Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos
Alfred Brendel, one of the world's most famous and revered pianists, recently retired from the concert stage. With a career that spanned almost 60 years, Brendel has played a large portion of the piano solo, chamber and concerto repertoire in the world's great musical capitals. On January 5, 2011, Brendel will celebrate his 80th birthday. Decca is proud to re-issue, at an exceptional budget price, two box sets devoted to the core of Brendel's recital repertoire: Beethoven and Schubert. The Beethoven box is a re-issue of Brendel's ANALOGUE recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas (recorded 1970-77) along with his first cycle of the Beethoven concertos (recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Bernard Haitink 1976-77). These are different recordings than the previously released Beethoven cycle from Brendel (028947818212 - release 10/6/2009). CD 1 Sonatas Op.2, nos.1 & 2; op.7 CD 2 Sonatas Op.2 no.3; Op.10, nos.1 & 2; Op.13 CD 3 Sonatas Op.10, no.3; Op.14, nos.1 & 2 Op.22 CD 4 Sonatas Op.26; Op.27 nos.1 & 2; Op.28 CD 5 Sonatas Op.31 nos.1-3; Op.49 no.1 CD 6 Sonatas Op.49, no. 2; Op.53; Op.54; Op.57 CD 7 Sonatas Op.78; Op.79; Op.81a; Op.90; Op.101 CD 8 Sonatas Op.106; Op.109 CD 9 Sonatas Op.110; Op.111; Andante favori, WoO 57 CD 10 Piano Concertos 1 & 2 CD 11 Piano Concertos 3 & 4 CD 12 Piano Concerto 5; Choral fantasia
