BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO - RUDOLF BUCHBINDER (16 CDS)

“The exploration of Beethoven’s piano works still continues to astonish me,” wrote the Viennese pianist Rudolf Buchbinder in 2014, introducing his book Mein Beethoven: Leben mit dem Meister. “Even pieces that I have performed hundreds of times never lose their freshness to me.” Buchbinder recorded this collection of Beethoven’s complete works for solo piano – which includes a number of rarities – between 1973 and 1981. At its heart, of course, are the sonatas. As Buchbinder has said: “There are, I believe, no more personal statements of a human being than those we find in these 32 piano sonatas, which are also the crowning glory of Beethoven’s oeuvre.”

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32

Beethoven: Bagatelles (7), Op. 33

Beethoven: Bagatelles (11), Op. 119

Beethoven: Bagatelles (6), Op. 126

Beethoven: Bagatelle in C major, WoO56

Beethoven: Bagatelle in C minor, WoO52

Beethoven: Variations (9) on a March by Dressler, WoO 63

Beethoven: Variations (6) in F major on a Swiss Song, WoO 64

Beethoven: Variations (24) on Righini's Arietta 'Venni amore,' WoO 65

Beethoven: Variations (13) on the Arietta 'Es war ein alter Mann', WoO 66

Beethoven: Variations (12) on the 'Menuet à la Vigano' by Haibel, WoO 68

Beethoven: Variations (9) on the Aria 'Quant' è più bello', WoO 69

Beethoven: Variations (6) in G major on the duet 'Nel cor più non mi sento' from the opera La Molinara by Giovanni Paisiello, WoO 70

Beethoven: Variations (12) on a Russian Dance, WoO 71

Beethoven: Variations (8) on the Romance 'Une fièvre brûlante', WoO 72

Beethoven: Variations (10) in B-flat major on the duet 'La stessa, la stessissima' from the opera Falstaff by Antonio Salieri, WoO 73

Beethoven: Variations (7) on the Quartet 'Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen', WoO 75

Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme 'Die Ruinen von Athen', Op. 76

Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme in G major for Piano, WoO 77

Beethoven: Variations (7) on 'God save the King', WoO 78

Beethoven: Variations (5) on 'Rule Britannia', WoO 79

Beethoven: Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

Beethoven: Variations (6) for Piano on an Original Theme in F major, Op. 34

Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Op. 35

Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme 'Die Ruinen von Athen', Op. 76

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

Beethoven: Variations (8) on the song 'Ich hab'ein kleines Hüttchen nur' in B-flat major for Piano, Anh. 10

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas WoO 47 'Kurfürsten Sonatas' Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Beethoven: Rondos (2), Op. 51

Beethoven: Two Movements from a Sonatina in F major WoO 50

Beethoven: Allegretto in C minor,WoO 53

Beethoven: Bagatelle in G minor, WoO 61a (Allegretto quasi Andante)

Beethoven: Allegretto in B minor, WoO 210

Beethoven: Bagatelle in C major, WoO 54, 'Lustig-Traurig'

Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)

Beethoven: Bagatelle in B flat major, WoO 60

Beethoven: Prelude in F minor WoO 55

Beethoven: Waltz in E flat major WoO 84

Beethoven: Waltz in D major WoO 85

Beethoven: Andante Favori in F, WoO 57

Beethoven: Menuets (12), WoO 7

Beethoven: Ländlerische Tänze für Zwei Violinen und Bass

Beethoven: Two Preludes, Op. 39

Beethoven: Rondo in A major, WoO 49

Beethoven: Rondo in B flat major, Anh. 6

Beethoven: Rondo in C major, WoO 48

Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77

Beethoven: Polonaise in C major, Op. 89

Beethoven: Ländler (6), WoO 15

Beethoven: Deutsche Tänze (12), WoO 13

Beethoven: Allemande in A major WoO 81

Beethoven: Ecossaises

Beethoven: Contredanses (12), WoO 14

Beethoven: Piano Sonatina No 37 in G major, Anh. 5, No. 1

Beethoven: Piano Sonatina No. 38 in F major, Anh. 5, No. 2

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51

Beethoven: Rondo in B flat major, Anh. 6

Beethoven: Minuet in A flat major, WoO 209 (Hess 33)

Beethoven: Three Marches for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 45

Beethoven: Minuets (12), WoO 7

Beethoven: Deutsche Tänze (12), WoO 8