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Cover: Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonatas Opp. 31, 78, 79, 81a & 90

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonatas Opp. 31, 78, 79, 81a & 90

Paavali Jumppanen, piano

ODE 1290-2D · 2 CDs · March 2016

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Track listing

20 tracks · 121:28

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

CD 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

  1. Sonata in G major, Op. 31 No. 1 24:37
  2. 1 I Allegro vivace 6:39
  3. 2 II Adagio grazioso 10:59
  4. 3 III Rondo: Allegretto - Presto 6:59
  5. Sonata in D major, Op. 31 No. 2 ?The Tempest? 24:28
  6. 4 I Largo - Allegro 9:10
  7. 5 II Adagio 8:23
  8. 6 III Allegretto 6:55
  9. Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 ?La Chasse? 22:23
  10. 7 I Allegro 8:37
  11. 8 II Scherzo: Allegretto vivace 5:00
  12. 9 III Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso 4:38
  13. 10 IV Presto con fuoco 4:08

CD 2

Ludwig van Beethoven

  1. Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 78 ?À Thérèse? 9:32
  2. 1 I Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 6:52
  3. 2 II Allegro vivace 2:40
  4. Sonata in G major, Op. 79 9:05
  5. 3 I Presto alla tedesca 4:31
  6. 4 II Andante 2:41
  7. 5 III Vivace 1:53
  8. Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a ?Les Adieux? 16:23
  9. 6 I Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux). Adagio - Allegro 9:51
  10. 7 II Abwesenheit (L'Absence). Andante espressivo 3:31
  11. 8 III Das Wiedersehen (Le Revoir). Vivacissimamente 5:48
  12. Sonata in E minor, Op. 90 12:13
  13. 9 I Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durcaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck 5:35
  14. 10 II Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen 6:38

About this recording

This double-CD release is a fourth volume in pianist Paavali Jumppanen’s ongoing recording cycle of the Beethoven piano sonatas.

This release includes Piano Sonatas Nos. 16–18 & 24–27 – written between 1801–02 and 1809–14, and belonging to the middle period of the composer’s oeuvre.

Jumppanen has collaborated with numerous contemporary composers and premiering many solo and chamber works for the piano. He has worked personally with esteemed composers including Pierre Boulez, William Duckworth, Henri Dutilleux, as well as composers of his native Finland. On the DG recording project of the complete works by Pierre Boulez, Jumppanen recorded the piano sonatas upon the composer’s request.

Paavali Jumppanen is an internationally esteemed pianist, a versatile performer equally at home as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, and a recitalist. His vast repertoire spans piano literature from Bach to the Avant-garde. Jumppanen has spent several years performing the works of Viennese Classics, in particular Beethoven. His performances of the complete cycles of Beethoven's and Mozart's Piano Sonatas as well as Beethoven's concertos and chamber music have won critical acclaim.

Jumppanen’s first instalment in the Beethoven cycle received thrilling reviews and, among others, the ‘Choc’ Award from the French music magazine Classica.

Features

Sleeve notes in English and Finnish.

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Paavali Jumppanen

One of the most fascinating pianists from Finland, Paavali Jumppanen is equally at home on the stage as a soloist or chamber musician. His vast repertoire spans much of the classical piano literature, including Bach, Mozart, and the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, as well as contemporary music and avant-garde. His close collaboration with composer Pierre Boulez has resulted in the much acclaimed recordings of the composer's complete Piano Sonatas for Deutsche Grammophon, hailed by The Guardian "the best recorded disc of Boulez's piano music so far."

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