Delphian DCD34090 review

No. 22, op. 54

Claudio Arrau EMI 9184322 review
  Warner 9029624557 review
Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2066508 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1573 review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Andreas Haefliger Avie AV2082 review
Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA68220 review
Wilhelm Kempff Hanssler CD93720 review
Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
Garrick Ohlsson Bridge 9274A/B review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Edith Picht-Axenfeld  Meloclassic MC1043 review review
Ivo Pogorelich Sony 19075956602 review
Sviatoslav Richter RCA 82876 594212 review
Andras Schiff ECM 1947 review
Artur Schnabel EMI 5628802 review
Naxos 8.110761 review
Mordecai Shehori Cembal d'amour CD133 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
Maria Yudina Scribendum SC813 review

No. 23, op. 57, 'Appassionata'

Oleg Akkuratov Melodiya MELCD1002552 review
Claudio Arrau EMI 9184322 review
Euroarts 2058678 review
Euroarts 2058708 review
ICA Classics ICAD5073 review
ICA Classics ICAC5122 review
Warner 9029624557 review
Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2050427 review
Euroarts 2050429 review
Euroarts 2066508 review
Jan Bartoš Supraphon SU42522 review
Viktor Bijelovic Kickstarter review
Idil Biret IBA 8.571258 review
Nick van Bloss Nimbus NI6276 review review
Jorge Bolet Hanssler CD93725 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1573 review
James Brawn MSR Classics MS1465 review
Alfred Brendel Brilliant 94272 review
Mary Beth Briggs Semaphore SMLMP21 review
Angela Brownridge Challenge Classics CC72707 review
Marcel Ciampi Solstice SOCD395 review review
Sequeira Costa Claudio CB55722 review
Edwin Fischer EMI 6294992 review
Ingrid Fliter EMI 0954732 review
Andor Foldes Eloquence 4841256 review
Walter Gieseking Naxos 8.112063 review review
Warner 9029624559 review
Emil Gilels Doremi DHR7795 review
Andromeda ANDRCD5046 review
Anthony Goldstone Divine Art DDA25039 review
Naum Grubert Navis Classics NC20010 review review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Andreas Haefliger Avie AV2148 review
Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA67518 review
Vladimir Horowitz RCA 82876 623112 review
Freddy Kempf BIS BISSACD1460 review
Wilhelm Kempff APR 7403 review review
Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
Stephen Kovacevich EMI 2153142 review
Frederic Lamond APR 7310 review
Christian Leotta Atma Classique ACD22486 review
Ernst Levy Marston 520392 review
Kristian Ofstad Lindberg 2L 2L161SACD review
Nikolai Lugansky Harmonia Mundi HMM902442 review
Murray McLachlan Dunelm DRD0202 review review
Katie Mahan Steinway STNS30161 review
Denis Matthews Forgotten Records FR1622/3 review
William Murdoch APR 6029 review review
Yves Nat Forgotten Records FR1513 review
Elly Ney Colosseum COL90252 review
Andrew van Oeyen Warner Classics 9029502051 review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Vlado Perlemuter Nimbus NI5340 review
Vassily Primakov Bridge 9251 review review
Eduardo del Pueyo Eloquence 4840193 review
Sviatoslav Richter RCA 82876 594212 review
Regis RRC1384 review
Music & Arts CD1263 review
Michael Roll Heritage HTGCD184 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
Victor Schiĝler Danacord DACOCD832/3 review
Rudolf Serkin Music & Arts CD1141 review
Pristine Audio PAKM077 review
Vladimir Sofronitsky Russian CD 16289 review
Solomon EMI 2061022 review
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review
Yundi DG 4765049 review

No. 24, op. 78 'A Thérèse'

Claudio Arrau EMI 9184322 review
  Warner 9029624557 review
Daniel Barenboim Euroarts 2066508 review
Jonathan Biss Onyx 4094 review
Ronald Brautigam (fp) BIS SACD1573 review
James Brawn MSR Classics MS1468 review
Nikolai Demidenko ASV GLD4017 review
Annie Fischer Meloclassic MC1016 review
Warner 2564624123 review review
François-Frédéric Guy Zig Zag Territoires ZZT304 review
Bruce Hungerford Piano Classics PCLM0036 review
Kasp 57741 review
Paavali Jumppanen Ondine ODE12902D review
Wilhelm Kempff APR 6018 review review
Pristine Audio PAKM084 review
Christian Leotta Atma Classique ACD22486 review
Kun-Woo Paik Decca 4756909 review
Egon Petri APR 7701 review review
Ivo Pogorelich Sony 19075956602 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
David Allen Wehr Connoisseur Soc. CD4263 review



 

 



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