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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 / Adam Golka
First Hand Records

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 / Adam Golka

$21.99

Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
Adam Golka
Format
CD
Label
First Hand Records
Released
Nov 06, 2020
Catalog #
FHR101
UPC
5060216341101

About

Adam Golka’s third album for FHR begins a wonderful journey in which he records all of Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas. This first volume, released in Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year, includes one of the composer’s most celebrated works, the ‘Pathétique’ Sonata in C minor, alongside the contrasting Sonatas, Op. 10. All four sonatas were written 1796-98. Since first self-presenting and performing Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas at the age of 18, Adam Golka has immersed himself in studying the master’s works. He has studied Beethoven under the guidance of masters such as Leon Fleisher, Alfred Brendel, Sir András Schiff, Murray Perahia, and Ferenc Rados. In 2011, Adam performed a cycle of all five Beethoven Piano Concertos with the Lubbock Symphony, with his brother Tomasz at the baton, and last summer, he made his San Francisco Symphony début at the Stern Grove Festival in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. He will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday in 2020 by playing the whole cycle of Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas in multiple cities, which includes a self-produced video series named 32@32, made in collaboration with filmmaker Zac Nicholson and designed to be part of the concert experience.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 08:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
    Duration
    08:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  2. 2 II. Adagio cantabile 05:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  3. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 04:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  4. 4 I. Allegro molto e con brio 05:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro molto e con brio
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  5. 5 II. Adagio molto 08:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    08:24
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  6. 6 III. Finale: Prestissimo 03:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Finale: Prestissimo
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  7. 7 I. Allegro 08:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  8. 8 II. Allegretto 03:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  9. 9 III. Presto 04:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  10. 10 I. Presto 07:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Presto
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  11. 11 II. Largo e mesto 09:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Largo e mesto
    Duration
    09:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  12. 12 III. Menuetto: Allegro 02:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka
  13. 13 IV. Rondo: Allegro 04:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Adam Golka