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Another Beethoven album. With this, Gould had turned out of a total of twenty-one of the thirty-two Beethoven sonatas—or perhaps twentytwo, for the “artist contract cards” of 1979-80 refer to a recording of the B-flat major Sonata, op. 22, that has never resurfaced. Several of the missing sonatas (the Largo from op. 7, the G-minor Sonata op. 49, no. 1, the A-major Sonata op. 101, the Hammerklavier op. 106) at least exist in the form of live CBC recordings.
Beethoven Sonatas No. 12, Op. 26 & No. 13, Op. 27, No. 1
Released: 1983
- Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26: I. Andante con Variazioni
- Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
- Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26: III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe
- Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26: IV. Allegro
- Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 "Sonata quasi una fantasia": I. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I - attacca:
- Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 "Sonata quasi una fantasia": II. Allegro molto e vivace - attacca:
- Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 "Sonata quasi una fantasia": III. Adagio con espressione - attacca:
- Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 "Sonata quasi una fantasia": IV. Allegro vivace
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