Late piano sonatas (Beethoven)

The late piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven usually refer to the last five piano sonatas the composer composed during his late period.

Some compilations may include Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 as one of Beethoven's late piano sonatas.

Recordings

Complete cycle:

Claudio Arrau (Philips Classics)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca Classics)
Wilhelm Backhaus (Decca Classics)
Daniel Barenboim (3 recordings: 2 on Deutsche Grammophon, 1 on EMI Classics)
Alfred Brendel (3 recordings: 2 on Philips Classics, reissued on Decca Classics; 1 earlier set on Vox, reissued by Brilliant Classics)
Annie Fischer (Hungaroton)
Claude Frank (Music and Arts)
Walter Gieseking
Seonuk Gim (Accentus Music)
Richard Goode (Nonesuch)
Glenn Gould (30—32 on Columbia Masterworks (1956); posthumous releases of 28 on CBC Records from a radio broadcast, and 29 on Sony Classical)
Friedrich Gulda (3 recordings: 1 on Decca Classics; 1 on Amadeo Records, reissued on Brilliant Classics and Decca Classics; and one on Orfeo, first released in 2010)
Éric Heidsieck (EMI Classics)
Wilhelm Kempff (2 recordings on Deutsche Grammophon)
Stephen Kovacevich (EMI Classics)
Christian Leotta (ATMA Classique)
Igor Levit (Sony Classics)
Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)
Yves Nat (EMI classics)
Kun-Woo Paik (Decca Classics)
Maurizio Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon)
Sviatoslav Richter (various performances of each sonata on varying labels)
Bernard Roberts (Nimbus)
Charles Rosen (CBS, reissued on CD Sony Classics)
András Schiff (ECM Records)
Artur Schnabel (EMI Classics)
Peter Serkin (Musical Concepts)
Rudolf Serkin (Sony Classical)
Solomon (EMI Classics)
Mitsuko Uchida (Philips Classics)

Partial cycle (3 or more):

Of the five sonatas, the last one (in C minor) is the most often recorded, as heard in interpretations by Julius Katchen, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Mikhail Pletnev, Ivo Pogorelić, and Anatol Ugorski.

v t e Piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
Early sonatas	No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1 No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2 No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3 No. 4 in E♭ major, Op. 7 (Grand Sonata) No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3 No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1 No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2 No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22 No. 12 in A♭ major, Op. 26 No. 13 in E♭ major, Op. 27/1 No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 27/2 (Moonlight) No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 (Pastoral)
Middle sonatas	No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1 No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 (The Tempest) No. 18 in E♭ major, Op. 31/3 (The Hunt) No. 19 in G minor and No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (Waldstein) No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata) No. 24 in F♯ major, Op. 78 (À Thérèse) No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a (Les adieux) No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Late sonatas	No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 No. 29 in B♭ major, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 No. 31 in A♭ major, Op. 110 No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Duo	Sonata in D major for piano four-hands, Op. 6
Unnumbered (WoO)	Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51 (fragmentary)
Doubtful (Anh.)	Sonatina in G major, Anh. 5/1 Sonatina in F major, Anh. 5/2
Related works	Andante favori, WoO 57