BaL 3.02.18 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op.109

**BBMmk2** · 26-01-18, 14:07

Congratulations on your sterling effort here Apls! What a list! I have Emil Gilles DG and Barenboim EMI.

**Bryn** · 26-01-18, 14:20

As has often been mentioned on this forum, the Malcolm Binns recording can be found in this box.

Copies of the earlier Explore release can also be found, new, at bargain price from amazon.co.uk. (ASIN: B000EQHV8O).

Also I have three differnet Gukda recordings of Op. 109, in Orfeo, Decca and Brilliant Classics boxed sets of the sonatas.

Available from MDT, etc.

Currently avilable as download.

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The latter being two different issues of the same recordings, though the second uses pseudo-surround processing (AMSI).

**MickyD** · 26-01-18, 14:48

Having loved Ronald Brautigam's complete Haydn and Mozart surveys for BIS, I've wanted to get his Beethoven set, too, but am disappointed that you only get the sonatas, not all the other Beethoven pieces he also recorded. I'm hoping it might all be put together in one box at some point.

**silvestrione** · 26-01-18, 15:51

Originally posted by Bryn View Post

As has often been mentioned on this forum, the Malcolm Binns recording can be found in this box.

Copies of the earlier Explore release can also be found, new, at bargain price from amazon.co.uk. (ASIN: B000EQHV8O).

Also I have three differnet Gukda recordings of Op. 109, in Orfeo, Decca and Brilliant Classics boxed sets of the sonatas.

Available from MDT, etc.

Currently avilable as download.

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The latter being two different issues of the same recordings, though the second uses pseudo-surround processing (AMSI).

The Orfeo is a wonderful set in my view: youthful razor-sharp reflexes, total absorption in the music, idiomatic.

As for op. 30, I would probably go for more experience, Arrau live in New York, or Schnabel, as first choice. One of my favourite works though, and there are lots of others I would go to, Brendel, Richter, Pollini, and Lubimov on an1828 Graff.

**vinteuil** · 26-01-18, 16:21

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... many thanks, Alpie, for the brave work in listing these. Perhaps braver still will the presenter have to be as she attempts to find a way to make a clearing in this magnificent forest.

Very much looking forward to it.

[ The Chas: Rosen can also sometimes be found in CD format : it wd certainly be in my top ten...

http://amzn.eu/9epjhgy ]

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**richardfinegold** · 26-01-18, 16:31

Originally posted by vinteuil View Post

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... many thanks, Alpie, for the brave work in listing these. Perhaps braver still will the presenter have to be as she attempts to find a way to make a clearing in this magnificent forest.

Very much looking forward to it.

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I have many recordings but no clear favorite. It will be interesting to see whom the "winner" is

**gradus** · 26-01-18, 19:16

A fantastic list of recordings but there's John Lill too, unless u/a now. Great shame that he does not seem to have been asked to record the complete cycle for a second time.

**Bryn** · 26-01-18, 19:38

Originally posted by gradus View Post

A fantastic list of recordings but there's John Lill too, unless u/a now. Great shame that he does not seem to have been asked to record the complete cycle for a second time.

I don't think they are currently 'in the catalogue' but copies are not hard to find, e.g. here.

I got them over a decade ago in a Brilliant Classics Masterpieces box, this one.

**ardcarp** · 26-01-18, 20:37

A fantastic list of recordings but there's John Lill too,

Yes indeed. A great Beethovenian. I've seen him several times in concert (and met him too). He has the air of, perhaps, a plumber's mate...until he sits down to play. A master. IMVHO.

This one?

Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, ... | Recording Details and Tracks | AllMusic

https://www.allmusic.com/performance/piano-sonata-no-30-in-e-major-op-109-mq0000816499

Find recording details and track inforamtion for Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, ... - Ludwig van Beethoven on AllMusic

Or this?

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol 10: Nos. 30 31 32: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Piano-Sonatas-Vol-Nos/dp/B000001HN7/ref=pd_cp_15_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000001HN7&pd_rd_r=J16KT5BC5EZ58RHEVNF4&pd_rd_w=WZIk6&pd_rd_wg=3tQTI&psc=1&refRID=J16KT5BC5EZ58RHEVNF4

Buy Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol 10: Nos. 30 31 32 by Beethoven, John Lill from Amazon's Classical Music Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

**Barbirollians** · 26-01-18, 22:53

is the Solomon no longer available on CD from Testament ?

**Bryn** · 26-01-18, 23:07

How very strange! I tried searching for "Beethoven piano sonata solomon" under "CDs and vinyl" at amazon.co.uk. It found plenty of discs, some with Op. 109 on them (mainly EMI/Warner). However, when I tried adding "30" to the search criteria, up came the message "We found 0 results for "beethoven sonata salomon 30"". That's right, "salomon". I double checked and I had definitely searched for "solomon". How had the amazon.co.uk search engine managed to misread "solomon" as "salomon" just because I added the extra search term "30"? I am quite, quite, baffled bu this. If I use "109" in place of "30" the search engine correctly interprets "solomon" and reports "We didn't find results for "beethoven sonata solomon 109"".

Anyway, http://testament.co.uk/solomon-1360.html

**ferneyhoughgeliebte** · 27-01-18, 11:16

Further strangeness (and OT, so apologies) - I've just tried searching for the CfP Macal Dvorak Serenade via the same search engine, typing in "Macal, cfp" and getting "0 results for 'Macal, cgp'" - and I checked: there was my search request still in the search space, "Macal, cfp". And it wouldn't let me "correct" it.

**kea** · 27-01-18, 11:34

In Op. 109 my clear favourite is Maria Tipo (she recorded it twice but both are currently unavailable for some reason). Lubimov, Badura-Skoda (on a Graf), and Peter Serkin (also on a Graf) are the other recordings I'd consider favourites. (And Annie Fischer's live recording on BBC Radio Classics, also probably unavailable now.)

**vinteuil** · 27-01-18, 11:54

Originally posted by kea View Post

... Badura-Skoda (on a Graf)...

.. o how I wish there wd be a re-issue (at a reasonable price... ) of the Badura-Skoda cycle on various pianos of the period!

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BaL 3.02.18 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op.109

BaL 3.02.18 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op.109

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