Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas

Disc 1
1	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F m
2	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F m
3	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F m
4	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F m
5	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A m
6	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A m
7	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A m
8	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A m
9	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C m
10	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C m
11	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C m
12	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C m
Disc 2
1	Piano Sonata No. 4 in E f
2	Piano Sonata No. 4 in E f
3	Piano Sonata No. 4 in E f
4	Piano Sonata No. 4 in E f
5	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C m
6	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C m
7	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C m
8	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F m
9	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F m
10	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F m
11	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D m
12	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D m
13	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D m
14	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D m
Disc 3
1	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C m
2	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C m
3	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C m
4	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E m
5	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E m
6	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E m
7	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G
8	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G
9	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G
10	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B
11	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B
12	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B
13	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B
Disc 4
1	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
2	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
3	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
4	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
5	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
6	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
7	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
8	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
9	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A
10	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E
11	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E
12	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E
13	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E
14	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C
15	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C
16	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C
17	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D
18	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D
19	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D
20	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D
Disc 5
1	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G
2	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G
3	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G
4	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D
5	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D
6	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D
7	Piano Sonata No. 18 in E
8	Piano Sonata No. 18 in E
9	Piano Sonata No. 18 in E
10	Piano Sonata No. 18 in E
11	Piano Sonata No. 19 in G
12	Piano Sonata No. 19 in G
13	Piano Sonata No. 20 in G
14	Piano Sonata No. 20 in G
Disc 6
1	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C
2	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C
3	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C
4	Piano Sonata No. 22 in F
5	Piano Sonata No. 22 in F
6	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F
7	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F
8	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F
9	Piano Sonata No. 24 in F
10	Piano Sonata No. 24 in F
11	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G
12	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G
13	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G
Disc 7
1	Piano Sonata No. 26 in E
2	Piano Sonata No. 26 in E
3	Piano Sonata No. 26 in E
4	Piano Sonata No. 27 in E
5	Piano Sonata No. 27 in E
6	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
7	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
8	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
9	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
10	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
11	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
12	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
13	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
14	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
16	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
17	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
18	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
Disc 8
1	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B
2	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B
3	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B
4	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B
5	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
6	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
7	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
8	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
9	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
10	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
11	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
Disc 9
1	Piano Sonata No. 32 in C
2	Piano Sonata No. 32 in C
3	Bagatelles (11) for piano
4	Bagatelles (11) for piano
5	Bagatelles (11) for piano
6	Bagatelles (11) for piano
7	Bagatelles (11) for piano
8	Bagatelles (11) for piano
9	Bagatelles (11) for piano
10	Bagatelles (11) for piano
11	Bagatelles (11) for piano
13	Bagatelles (11) for piano
14	Bagatelles (6) for piano,
15	Bagatelles (6) for piano,
16	Bagatelles (6) for piano,
17	Bagatelles (6) for piano,
18	Bagatelles (6) for piano,
19	Bagatelles (6) for piano,
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
1.	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1 15:10
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
2.	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2 22:20
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
3.	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3 24:00
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
4.	Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ("Grand Sonata"), Op. 7 25:55
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
5.	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 16:48
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
6.	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 11:21
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
7.	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3 20:54
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
8.	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13 18:39
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
9.	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1 12:59
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
10.	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2 14:33
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
11.	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 23:52
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
12.	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ("Funeral March"), Op. 26 17:28
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
13.	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ("Quasi una fantasia"), Op. 27/1 14:32
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
14.	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 15:46
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
15.	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ("Pastoral"), Op. 28 22:39
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
16.	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1 21:20
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
17.	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ("Tempest"), Op. 31/2 22:16
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
18.	Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ("Hunt"), Op. 31/3 20:44
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
19.	Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1 6:20
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
20.	Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2 7:17
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
21.	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ("Waldstein"), Op. 53 23:24
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
22.	Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 10:55
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
23.	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57 24:17
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
24.	Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major ("A Thérèse"), Op. 78 10:16
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
25.	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major ("Cuckoo"), Op. 79 9:13
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
26.	Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major ("Les Adieux"), Op. 81a 15:41
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
27.	Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 12:27
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
28.	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 20:34
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
29.	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 18:49
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
30.	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ("Hammerklavier"), Op. 106 41:11
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
31.	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 19:23
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
32.	Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 26:13
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
33.	Bagatelles (11) for piano, Op. 119 13:41
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
34.	Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126 17:04
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Stephen Bishop Kovacevich

All Music Guide

This cycle of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven by Stephen Kovacevich recorded between 1991 and 2002 is easily as good or better than the best cycles of the past 50 years. Bishop is a superb virtuoso, a seasoned interpreter, a profound thinker, and a mature man and he brings all these qualities to bear on the greatest cycle of piano sonatas ever composed. Kovacevich hears the depths as well as the excitement of the early sonatas and the breadth as well as the brilliance of the middle sonatas and he limns the face of the infinite in the late sonatas. EMI's digital sound is warm, clear, and real. The liner notes by Beethoven scholar Joseph Kerman are outstanding. For all the undoubted greatness of Arrau, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Brendel, and Kempff's cycles, only Stephen Kovacevich's cycle comes close to the magisterial achievement of Artur Schnabel's cycle. It is impossible to over-recommend this set. James Leonard

Gramophone

Pick any sonata and hear it in isolation and it is hard not to be awed by Kovacevich's self-effacement, technical brio and scrupulous adherence to the score.... An immaculate and consistent offering. Bryce Morrison