Track Listing

1. Allegro sostenuto
2. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 'Moonlight': Allegretto
3. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 'Moonlight': Presto agitato
4. Piano Sonata No. 26 In E - Flat Major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux): Adagio; Allegro
5. Piano Sonata No. 26 In E - Flat Major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': Abwesenheit (L'Absence): Adante esrpessivo
6. Piano Sonata No. 26 In E - Flat Major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': Das Wiedersehn (Le Retour): Vivacissimamente
7. Piano Sonata No. 24 In F - Sharp Major, Op. 78 'A Therese': Adagio cantabile; Allegro, ma non troppo
8. Piano Sonata No. 24 In F - Sharp Major, Op. 78 'A Therese': Allegro vivace
9. Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata': Allegro assai
10. Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata': Andante con moto
11. Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57: Allegro, ma non troppo; Presto

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #313875 in Music
• Released on: 1991-04-05
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Excellent Performance With Rather Poor Sound
The reading of these pieces are quite different from Backhaus or Kempff. If you want to have a change from these German pianists (or even from the Russians), this might be the one for you. Casadesus in these pieces will for sure give you boundless inspirations and insights.

But personally, and as a fan of both Casadesus & Horszowski, and oddly enough, I would prefer the former's Mozart & the latter's Beethoven at times. However, also note that the inlay gives no information on recorded time/place and the sleeve says "mono" and the recorded sound simply leaves much too be desired, much worse than what we get from Kempff's 50's Beethoven cycle or even Horszowski's Mozart cycle.

Beautiful
This is the first (and only) "classical" CD I've ever bought, and it hasn't let me down yet. I bought this CD primarily because of "Moonlight Sonata", but listening to the rest of the CD, I found that the different pieces really flow well throughout the CD.