TRACKLISTING

Piano Sonata Op. 109 In E Major
1 i Vivace, Ma Non Troppo
2 ii Prestissimo
3 iii Andante Molto Cantabile Ed Espressivo

Piano Sonata Op. 110 In A Flat Major
4 i Moderato Cantabile Molto Espressivo
5 ii Allegro Molto
6 iii Adagio, Ma Non Troppo
7 iv Fuga: Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Piano Sonata Op. 111 In C Minor
8 i Maestoso
9 ii Adagio Molto Semplice E Cantabile

RECORDING INFORMATION

Once again, the Festival Hall was packed [with 3,000 people] for Mitsuko Uchida's latest recital, and rightly so...the despair and sublimity of both this music and Uchida's performance are really beyond words.
The Times (concert review)

Mitsuko Uchida's first recording of Beethoven piano sonatas. Beethoven's last three piano sonatas on one CD.

This was Beethoven pushed to the edge of a precipice, and the kind of virtuosity steeped in risk taking rather than sheer display.
New York Times (concert review)

Released to coincide with a concert performance at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw on February 15th 2006

Throughout her distinguished international career Mitsuko Uchida has focussed on in-depth explorations of major composers. Her definitive recordings of the piano concerti and sonatas of Mozart were followed by an 8 CD cycle of the solo piano music of Schubert.

Now Mitsuko Uchida is increasingly fascinated by the music of Beethoven and feels that the time is right to record these cornerstones of the piano repertory - the last three sonatas.

Mitsuko Uchida has said that it wasn't until she played all three together in concert that she realised that they can be considered as one giant musical structure and it is this approach she brings to these recordings made in the concert hall at Snape, Suffolk on the Eastern coast of England.