貝多芬 晚期鋼琴奏鳴曲集 魏保羅 Beethoven the Late Piano Sonatas (2 SACD)

專輯類型： 2SACD

發行年份： 2025

國際條碼： 7318599927657

音樂廠牌： BIS

2SACD)貝多芬: 晚期鋼琴奏鳴曲集(第28-32號)

魏保羅 鋼琴

2025年12月份留聲機雜誌編輯推薦最佳新片之一

Paul Wee takes on Beethoven's last piano sonatas

Pianist and barrister Paul Wee has made recordings devoted to the virtuoso repertoire of the 19th century, earning him the highest praise from the musical press. He also tackled Beethoven with Franz Liszt's transcription of the Heroica Symphony, a recording named “Editor's Choice” by Gramophone, which wrote: «Paul Wee proves himself a master of these treacherously demanding transcriptions, sweeping aside the technical challenges to present these great works with consummate musicianship.» It was therefore only a matter of time before he turned his attention to the pinnacle of piano literature: Beethoven's late sonatas.

While Sonata Op. 101 is the least known of this select group, it nonetheless opens Beethoven's third and most prophetic creative period. It is followed by Sonata Op. 106, the “Hammerklavier”, an immense work in every sense of the word which, as the author of the liner notes put it, “makes such demands …, that it is as if a new set of auditory equipment was required.” As for the last three sonatas, worked on at the same time and conceived as a triptych, Beethoven knew that they would constitute his three final utterances in the genre of the sonata. To quote the author of the introductory text once again, “the closing pages of Op. 111 escape earth's orbit forever, leaving the listener behind.”

Disc 1 Playing time: 64'06

van BEETHOVEN, Ludwig (1770–1827)

Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 (1816) 13'28

1 I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung 4'05

(Allegretto, ma non troppo)

2 II. Lebhaft. Marschmaßig (Vivace alla Marcia) 6'00

3 III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll 2'48

(Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto)

4 IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit 7'44

(Allegro)

Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 (1818) 42'33

‘Große Sonate fㄧr das Hammerklavier'

5 I. Allegro 9'59

6 II. Scherzo. Assai vivace 2'37

7 III. Adagio sostenuto (Appassionato e con molto sentimento) 17'55

8 IV. Largo — Allegro risoluto — Fuga a tre voci, con alcune licenze 11'41

Disc 2 Playing time: 64'18

Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 (1820) 18'15

1 I. Vivace, ma non troppo — Adagio espressivo 3'37

2 II. Prestissimo 2'02

3 III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung 12'33

(Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo))

Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 (1821) 19'06

4 I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 6'43

5 II. Allegro molto 1'56

6 III. Adagio ma non troppo — Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo 10'23

Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (1821—22) 25'56

7 I. Maestoso — Allegro con brio ed appassionato 8'08

8 II. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile) 17'43

Paul Wee piano TT: 128'24