BEETHOVEN REDISCOVERED (17 CDS)

Alpha continues to explore its catalogue and this year again offers a wide variety of combinations. After a box assembling the gems of the Baroque era (Masters of the Baroque - Alpha 372), the piano is now given pride of place. The box set Masters of the Piano brings together 10 albums in which great contemporary interpreters (Nelson Goerner, Alexander Lonquich, François-Frédéric Guy, Eric Le Sage, Edna Stern, Anna Vinnitskaya) retrace three centuries of creation on the piano, from Bach to Shostakovich, by way of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Debussy. The piano will also be at the heart of a 7-release box set devoted to Alexei Lubimov's recordings. Fortepiano, piano, prepared piano... The Russian musician has distinguished himself in every repertoire. Finally, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, the Beethoven Rediscovered box highlights 16 albums that offer a chance to rediscover his symphonies, concertos and sonatas on period instruments, the fortepiano, etc.

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Anima Eterna
Jos van Immerseel

Liszt: Beethoven Symphonies 1-9
Yury Martynov (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano)
Cristofori

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
Alexei Lubimov (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Alexei Lubimov (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
Alexei Lubimov (piano)

Beethoven: Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
Olga Pashchenko (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
Olga Pashchenko (piano)

Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77
Olga Pashchenko (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
Olga Pashchenko (piano)

Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Op. 35
Olga Pashchenko (piano)