BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 17 & 23 "Moonlight", "Appassionata" & "Tempest" - Nikolai Lugansky

With Beethoven’s Piano Concertos no. 4 and op. 61a, the latter being the composer’s own transcription of his Violin Concerto, Gianluca Cascioli, Riccardo Minasi and Ensemble Resonanz present two milestones of the piano literature. Basing their interpretation on intensive source research in the archives of the Vienna Musikverein and on handwritten notes by Beethoven, the performers suggest an alternative, more varied and virtuosic version of the piano part in Concerto no. 4.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827]
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" Op. 27 No. 2
C-sharp minor / Do dièse mineur / cis-Moll
· I. Adagio sostenuto (6'20)
· II. Allegretto (2'26)
· III. Presto agitato (7'55)

Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata" Op. 57
F minor / Fa mineur / f-Moll
· I. Allegro assai (11'10)
· II. Andante con moto (6'51)
· III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto (8'03)

Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest" Op. 31 No. 2
D minor / Ré mineur / d-Moll
· I. Largo - Allegro (9'13)
· II. Adagio (8'31)
· III. Allegretto (7'34)