Credits:

Yu Kosuge

Description:

This is the fifth and final volume of the complete Beethoven piano sonata recordings that pianist Masaru Kosuge began in 2011, and which has been called the "New Testament of Music. The first half of the album contains the most popular sonatas among Beethoven's piano sonatas, "Pathetique" and "Passion", and the second half contains the three major sonatas from Beethoven's late period, "No. 30" to "No. 32", which should be called the compilation of his piano sonatas that he pursued throughout his life. Session recording in DSD at Art Tower Mito in August 2015.

Tracklisting:

1 PIANO SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR. OP.13 'GRANDE SONATE PATHETIQUE' 1.GRAVE-ALLEGRO DI MOLTO E CON BRIO / KOSUGE YU
2 PIANO SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR. OP.13 'GRANDE SONATE PATHETIQUE' 2.ADAGIO CANTABILE / KOSUGE YU
3 PIANO SONATA NO.8 IN C MINOR. OP.13 'GRANDE SONATE PATHETIQUE' 3.RONDO.ALLEGRO / KOSUGE YU
4 PIANO SONATA NO.12 IN A-FLAT MAJOR. OP.26 1.ANDANTE CON VARIAZIONI / KOSUGE YU
5 PIANO SONATA NO.12 IN A-FLAT MAJOR. OP.26 2.SCHERZO.ALLEGRO MOLTO / KOSUGE YU
6 PIANO SONATA NO.12 IN A-FLAT MAJOR. OP.26 3.MARCIA FUNEBRE SULLA MORTE D'UN EROE / KOSUGE YU
7 PIANO SONATA NO.12 IN A-FLAT MAJOR. OP.26 4.ALLEGRO / KOSUGE YU
8 PIANO SONATA NO.22 IN F MAJOR. OP.54 1.IN TEMPO D'UN MENUETTO / KOSUGE YU
9 PIANO SONATA NO.22 IN F MAJOR. OP.54 2.ALLEGRETTO / KOSUGE YU
10 PIANO SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR. OP.57 'APPASSIONATA' 1.ALLEGRO ASSAI / KOSUGE YU
11 PIANO SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR. OP.57 'APPASSIONATA' 2.ANDANTE CON MOTO / KOSUGE YU
12 PIANO SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR. OP.57 'APPASSIONATA' 3.ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO-PRESTO / KOSUGE YU
1 PIANO SONATA NO.30 IN E MAJOR. OP.109 1.VIVACE.MA NON TROPPO / KOSUGE YU
2 PIANO SONATA NO.30 IN E MAJOR. OP.109 2.PRESTISSIMO / KOSUGE YU
3 PIANO SONATA NO.30 IN E MAJOR. OP.109 3.ANDANTE MOLTO CANTABILE ED ESPRESSIVO(GESANGVOLL.MIT / KOSUGE YU
4 PIANO SONATA NO.31 IN A-FLAT MAJOR. OP.110 1.MODERATO CANTABILE MOLTO ESPRESSIVO / KOSUGE YU
5 PIANO SONATA NO.31 IN A-FLAT MAJOR. OP.110 2.ALLEGRO MOLTO / KOSUGE YU
6 PIANO SONATA NO.31 IN A-FLAT MAJOR. OP.110 3.ADAGIO MA NON TROPPO-FUGA.ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO / KOSUGE YU
7 PIANO SONATA NO.32 IN C MINOR. OP.111 1.MAESTOSO-ALLEGRO CON BRIO ED APPASSIONATO / KOSUGE YU
8 PIANO SONATA NO.32 IN C MINOR. OP.111 2.ARIETTA.ADAGIO MOLTO SEMPLICE E CANTABILE / KOSUGE YU