Beethoven: Piano Sonatas [Box Set]

Disc 1
1	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A m
2	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A m
3	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A m
4	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A m
5	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C m
6	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C m
7	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C m
8	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C m
9	Piano Sonata in E flat ma
10	Piano Sonata in E flat ma
11	Piano Sonata in E flat ma
12	Piano Sonata in F minor (
13	Piano Sonata in F minor (
14	Piano Sonata in F minor (
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. 8 in C m
6	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C m
7	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C m
8	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G
9	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G
10	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G
Disc 3
1	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C m
2	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C m
3	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C m
4	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F m
5	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F m
6	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F m
7	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D m
8	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D m
9	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D m
10	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D m
Disc 4
1	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B
2	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B
3	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B
4	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B
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	Variations (15) and fugue
10	Variations (15) and fugue
11	Variations (15) and fugue
12	Variations (15) and fugue
13	Variations (15) and fugue
14	Variations (15) and fugue
15	Variations (15) and fugue
16	Variations (15) and fugue
17	Variations (15) and fugue
18	Variations (15) and fugue
19	Variations (15) and fugue
20	Variations (15) and fugue
21	Variations (15) and fugue
22	Variations (15) and fugue
23	Variations (15) and fugue
24	Variations (15) and fugue
25	Variations (15) and fugue
26	Variations (15) and fugue
27	Variations (15) and fugue
Disc 5
1	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E
2	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E
3	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E
4	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E
5	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C
6	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C
7	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C
8	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D
9	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D
10	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D
11	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D
Disc 6
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
Disc 7
1	Piano Sonata No. 19 in G
2	Piano Sonata No. 19 in G
3	Piano Sonata No. 20 in G
4	Piano Sonata No. 20 in G
5	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C
6	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C
7	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C
8	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F
9	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F
10	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F
11	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G
12	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G
13	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G
Disc 8
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. 30 in E
7	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
8	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
9	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
10	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
15	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
16	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
17	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A
Disc 9
1	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
2	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
3	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
4	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A
5	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B
6	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B
7	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B
8	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas [Box Set]
1.	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2 25:50
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
2.	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3 27:38
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
3.	Piano Sonata in E flat major ("Kurfürstensonate"), WoO 47/1 10:53
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
4.	Piano Sonata in F minor ("Kurfürstensonate"), WoO 47/2 15:17
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
5.	Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ("Grand Sonata"), Op. 7 32:48
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
6.	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13 20:06
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
7.	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2 19:57
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
8.	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 23:52
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
9.	Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 18:21
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
10.	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3 24:49
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
11.	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 30:46
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
12.	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ("Funeral March"), Op. 26 20:19
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
13.	Variations (15) and fugue on a theme from "Prometheus" for piano in E flat major ("Eroica Variations"), Op. 35 24:08
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
14.	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ("Quasi una fantasia"), Op. 27/1 16:22
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
15.	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 15:54
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
16.	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ("Pastoral"), Op. 28 28:59
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
17.	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1 24:45
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
18.	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ("Tempest"), Op. 31/2 26:16
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
19.	Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ("Hunt"), Op. 31/3 23:37
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
20.	Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1 9:36
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
21.	Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2 8:54
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
22.	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ("Waldstein"), Op. 53 25:07
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
23.	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57 25:33
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
24.	Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major ("Cuckoo"), Op. 79 10:11
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
25.	Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major ("Les Adieux"), Op. 81a 17:30
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
26.	Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 14:07
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
27.	Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 21:07
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
28.	Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 22:04
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
29.	Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 21:38
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels
30.	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ("Hammerklavier"), Op. 106 48:45
	Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performed by Emil Gilels

All Music Guide

Every man's death diminishes us all, but the death of a man so close to completing his greatest achievement and the summation of his life's work diminishes us all greatly -- very, very greatly. When Emil Gilels died in 1985, he had completed recordings of most but not all of Beethoven'spiano sonatas, released here in a nine-disc set. What's here is unimaginably good: superlative recordings of 27 of the 32 canonical sonatas, including the "Pathétique," "Moonlight," "Waldstein," "Appassionata," "Les Adieux," and the majestic "Hammerklavier," plus the two early "Electoral Sonatas" and the mighty "Eroica Variations." What's missing is unimaginably priceless: five of the canonical sonatas, including the first and -- horror vacui -- the last. But still, for what there is, we must be grateful. Beyond all argument one of the great pianists of the twentieth century, Gilels the Soviet super virtuoso had slowly mellowed and ripened over his long career, and when he began recording the sonatas in 1972, his interpretations had matured and deepened while his superlative technique remained gloriously intact straight through to the last recordings of his final year. In performance after performance, one marvels at Gilels' virtuosity, his expressivity, and his sheer joy in music-making. But most of all, it is through the intensity of Gilels' interpretations, in the way he finds the depths of the Largos and reaches the heights of the Allegro vivaces, in the way he seems to so thoroughly understand and completely identify with Beethoven's music, that we understand it in a new and better way ourselves. While obviously not the only Beethoven piano sonata set one should have on the shelf, any Beethoven collection without Gilels is a poorer Beethoven collection. From high stereo to early digital, Deutsche Grammophon's sound is consistently translucent. James Leonard

The Guardian

[Gilels's] Beethoven still remains peerless; it's one of the greatest sonata cycles ever recorded, and though incomplete, should be a part of everyone's Beethoven collection. Andrew Clements