Beethoven: Early Piano Sonatas, Opp. 2-7-10

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
March 20, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ludwig van Beethoven
    • PERFORMER
      Simone El Oufir Pierini
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 20, 2026
    • UPC
      5063758969789
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96978
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro molto e con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    2. II. Largo con gran espressione

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    4. IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    5. 6 Ecossaises in E-Flat Major, WoO 83

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    6. Allegretto in C Minor, WoO 53

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    7. Rondo in C Major, Op. 51, No. 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    8. Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    9. I. Allegro molto e con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    10. II. Adagio molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    11. III. Finale: Prestissimo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    12. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    13. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    14. III. Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    15. I. Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    16. II. Largo e mesto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    17. III. Menuetto: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    18. IV. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    19. 6 Variations on an Original Theme in D Major, Op. 76

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    20. Bagatelle in B-Flat Major, WoO 60

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    21. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    22. II. Adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    23. III. Menuetto: Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    24. IV. Prestissimo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    25. I. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    26. II. Largo appassionato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    27. III. Scherzo: Allegretto - Trio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    28. IV. Rondo: Grazioso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    29. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    30. II. Adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    31. III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    32. IV. Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    33. Andante in F Major, WoO 57, "Andante favori"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini

    34. Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Simone Pierini


An experienced early-keyboard specialist brings his expertise to the 'New Testament' of the piano repertoire. 'Period' performances of Beethoven sonatas have become relatively mainstream during the present century, through artists such as Robert Levin and Ronald Brautigam. Through them, we have learnt, or rediscovered, that the turns of phrase in Beethoven's musical thinking take on a particular shape and agility when played and heard on the kind of instrument for which he was writing. All the same, most modern fortepianos are exactly that: modern. In this bold new project, Simone Pierini presents the first nine of Beethoven's sonatas-from Op.2 to Op.10-on fully original instruments of the period. These instruments are identified as the work of piano-makers Johann Haselmann (end of 18th century-early 19th century), Matthias Müller (1822), and Conrad Graf (1830). Simone Pierini complements the sonatas with several standalone pieces: the Allegretto in C minor WoO53, Andante Favori WoO57, Bagatelle in B flat WoO60, the Rondos Op.51, Variations in D Op.76 and the Polonaise in C Op.89. The set thus surveys the first 20 years of Beethoven's career as a composer, from the Op.2 sonatas of 1795 to the Polonaise which he wrote in 1814-15. During those two decades, his style underwent far-reaching changes, which in themselves have come to define the passage from the Classical to the Romantic style in music. All the same, Beethoven was and is Beethoven all the way through, as inimitable and distinct in the coursing momentum and sometimes surprising breadth of Op.2 as in the inward gaze of the Andante favori and the sideways look at popular dances in the Polonaise: all of them, in their way, inheritances from and developments of Haydn's style. Simone Pierini's previous fortepiano albums for Brilliant Classics include sets of sonatas by Luigi Cherubini, JB Cramer (Beethoven's publisher in London) and Helene de Montgeroult. He brings to this repertoire a deep understanding of both it's context and the nature of the instruments on which these composers were working at the turn of the 18th to the 19th centuries: equipped with a lighter touch than many modern pianos, and a more intimate tone. Reviewing the album of de Montgeroult, the Fanfare critic remarked that Pierini 'plays with tremendous energy and conviction.'