Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 17 & 23

1. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - I. Adagio sostenuto
2. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - II. Allegretto
3. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - III. Presto agitato
4. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" - I. Allegro assai
5. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" - II. Andante con moto
6. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" - III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
7. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest" - I. Largo - Allegro
8. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest" - II. Adagio
9. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest" - III. Allegretto

With Beethoven’s Piano Concertos no. 4 and op. 61a, the latter being the composer’s own transcription of his Violin Concerto, Gianluca Cascioli, Riccardo Minasi and Ensemble Resonanz present two milestones of the piano literature. Basing their interpretation on intensive source research in the archives of the Vienna Musikverein and on handwritten notes by Beethoven, the performers suggest an alternative, more varied and virtuosic version of the piano part in Concerto no. 4.