Beethoven, Ludwig van: Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte II (urtext)

Following the critically acclaimed publication of the 35 Piano Sonatas in separate editions, Bärenreiter now presents Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas in three volumes. This edition, which is unparalleled in terms of its philological accuracy, has been edited by world-renowned Beethoven expert Jonathan Del Mar guaranteeing a musical text at the forefront of musicological scholarship. Each volume is equipped with a table of contents including incipits of each sonata. Running titles with opus and movement numbers enable a quick identification of individual works and movements. Volume I includes a Foreword (Eng/Ger) which covers all salient editorial issues with regard to Beethoven’s notation and performance practice issues, supplemented by facsimile pages. An indispensable standard work at the cutting edge of Beethoven scholarship!

Also available as an anthology is the complete critical report on all piano sonatas: Beethoven, Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte. Critical Commentary (BA 11840-40).

1. Grande Sonate in B-flat major Op.22
2. Grande Sonate in A-flat major Op.26 Funeral March
3. Sonata quasi una Fantasia in E-flat major Op.27/1
4. Sonata quasi una Fantasia in C-sharp minor Op.27/2 Moonlight Sonata
5. Grande Sonate in D major Op.28 Pastorale
6. Sonata in G major Op.31/1
7. Sonata in D minor Op.31/2 Tempest
8. Sonata in E-flat major Op.31/3
9. Sonate facile in G minor Op.49/1
10. Sonate facile in G major Op.49/2
11. Grande Sonate in C major Op.53 Waldstein