| Complete Recordings of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas | This is always a work in progress, suggestions are welcome | |||
| rev. 12/2008 | ||||
| Artists | Record Label (CD and LP issues) | Recording Date | Web Review | |
| Arrau, Claudio | Philips 432 301-2 (11 CD set). 1967, 13 LP set was Philips 6747035 | 1960's | ||
| Ashkenazy, Vladimir | Decca (10 CD set: 2LC10 443-706). Includes Andante Favori | 1970's - 1980's | Gramophone | |
| Backhaus, Wilhelm | London (Japan) POCL 3471-78 (8 CD set) | 1950-54 (mono) | ||
| Backhaus, Wilhelm | Decca 8-CD set, #433 882-2. (1970- 10 LP set: London CS 6683-6692). Rec. Geneva | 1958-69. 1952 (op.106) | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Badura-Skoda, Paul | 1970 | |||
| Badura-Skoda, Paul | Gramola GRA 98742/50 (Austria) (rec. Vienna Konzerthaus, Bösendorfer Imperial piano). Musical Heritage Society OR B 375-385 (11 LPs). Unicorn LPs | 7/1969-4/1970 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Badura-Skoda, Paul | Auvidis Astrée # 8691 - 8699. Rec. on fortepianos | c.1988-9 | ||
| Barenboim, Daniel | EMI 572912 (10 CD set). 1970, 14 LP set: Angel SNLV 3755 | 1965-69 | ||
| Barenboim, Daniel | DG (9 CD set reissue). Originally 12 LPs, then 12 CDs | 1981-84 | ||
| Barenboim, Daniel | EMI 68993 (Live concerts in Berlin). DVD VIDEO. | 2006 | Fanfare | |
| Benz, Robert | Thorofon (9 CDs) | 1988-94 | ||
| Bilson, Malcolm & students | Claves CD 50-9707/10. Rec. on 9 fortepianos by 7 pianists, includes 200-page booklet. Artists are: Malcolm Bilson, Tom Beghin, Ursula Dütschler, Andrew Willis, David Breitman, Zvi Meniker and Bart van Oort. | 1996 | ||
| Binns, Malcolm | L'Oiseau Lyre (LPs only). First complete recording on fortepianos | 1977 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Brendel, Alfred | Vox-Turnabout (LPs reissued on CDs) | 1958-64 | ||
| Brendel, Alfred | Philips 412575-2 (11 CD set). Originally 13 LPs. Includes Andante Favori | 1970-77 | ||
| Brendel, Alfred | Philips 446909 (10 CD set, 'New Digital Recordings') | 1992-6 | ||
| Buchbinder, Rudolf | Teldec 9031-71719-2 (8 CD set) | 1980's | ||
| Ciani, Dino | Dynamic CDS 432 (Italy) 9 CDs | 1970 (live, Turin) | ||
| Ciccolini, Aldo | Bongiovanni (Italy) | 1997-2000 | ||
| Costa, Sequeira | VMF Records (Vianna da Motta Foundation) | c.2007 | ||
| Abdel Rahman El Bacha | Forlane (9 CDs) | 1990's | ||
| Fischer, Annie | Hungaraton 31626-34 (9 CDs) | 1977-92 | Classical.net | |
| Frank, Claude | Music & Arts MUA 640 (10 CD set). Orig. 12 LPs: RCA Victrola VICS 9000 | May 1967- Oct. 1969 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Goode, Richard | Nonesuch 79328 (10 CD set) | 1980's | ||
| Grinberg, Maria | Melodyia Records C10-05573-98 (13 LPs. CD reissue also. See musicabona.com) | 1964-7 | ||
| Gulda, Friedrich | London/Decca POCL-4407 / POCL-90042~50 (9 CD set). Rec in London | 1954-58, mono/stereo | ||
| Gulda, Friedrich | DG 465 713-2 (12 CD), Amadeo 435 912-2 (9 CD), Philips PHCP-3123 or 9754 (9 CD). Brilliant Classics reissue. Rec. in Studio Klagenfurt, Austria Radio | 1967 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Heidsieck, Eric | EMI Classics (4 83427 2) 8 CD set | 1967-73 | ||
| Hobson, Ian | Zephyr 97 (9 CD set) | 1992-6 | ||
| Houstoun, Michael | Morrison Music Trust, New Zealand (www.trustcd.com) - 10 CDs | 1995-7 | ||
| Jando, Jeno | Naxos (10 CDs) | 1980's | ||
| Kempff, Wilhelm | DG Dokumente 447 966-2 (8 CD set) | 1951-56 (mono) | ||
| Kempff, Wilhelm | DG (8 CD set; also a 9 CD set: 429306). Orig. 10 LP set (1964): KL 42-51 | 1962-4 | ||
| Kladetzky, Gotthard | Koch Schwann (complete piano works on 15 CDs) | 1998 | ||
| Kovacevich, Stephen | EMI 5627002 (9 CD set) | 2003 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Kuerti, Anton | Analekta/Fleur De Lys CD 24010. LPs: Odyssey (13 LP set: Y34646-34649); Aquitaine | 1974-5 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Levinas, Michael | Ades (9 CDs) | 1990's | ||
| Lewis, Paul | Harmonia Mundi Records. | |||
| Lill, John | ASV Quicksilva (10 CDs). CD QS 6055 to 6054 | 1970's | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Lipkin, Seymour | Newport Classics (9 CDs, also on 1 cd-rom). Rec. at Curtis Inst. Field Concert Hall. | c.1999 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Lucchesini, Andrea | Stradivarius STR 33669 (Italy) 8 CDs (10h 36 min) | 2002 (live) | ||
| Nakamichi, Ikuyo | RCA BMG Japan | c.2003-7 | ||
| Nat, Yves | EMI Pathe Marconi CZS 762901 2 (8 CD set, 9h 18 min) | 1953-5 (mono) | ||
| Nikoleyeva, Tatiana | Olympia (UK) (Recorded live) | 1983 | ||
| O'Conor, Jon | Telarc (9 CD set) Recorded at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass | 1989-93 | ||
| Øland, Anne | T.I.M. 220865-325 (Germany) 10 CDs | DDD | ||
| Kun-woo Paik | Decca/Universal | 2005-7 | ||
| Perl, Alfredo | Arte Nova (10 CD set) | 1990's | ||
| Pludermacher, Georges | Abeille Musique (Transart) 10 CDs | 1999 | ||
| Pommier, Jean-Bernard | Erato | 1990's | Gramophone | |
| Riefling, Robert | Valois (reissued on MHS) | 1960's | ||
| Roberts, Bernard | Nimbus NI 5050 - 5059 (9 CD set) | 1980's | ||
| Sako, Akiyoshi | Camerata Records. 9 CDs. Recorded all 32 live in concerts in 2001. | 2001 | ||
| Schiff, Andras | ECM Records. 8 volumes | 2005-8 | ||
| Schnabel, Artur | EMI (8 CDs). Also on Pearl, Arkadia, Arabesque, Membran, Naxos, TIM. (Bechstein piano) | 1931-5 (mono) | ||
| Sheppard, Craig | Romeo Records (9 CDs) (rec. live, Seattle, Meany Theater) | 2003-4 (live) | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Sherman, Rusell | Gm Recordings GM 5001 (10 CD set) | 1993-7 | ||
| Silverman, Robert | Orpheum Masters KSP830 (10 CD set). Rec. on Bösendorfer Reproducing Piano | 2000 | ||
| Steinberg, Michael | Elysium (9 CD set, reissue of LPs). Rec. in Germany. | |||
| Sugitani, Shoko | IDC Classic | |||
| Takahiro Sonoda | Denon CDs | 1970's? | ||
| Takahiro Sonoda | Evica HTC 1007, 1009, 1011-1020 (Rec. in Isada Hall). [His 3rd recording of the 32??] | 1993-6 | ||
| Taub, Robert | Vox (10 CDs, in sets of 2) | 1990's | ||
| Wehr, David Allen | Connoisseur Society (Rec. Utica, NY and Tarrytown, NY) | 2002-05 | ||
| Willems, Gerard | ABC (9 CD set) (http://www.beethoven-sonatas.com/) | 1997-2000 | Stereo Times | |
| Yokoyama, Yukio | Sony ('Complete Piano Works') 12 CDs | 1990's | ||
| Zechlin, Dieter | Eterna (Berlin Classics) | c.1968-9 | ||
| Cycles in progress | ||||
| Biret, Idil | BMP records - 20 sonatas so far (10/2004). 2 volumes released on Naxos (Rec. Brussels, 2001-2) | |||
| Brautigam, Ronald | BIS Records. Recorded on Fortepianos, 6 CDs completed | ClassicsToday.com | ||
| Hewitt, Angela | Hyperion Records. Two volumes recorded (Fazioli piano) | |||
| Kodama, Mari | Pentatone Classics label (5 CDs recorded since 2003) | |||
| Komen, Paul | Globe Records. Recorded on original fortepianos. Completed 5 CDs. | |||
| Korstick, Michael | Oehms Classics (Germany). Complete 5 CDs. | |||
| Lortie, Louis | Chandos. 'Almost completed' 25 sonatas recorded from 1991-98? | |||
| Ohlsson, Garrick | Cycle in progress on Bridge Records (formerly on Arabesque) 8 CDs recorded. | |||
| Oppitz, Gerhard | Hänssler Records (9 volumes recorded) | |||
| Pennetier, Jean-Claude | Lyrinx Records (announced on his Management website, 8 sonatas to be recorded each year) | |||
| Pollini, Maurizio | DG is planning to have Pollini complete the cycle 'in the next five years'. Has completed 1-3, 5-8, 11-15, 17, 21-27 (as well as 1970's recordings of 28-32) | |||
| Swann, Jeffrey | Agora Musica (Italy). | |||
| Tchetuev, Igor | Caro Mitis (Russia) 3 CDs recorded. | |||
| Some Notable incomplete Beethoven sonata recordings | ||||
| Corot, Alfred | Rumors exist that Cortot recorded the 32 sonatas around 1957 for EMI - never released | |||
| Gieseking, Walter | EMI, recorded 24 Sonatas - Missing 16, 22, 24-28. Rec. at Abbey Road 1951-6. Death in 1956 prevented completion. | |||
| Gieseking, Walter | Tahra 394 400 (7 CD set). 27 Sonatas - Missing sonatas 4, 5, 7, 20, 22. From 1949-50 broadcasts. | ClassicsToday.com | ||
| Gilels, Emil | DG. 27 Sonatas - Missing nos. 1, 9, 22, 24, 32. Died before completing cycle. | |||
| Gould, Glenn | CBS (Sony). Missing nos. 4, 11, 19-22, 25-28. Rec 1956-79. # 29 is from CBC broadcast. | |||
| Horowitz, Vladimir | RCA: #7 (1959); #14 (1946, 1956); #21 (1956); For CBS: #8 (1963); #'s 14, 21, 23 (1972); #28 (1967) | |||
| Hungerford, Bruce | Vanguard (rec. 1965-77) Recorded 22 Sonatas. Death in 1977 prevented completion | ClassicsToday.com | ||
| Kempff, Wilhelm (1930's) | Dante CDs. Recorded 25 Sonatas. omitted are op. 2 #3; op. 22; op. 27 #1; op. 28; op. 31 #2; and op. 101 | |||
| Richter, Sviatoslav | Philips. Recorded nos. 9, 11, 12, 18-20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30-32. Also recordings on EMI and other labels | |||
| Rubinstein, Artur | RCA: Nos. 3 (1963), 8 (1946, 1954, 1962), 14 (1962), 18 (1954, 1976), 21 (1954), 23 (1954, 1963, 1975), 26 (1940, 1962). | |||
| Serkin, Rudolf | CBS (Sony). Recorded nos. 1, 6, 8, 11, 12-14, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30-32. Also recorded 30-32 on DG. | |||
| Solomon (1952-6) | EMI (Testament reissues) 17 sonatas. Recorded nos.1,3,7,8,13,14,17,18,21,22, 26-32. Stroke in 1956 prevented completion. | |||
| Joyce Hatto's recordings of the 32 are stolen almost entirely from John O'Conor's recordings on Telarc. | ||||
| List of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas | ||||
| Sonata no. 1 in f minor, op. 2 no. 1 (1794-95) | ||||
| Sonata no. 2 in c sharp minor, op. 2 no. 2 (1794-95) | ||||
| Sonata no. 3 in C major, op. 2 no. 3 (1794-95) | ||||
| Sonata no. 4 in E flat major, op. 7 (1796-97) | ||||
| Sonata no. 5 in c minor, op. 10 no. 1 (1796-98) | ||||
| Sonata no. 6 in F major, op. 10 no. 2 (1796-98) | ||||
| Sonata no. 7 in D major, op. 10 no. 3 (1796-98) | ||||
| Sonata no. 8 in c minor, op. 13 'Pathetique' (1798-99) | ||||
| Sonata no. 9 in E major, op. 14 no. 1 (1798-99) | ||||
| Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 14 no. 2 (1798-99) | ||||
| Sonata no. 11 in B flat major, op. 22 (1799-1800) | ||||
| Sonata no. 12 in A flat major, op. 26 (1800-01) | ||||
| Sonata no. 13 in E flat major, op. 27 no. 1 (1801) | ||||
| Sonata no. 14 in c sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 'Moonlight' (1801) | ||||
| Sonata no. 15 in D major, op. 28 'Pastoral' (1801) | ||||
| Sonata no. 16 in G major, op. 31 no. 1 (1802) | ||||
| Sonata no. 17 in d minor, op. 31 no. 2 'Tempest' (1802) | ||||
| Sonata no. 18 in E flat major, op. 31 no. 3 'The Hunt' (1802) | ||||
| Sonata no. 19 in g minor, op. 49 no. 1 (1788, 1796) | ||||
| Sonata no. 20 in G major, op. 49 no. 2 (1788, 1796) | ||||
| Sonata no. 21 in C major, op. 53 'Waldstein' (1803-04) | ||||
| Sonata no. 22 in F major, op. 54 (1804) | ||||
| Sonata no. 23 in f minor, op. 57 'Appassionata' (1804-05) | ||||
| Sonata no. 24 in F sharp major, op. 78 'For Therese' (1809) | ||||
| Sonata no. 25 in G major, op. 79 (1809) | ||||
| Sonata no. 26 in E flat major, op. 81a 'Les Adieux' (1809-10) | ||||
| Sonata no. 27 in e minor, op. 90 (1814) | ||||
| Sonata no. 28 in A major, op. 101 (1815-16) | ||||
| Sonata no. 29 in B flat major, op. 106 'Hammerklavier' (1817-19) | ||||
| Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109 (1820) | ||||
| Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, op. 110 (1821) | ||||
| Sonata no. 32 in c minor, op. 111 (1820-22) | ||||
| Compiled by Shaffer Pianos | ||||
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| Complete Recordings of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas | This is always a work in progress, suggestions are welcome | |||
| rev. 12/2008 | ||||
| Artists | Record Label (CD and LP issues) | Recording Date | Web Review | |
| Arrau, Claudio | Philips 432 301-2 (11 CD set). 1967, 13 LP set was Philips 6747035 | 1960's | ||
| Ashkenazy, Vladimir | Decca (10 CD set: 2LC10 443-706). Includes Andante Favori | 1970's - 1980's | Gramophone | |
| Backhaus, Wilhelm | London (Japan) POCL 3471-78 (8 CD set) | 1950-54 (mono) | ||
| Backhaus, Wilhelm | Decca 8-CD set, #433 882-2. (1970- 10 LP set: London CS 6683-6692). Rec. Geneva | 1958-69. 1952 (op.106) | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Badura-Skoda, Paul | 1970 | |||
| Badura-Skoda, Paul | Gramola GRA 98742/50 (Austria) (rec. Vienna Konzerthaus, Bösendorfer Imperial piano). Musical Heritage Society OR B 375-385 (11 LPs). Unicorn LPs | 7/1969-4/1970 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Badura-Skoda, Paul | Auvidis Astrée # 8691 - 8699. Rec. on fortepianos | c.1988-9 | ||
| Barenboim, Daniel | EMI 572912 (10 CD set). 1970, 14 LP set: Angel SNLV 3755 | 1965-69 | ||
| Barenboim, Daniel | DG (9 CD set reissue). Originally 12 LPs, then 12 CDs | 1981-84 | ||
| Barenboim, Daniel | EMI 68993 (Live concerts in Berlin). DVD VIDEO. | 2006 | Fanfare | |
| Benz, Robert | Thorofon (9 CDs) | 1988-94 | ||
| Bilson, Malcolm & students | Claves CD 50-9707/10. Rec. on 9 fortepianos by 7 pianists, includes 200-page booklet. Artists are: Malcolm Bilson, Tom Beghin, Ursula Dütschler, Andrew Willis, David Breitman, Zvi Meniker and Bart van Oort. | 1996 | ||
| Binns, Malcolm | L'Oiseau Lyre (LPs only). First complete recording on fortepianos | 1977 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Brendel, Alfred | Vox-Turnabout (LPs reissued on CDs) | 1958-64 | ||
| Brendel, Alfred | Philips 412575-2 (11 CD set). Originally 13 LPs. Includes Andante Favori | 1970-77 | ||
| Brendel, Alfred | Philips 446909 (10 CD set, 'New Digital Recordings') | 1992-6 | ||
| Buchbinder, Rudolf | Teldec 9031-71719-2 (8 CD set) | 1980's | ||
| Ciani, Dino | Dynamic CDS 432 (Italy) 9 CDs | 1970 (live, Turin) | ||
| Ciccolini, Aldo | Bongiovanni (Italy) | 1997-2000 | ||
| Costa, Sequeira | VMF Records (Vianna da Motta Foundation) | c.2007 | ||
| Abdel Rahman El Bacha | Forlane (9 CDs) | 1990's | ||
| Fischer, Annie | Hungaraton 31626-34 (9 CDs) | 1977-92 | Classical.net | |
| Frank, Claude | Music & Arts MUA 640 (10 CD set). Orig. 12 LPs: RCA Victrola VICS 9000 | May 1967- Oct. 1969 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Goode, Richard | Nonesuch 79328 (10 CD set) | 1980's | ||
| Grinberg, Maria | Melodyia Records C10-05573-98 (13 LPs. CD reissue also. See musicabona.com) | 1964-7 | ||
| Gulda, Friedrich | London/Decca POCL-4407 / POCL-90042~50 (9 CD set). Rec in London | 1954-58, mono/stereo | ||
| Gulda, Friedrich | DG 465 713-2 (12 CD), Amadeo 435 912-2 (9 CD), Philips PHCP-3123 or 9754 (9 CD). Brilliant Classics reissue. Rec. in Studio Klagenfurt, Austria Radio | 1967 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Heidsieck, Eric | EMI Classics (4 83427 2) 8 CD set | 1967-73 | ||
| Hobson, Ian | Zephyr 97 (9 CD set) | 1992-6 | ||
| Houstoun, Michael | Morrison Music Trust, New Zealand (www.trustcd.com) - 10 CDs | 1995-7 | ||
| Jando, Jeno | Naxos (10 CDs) | 1980's | ||
| Kempff, Wilhelm | DG Dokumente 447 966-2 (8 CD set) | 1951-56 (mono) | ||
| Kempff, Wilhelm | DG (8 CD set; also a 9 CD set: 429306). Orig. 10 LP set (1964): KL 42-51 | 1962-4 | ||
| Kladetzky, Gotthard | Koch Schwann (complete piano works on 15 CDs) | 1998 | ||
| Kovacevich, Stephen | EMI 5627002 (9 CD set) | 2003 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Kuerti, Anton | Analekta/Fleur De Lys CD 24010. LPs: Odyssey (13 LP set: Y34646-34649); Aquitaine | 1974-5 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Levinas, Michael | Ades (9 CDs) | 1990's | ||
| Lewis, Paul | Harmonia Mundi Records. | |||
| Lill, John | ASV Quicksilva (10 CDs). CD QS 6055 to 6054 | 1970's | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Lipkin, Seymour | Newport Classics (9 CDs, also on 1 cd-rom). Rec. at Curtis Inst. Field Concert Hall. | c.1999 | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Lucchesini, Andrea | Stradivarius STR 33669 (Italy) 8 CDs (10h 36 min) | 2002 (live) | ||
| Nakamichi, Ikuyo | RCA BMG Japan | c.2003-7 | ||
| Nat, Yves | EMI Pathe Marconi CZS 762901 2 (8 CD set, 9h 18 min) | 1953-5 (mono) | ||
| Nikoleyeva, Tatiana | Olympia (UK) (Recorded live) | 1983 | ||
| O'Conor, Jon | Telarc (9 CD set) Recorded at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass | 1989-93 | ||
| Øland, Anne | T.I.M. 220865-325 (Germany) 10 CDs | DDD | ||
| Oppitz, Gerhard | Hänssler Records (9 volumes) | |||
| Kun-woo Paik | Decca/Universal | 2005-7 | ||
| Perl, Alfredo | Arte Nova (10 CD set) | 1990's | ||
| Pludermacher, Georges | Abeille Musique (Transart) 10 CDs | 1999 | ||
| Pommier, Jean-Bernard | Erato | 1990's | Gramophone | |
| Riefling, Robert | Valois (reissued on MHS) | 1960's | ||
| Roberts, Bernard | Nimbus NI 5050 - 5059 (9 CD set) | 1980's | ||
| Sako, Akiyoshi | Camerata Records. 9 CDs. Recorded all 32 live in concerts in 2001. | 2001 | ||
| Schiff, Andras | ECM Records. 8 volumes | 2005-8 | ||
| Schnabel, Artur | EMI (8 CDs). Also on Pearl, Arkadia, Arabesque, Membran, Naxos, TIM. (Bechstein piano) | 1931-5 (mono) | ||
| Sheppard, Craig | Romeo Records (9 CDs) (rec. live, Seattle, Meany Theater) | 2003-4 (live) | ClassicsToday.com | |
| Sherman, Rusell | Gm Recordings GM 5001 (10 CD set) | 1993-7 | ||
| Silverman, Robert | Orpheum Masters KSP830 (10 CD set). Rec. on Bösendorfer Reproducing Piano | 2000 | ||
| Steinberg, Michael | Elysium (9 CD set, reissue of LPs). Rec. in Germany. | |||
| Sugitani, Shoko | IDC Classic | |||
| Takahiro Sonoda | Denon CDs | 1970's? | ||
| Takahiro Sonoda | Evica HTC 1007, 1009, 1011-1020 (Rec. in Isada Hall). [His 3rd recording of the 32??] | 1993-6 | ||
| Taub, Robert | Vox (10 CDs, in sets of 2) | 1990's | ||
| Wehr, David Allen | Connoisseur Society (Rec. Utica, NY and Tarrytown, NY) | 2002-05 | ||
| Willems, Gerard | ABC (9 CD set) (http://www.beethoven-sonatas.com/) | 1997-2000 | Stereo Times | |
| Yokoyama, Yukio | Sony ('Complete Piano Works') 12 CDs | 1990's | ||
| Zechlin, Dieter | Eterna (Berlin Classics) | c.1968-9 | ||
| Cycles in progress | ||||
| Biret, Idil | BMP records - 20 sonatas so far (10/2004). 2 volumes released on Naxos (Rec. Brussels, 2001-2) | |||
| Brautigam, Ronald | BIS Records. Recorded on Fortepianos, 6 CDs completed | ClassicsToday.com | ||
| Hewitt, Angela | Hyperion Records. Two volumes recorded (Fazioli piano) | |||
| Kodama, Mari | Pentatone Classics label (5 CDs recorded since 2003) | |||
| Komen, Paul | Globe Records. Recorded on original fortepianos. Completed 5 CDs. | |||
| Korstick, Michael | Oehms Classics (Germany). Complete 5 CDs. | |||
| Lortie, Louis | Chandos. 'Almost completed' 25 sonatas recorded from 1991-98? | |||
| Ohlsson, Garrick | Cycle in progress on Bridge Records (formerly on Arabesque) 8 CDs recorded. | |||
| Pennetier, Jean-Claude | Lyrinx Records (announced on his Management website, 8 sonatas to be recorded each year) | |||
| Pollini, Maurizio | DG is planning to have Pollini complete the cycle 'in the next five years'. Has completed 1-3, 5-8, 11-15, 17, 21-27 (as well as 1970's recordings of 28-32) | |||
| Swann, Jeffrey | Agora Musica (Italy). | |||
| Tchetuev, Igor | Caro Mitis (Russia) 3 CDs recorded. | |||
| Some Notable incomplete Beethoven sonata recordings | ||||
| Corot, Alfred | Rumors exist that Cortot recorded the 32 sonatas around 1957 for EMI - never released | |||
| Gieseking, Walter | EMI, recorded 24 Sonatas - Missing 16, 22, 24-28. Rec. at Abbey Road 1951-6. Death in 1956 prevented completion. | |||
| Gieseking, Walter | Tahra 394 400 (7 CD set). 27 Sonatas - Missing sonatas 4, 5, 7, 20, 22. From 1949-50 broadcasts. | ClassicsToday.com | ||
| Gilels, Emil | DG. 27 Sonatas - Missing nos. 1, 9, 22, 24, 32. Died before completing cycle. | |||
| Gould, Glenn | CBS (Sony). Missing nos. 4, 11, 19-22, 25-28. Rec 1956-79. # 29 is from CBC broadcast. | |||
| Horowitz, Vladimir | RCA: #7 (1959); #14 (1946, 1956); #21 (1956); For CBS: #8 (1963); #'s 14, 21, 23 (1972); #28 (1967) | |||
| Hungerford, Bruce | Vanguard (rec. 1965-77) Recorded 22 Sonatas. Death in 1977 prevented completion | ClassicsToday.com | ||
| Kempff, Wilhelm (1930's) | Dante CDs. Recorded 25 Sonatas. omitted are op. 2 #3; op. 22; op. 27 #1; op. 28; op. 31 #2; and op. 101 | |||
| Richter, Sviatoslav | Philips. Recorded nos. 9, 11, 12, 18-20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30-32. Also recordings on EMI and other labels | |||
| Rubinstein, Artur | RCA: Nos. 3 (1963), 8 (1946, 1954, 1962), 14 (1962), 18 (1954, 1976), 21 (1954), 23 (1954, 1963, 1975), 26 (1940, 1962). | |||
| Serkin, Rudolf | CBS (Sony). Recorded nos. 1, 6, 8, 11, 12-14, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30-32. Also recorded 30-32 on DG. | |||
| Solomon (1952-6) | EMI (Testament reissues) 17 sonatas. Recorded nos.1,3,7,8,13,14,17,18,21,22, 26-32. Stroke in 1956 prevented completion. | |||
| Joyce Hatto's recordings of the 32 are stolen almost entirely from John O'Conor's recordings on Telarc. | ||||
| List of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas | ||||
| Sonata no. 1 in f minor, op. 2 no. 1 (1794-95) | ||||
| Sonata no. 2 in c sharp minor, op. 2 no. 2 (1794-95) | ||||
| Sonata no. 3 in C major, op. 2 no. 3 (1794-95) | ||||
| Sonata no. 4 in E flat major, op. 7 (1796-97) | ||||
| Sonata no. 5 in c minor, op. 10 no. 1 (1796-98) | ||||
| Sonata no. 6 in F major, op. 10 no. 2 (1796-98) | ||||
| Sonata no. 7 in D major, op. 10 no. 3 (1796-98) | ||||
| Sonata no. 8 in c minor, op. 13 'Pathetique' (1798-99) | ||||
| Sonata no. 9 in E major, op. 14 no. 1 (1798-99) | ||||
| Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 14 no. 2 (1798-99) | ||||
| Sonata no. 11 in B flat major, op. 22 (1799-1800) | ||||
| Sonata no. 12 in A flat major, op. 26 (1800-01) | ||||
| Sonata no. 13 in E flat major, op. 27 no. 1 (1801) | ||||
| Sonata no. 14 in c sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 'Moonlight' (1801) | ||||
| Sonata no. 15 in D major, op. 28 'Pastoral' (1801) | ||||
| Sonata no. 16 in G major, op. 31 no. 1 (1802) | ||||
| Sonata no. 17 in d minor, op. 31 no. 2 'Tempest' (1802) | ||||
| Sonata no. 18 in E flat major, op. 31 no. 3 'The Hunt' (1802) | ||||
| Sonata no. 19 in g minor, op. 49 no. 1 (1788, 1796) | ||||
| Sonata no. 20 in G major, op. 49 no. 2 (1788, 1796) | ||||
| Sonata no. 21 in C major, op. 53 'Waldstein' (1803-04) | ||||
| Sonata no. 22 in F major, op. 54 (1804) | ||||
| Sonata no. 23 in f minor, op. 57 'Appassionata' (1804-05) | ||||
| Sonata no. 24 in F sharp major, op. 78 'For Therese' (1809) | ||||
| Sonata no. 25 in G major, op. 79 (1809) | ||||
| Sonata no. 26 in E flat major, op. 81a 'Les Adieux' (1809-10) | ||||
| Sonata no. 27 in e minor, op. 90 (1814) | ||||
| Sonata no. 28 in A major, op. 101 (1815-16) | ||||
| Sonata no. 29 in B flat major, op. 106 'Hammerklavier' (1817-19) | ||||
| Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109 (1820) | ||||
| Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, op. 110 (1821) | ||||
| Sonata no. 32 in c minor, op. 111 (1820-22) | ||||
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