Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier" & Bagatelles, Op. 126 / Goerner

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
March 25, 2016
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Nelson Goerner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2016
    • UPC
      3760014192395
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA239
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    2. II. Scherzo: Assai vivace - Presto - Tempo I

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    3. III. Adagio sostenuto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    4. IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    5. No. 1 in G Major: Andante con moto cantabile e compiacevole

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    6. No. 2 in G Minor: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    7. No. 3 in E-Flat Major: Andante cantabile e grazioso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    8. No. 4 in B Minor: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    9. No. 5 in G Major: Quasi allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner

    10. No. 6 in E-Flat Major: Presto - Andante amabile e con moto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nelson Goerner




Nicknamed ‘the poet of the piano,’ Nelson Goerner has an impressive discography, including his recent multi-award-winning Chopin and Debussy CDs. For this disc, Goerner tackles Beethoven’s Sonata No. 29 ‘Hammerklavier’, and his Bagatelles Op. 126. Of his Hammerklavier, the great composer said, “Here is a sonata that will make pianists work hard.” Goerner rises to this challenge beautifully, playing the forty-five minute work with passion and emotion.

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REVIEWS:

Goerner’s Hammerklavier is about flight, variety of shapes, sounds, ideas and precision of communication. Phrases are imbued with life and meaning but, equally importantly, they are separated by breath, lending them intelligibility. If ever there were an effortless Hammerklavier finale, this is it.

– Gramophone

The Hammerklavier has received several amazing recordings in recent years, and Nelson Goerner’s is one of them. It is also a highly individual though never quirky account.

– BBC Music Magazine