8 September 2026
Rudolf Serkin Plays Beethoven - Concertos, Sonatas & Variations - Sony Classical - 11 CDs
On Classicapedia: Rudolf Serkin, Ludwig van Beethoven
It is an 11-CD Sony Classical box set, catalogue number 88691988302, released in 2012. It brings together Serkin’s stereo Beethoven recordings made for Columbia/Sony, with one important exception: the 1957 Diabelli Variations, which are in mono. It includes the five piano concertos, the Triple Concerto, two versions of the Choral Fantasy, 17 piano sonatas, the Diabelli Variations, the 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119, and the Fantasy, Op. 77. The recordings span approximately 1957–1981.
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 “Funeral March”
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 “Quasi una fantasia”
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80 “Choral Fantasy”
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 “Emperor”
Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56
Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119
Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77