BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32 / Glenn Gould

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32 Glenn Gould (piano)

Volume 2 of the Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection

Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109  12:59 

I. Vivace, ma non troppo  3:17

II. Prestissimo  2:00

III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo (Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung)  7:42

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110  19:52

I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo  6:56

II. Allegro molto  2:06

III. Adagio, ma non troppo – Fuga. Allegro, ma non troppo  10:50

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111  22:30

I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato  7:14

II. Arietta – Adagio molto semplice e cantabile  15:16 

Glenn Gould (piano) 

Sony Classical Release Date: 12th Nov 2007

Catalogue No: 88697147482

Series: Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection 

The Canadian musician Glenn Gould was undoubtedly one of the greatest pianists of all time. To mark the 75th anniversary of his birth, and the 25th anniversary of his death, Sony BMG Masterworks presents this seminal artist’s vinyl recordings as re-mastered CDs, designed to replicate the exact artwork of the original gramophone records in miniaturised form. Already issued as part of an 80-CD box set (88697130942), these albums are now being made available individually, with the first 20 in the series being released in November 2007.