Beethoven : piano sonatas, opus 31 & 49

Description

Maurizio Pollini crowns his complete set of Beethoven's sonatas with the Sonatas op. 31 & 49. Over the forty years since Maurizio Pollini began a complete set of Beethoven's sonatas, his interpretation has gained in maturity, power, and clarity. This album, recorded at the Herkulessaal in Munich in 2013-2014, will also be released as part of a box set encompassing all thirty-two sonatas. The completed project gives music lovers the opportunity to study the nature of his relationship with the composer; indeed, the great Italian pianist has placed Beethoven at the heart of his repertoire for over fifty years. The complete set also reflects the extraordinary artistic evolution of one of the greatest monuments of the piano repertoire, whose conception spans almost thirty years of the composer's career, who was himself a pianist. An essential item in the piano catalog.