Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas

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Label
BIS
Release Date
November 21, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ludwig van Beethoven
    • PERFORMER
      Paul Wee
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 21, 2025
    • UPC
      7318599927657
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2765
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Romantic Era
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    2. II. Lebhaft. Marschmassig

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    3. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    4. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    5. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

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

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    7. III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    8. IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    9. I. Vivace ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    10. II. Prestissimo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    11. III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    12. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    13. II. Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    14. III. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    15. I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee

    16. II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Paul Wee


Pianist and barrister Paul Wee has made recordings devoted to the virtuoso repertoire of the 19th century, earning him the highest praise from the specialist press. He also tackled Beethoven with Franz Liszt's transcription of the Heroica Symphony, a recording named "Editor's Choice" by Gramophone, which wrote: � Paul Wee proves himself a master of these treacherously demanding transcriptions, sweeping aside the technical challenges to present these great works with consummate musicianship. � It was therefore only a matter of time before he turned his attention to the pinnacle of piano literature: Beethoven's late sonatas. While Sonata Op. 101 is the least known of this select group, it nonetheless opens Beethoven's third and most prophetic creative period. It is followed by Sonata Op. 106, the "Hammerklavier", an immense work in every sense of the word which, as the author of the liner notes put it, "makes such demands., that it is as if a new set of auditory equipment was required." As for the last three sonatas, worked on at the same time and conceived as a triptych, Beethoven knew that they would constitute his three final utterances in the genre of the sonata. To quote the author of the introductory text once again, "the closing pages of Op. 111 escape earth's orbit forever, leaving the listener behind."