Beethoven, Ludwig van

Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte II

- A definitive new critical performing edition at the cutting edge of Beethoven scholarship

- Elegant, ready-friendly layout with practical page turns

- Table of contents with incipits as well as running titles enable easy location of works

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!

Contents

• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre'
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale'
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'