Beethoven: 32 Sonatas Konstantin Lifschitz

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1:
• 1 Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: I. Allegro 07:04
• 2 Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Adagio 05:18
• 3 Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: III. Menuetto. Allegretto 03:25
• 4 Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: IV. Prestissimo 06:53
• Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2:
• 5 Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro vivace 11:17
• 6 Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Largo appassionato 09:26
• 7 Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegretto 03:43
• 8 Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: IV. Rondo. Grazioso 07:15
• Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3:
• 9 Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: I. Allegro con brio 10:50
• 10 Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II: Adagio 09:25
• 11 Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: III. Scherzo. Allegro 03:10
• 12 Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: IV. Allegro assai 05:43
• Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1:
• 13 Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio 06:33
• 14 Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto 09:35
• Ludwig van Beethoven:
• 15 Allegretto (WoO 53) 03:49
• Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1:
• 16 Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Finale. Prestissimo 04:40
• Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2:
• 17 Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro 09:28
• 18 Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: II .Allegretto 04:07
• 19 Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Presto 04:04
• Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3:
• 20 Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: I. Presto 07:14
• 21 Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Largo e mesto 11:01
• 22 Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Allegro 02:50
• 23 Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: IV. Rondo. Allegro 05:00
• Grande Sonate No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7:
• 24 Grande Sonate No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: I. Allegro molto e con brio 07:35
• 25 Grande Sonate No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: II. Largo con gran espressione 10:58
• 26 Grande Sonate No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: III. Allegro 05:08
• 27 Grande Sonate No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso 07:44
• Grande Sonate No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique":
• 28 Grande Sonate No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 09:37
• 29 Grande Sonate No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile 05:10
• 30 Grande Sonate No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": III. Rondo. Allegro 05:05
• Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1:
• 31 Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: I. Allegro 07:16
• 32 Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: II. Allegretto 03:42
• 33 Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro comodo 03:32
• Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2:
• 34 Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: I. Allegro 07:15
• 35 Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: II. Andante 05:26
• 36 Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro assai 03:36
• Grande Sonate No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22:
• 37 Grande Sonate No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: I: Allegro con brio 07:55
• 38 Grande Sonate No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: II. Adagio con molto espressione 09:09
• 39 Grande Sonate No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: III. Minuetto 03:29
• 40 Grande Sonate No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: IV. Rondo. Allegretto 06:28
• Grande Sonate No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26:
• 41 Grande Sonate No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. Andante con variazioni 08:11
• 42 Grande Sonate No. 12 in A-Flat Major Op. 26: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto 02:32
• 43 Grande Sonate No. 12 in A-Flat Major Op. 26: III. Marcia funèbre sulla morte d'un eroe 07:27
• 44 Grande Sonate No. 12 in A-Flat Major Op. 26: IV. Allegro 02:52
• Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28:
• 45 Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28: I. Allegro 11:27
• 46 Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28: II. Andante 08:41
• 47 Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 02:28
• 48 Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28: IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo 05:51
• Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1:
• 49 Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: I. Allegro vivace 06:43
• 50 Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: II. Adagio grazioso 14:06
• 51 Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: III. Allegretto 07:16
• Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2:
• 52 Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: I. Largo - Allegro 10:57
• 53 Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: II. Adagio 08:33
• 54 Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: III. Allegretto 06:42
• Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3:
• 55 Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: I. Allegro 08:38
• 56 Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace 05:17
• 57 Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso 03:36
• 58 Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3: IV. Presto con fuoco 04:54
• Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1:
• 59 Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: I. Andante - Allegro 05:49
• 60 Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: II. Allegro molto e vivace 02:01
• 61 Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: III. Adagio con espressione 03:32
• 62 Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: IV. Allegro vivace - Presto 06:08
• Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2:
• 63 Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto 05:55
• 64 Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: II. Allegretto 02:12
• 65 Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: III. Presto agitato 07:38
• Sonata facile No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1:
• 66 Sonata facile No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1: I. Andante 05:28
• 67 Sonate facile No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1: II. Rondo. Allegro 03:33
• 68 Sonate facile No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2: I. Allegro, ma non troppo 05:00
• 69 Sonate facile No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2: II. Tempo di Menuetto 03:24
• Grande Sonate No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53:
• 70 Grande Sonate No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: I. Allegro con brio 12:03
• 71 Grande Sonate No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: II. Introduzione. Adagio molto 05:14
• 72 Grande Sonate No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo 11:09
• Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54:
• 73 Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54: I. In Tempo d'un Menuetto 06:29
• 74 Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54: II. Allegretto - Più allegro 05:37
• Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57:
• 75 Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57: I. Allegro assai 11:10
• 76 Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57: II. Andante con moto 07:07
• 77 Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57: III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto 08:30
• Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78:
• 78 Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78: I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 07:38
• 79 Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78: II. Allegro vivace 02:57
• Sonatina No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79:
• 80 Sonatina No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79: I. Presto alla 05:23
• 81 Sonatina No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79: II. Andante 03:24
• 82 Sonatina No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79: III. Vivace 02:18
• Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a:
• 83 Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a: I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro 07:46
• 84 Sonata NO. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a: II. Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo 04:08
• 85 Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a: III. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente 06:02
• Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90:
• 86 Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck 06:02
• 87 Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen 07:23
• Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101:
• 88 Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigesten Empfindung. Allegretto, ma non troppo 05:07
• 89 Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: II. Lebhaft. Marchmäßig. Vivace alla marcia 06:43
• 90 Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, non affetto 04:30
• 91 Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sher, und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro 08:03
• Grande Sonate No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106:
• 92 Grande Sonate No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106: I. Allegro 11:14
• 93 Grande Sonate No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106: II. Scherzo. Assai vivace 02:46
• 94 Grande Sonate No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106: III. Adagio sostenuto. Appassionato e con molto sentimento 25:40
• 95 Grande Sonate No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106: IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto 14:47
• Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109:
• 96 Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo 04:03
• 97 Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Presstissimo 02:34
• 98 Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo 15:12
• Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110:
• 99 Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 07:36
• 100 Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto 02:08
• 101 Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo - Arioso dolente - Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo 13:35
• Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111:
• 102 Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appasionato 10:16
• 103 Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: II Arieta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile 21:34
• Total Runtime 11:53:54

Info for Beethoven: 32 Sonatas

In a world like ours, shaped by centrifugal forces, even a monumental corpus like Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas can appear in a new light. Chronological examination of its genesis reveals fascinating parallels. – The Sonatas op.2 were published in the last year of the French Revolution. – The ensuing wave of political migration reached Vienna and also affected Elector Maximilian Franz, who was not only the brother of Marie Antoinette and Emperor Joseph II but had also been Beethoven’s employer in Bonn. – Beethoven gave compositional form to the triumph and downfall of a tyrant who brought war to Europe and occupied Vienna. – After the international peace conference of 1815, he vigorously embarked on writing modernistic late works in opposition to the emerging police state and its postmodern entertainment culture. Konstantin Lifschitz applies strict criteria in order to realise the groundbreaking compositional dynamics of these works. He shows his musical independence by supplementing the cycle of sonatas with the Allegretto WoO 53, and still has much to tell us about it, defying past and present fashions. The fact that he recorded the massive cycle live on eight consecutive days also makes this set a monument in its own right.

Konstantin Lifschitz, piano

Konstantin Lifschitz
has established a worldwide reputation for performing extraordinary feats of endurance with honesty and persuasive beauty. He is giving recitals and playing concertos in the world’s leading concert halls and orchestras, besides being an active recording artist. His performance was praised as “the most magical moment“ and “deeply satisfying” by The Independent, and “naturally expressive and gripping” by the New York Times

Born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1976, at the age of five, Konstantin Lifschitz was enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow as a student of Tatiana Zelikman. After graduating he continued his studies in Russia, England and Italy where his teachers included Alfred Brendel, Leon Fleisher, Theodor Gutmann, Hamish Milne, Charles Rosen, Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, Vladimir Tropp, Fou T’song and Rosalyn Tureck.

In the early 1990s, Konstantin Lifschitz received a grant from the Russian Cultural Foundation. Around that time, he started to perform in European capitals such as Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna, Munich and Milan. He toured Japan with The Moscow Virtuosi under Vladimir Spivakov, while in Europe he toured with the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov, and also performed with Mischa Maisky and Gidon Kremer in many European cites. In 1995 he received the ECHO Klassik Award of “Most Promising Artist of the Year” for his first recording, and the following year he was nominated for a Grammy award for Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Since his sensational debut recital in the October Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow at the age of 13, Konstantin Lifschitz performs solo recitals at major festivals and the most important concert venues worldwide and appears with leading international orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, RAI National Symphony Orchestra and Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

As a soloist Konstantin Lifschitz has collaborated with leading conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Spivakov, Yury Temirkanov, Sir Neville Marriner, Bernard Haitink, Sir Roger Norrington, Fabio Luisi, Marek Janowski, Eliahu Inbal, Mikhail Jurowsky, Andrey Boreyko, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Alexander Rudin and Christopher Hogwood.

As a passionate chamber musician, Konstantin Lifschitz has collaborated with such artists as Gidon Kremer, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Misha Maisky, Mstislav Rostropovich, Natalia Gutman, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Lynn Harrell, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Daishin Kashimoto, Leila Josefowicz, Carolin Widmann, Jörg Widmann, Sol Gabetta, Eugene Ugorski and Alexander Rudin.

In 2017 autumn, he launches the complete Beethoven Sonatas Cycles (8 concerts) in Hong Kong, Taipei and Taichung and performs various works by Beethoven and Bach in Tokyo, Shanghai, Nicosia, Maastricht, Berlin and Omsk. He will also be part of the Stravinsky Year Gergiev’s project and will be the soloist in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire Grand Hall with the Concertos by both Stravinsky and Bach under Anatoly Levin.

In the 2018/19 season he will appear with orchestras such as Ural Philharmonic Orchestra under Dimitry Liss, Naples Philharmonic under Andrey Boreyko and will perform solo recitals at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Moscow Philharmonic Hall, La Sala Verdi Milano and many others. He is also invited by numerous festivals including Tokyo Spring Festival, Rancho La Puerta's Music Festival, XII Mariinsky International Piano Festival, Trans-Siberian Art Festival, Kutna Hora Music Festival, London Piano Festival, Würzburg Bachtage and Musiktage Höri Bodensee, where he serves as an honorary patron.

Recently, Konstantin Lifschitz appears frequently as a conductor with such ensembles and orchestras as Moscow Virtuosi, Century Orchestra Osaka, Solisti di Napoli Naples, Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Wernigerode, St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra Vilnius, Musica Viva Moscow, Lux Aeterna and Gabreli Choir Budapest, Dalarna Sinfonietta Falun and Chamber Orchestra Arpeggione Hohenems. Leading from the piano, he released all of Bach’s seven keyboard concertos with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

Konstantin Lifschitz’s latest album “Saisons Russes” with works of Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky and Jakoulov was released by Orfeo in November 2016. As a prolific recording artist, he has been releasing numerous CDs and DVDs, many of which have received exceptional reviews. Lifschitz has made several recordings with the Orfeo label including Bach’s Musical Offering, the St. Anne Prelude and Fugue and Three Frescobaldi Toccatas (2007), Gottfried von Einem Piano Concerto with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (2009), Brahms Second Concerto and Mozart Concerto K. 456 under Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (2010), Bach The Art of Fugue (2010), the complete Bach Concertos for keyboard and orchestra with the Stuttgart Kammerorchester (2011) and Goldberg Variations (2015). In 2008, a live recording of Lifschitz's performance of Bach Well-Tempered Clavier (Books I and II) at the Miami International Piano Festival was released on DVD by VAI. In 2014, Beethoven’s complete violin Sonatas with Daishin Kashimoto was released by Warner Classics.

Booklet for Beethoven: 32 Sonatas