The 35 Piano Sonatas - Beethoven
Edited by Professor Barry Cooper, Beethoven's The 35 Piano Sonatas has taken ten years to complete. This award winning edition represents the latest original research into the Piano Sonatas and tries to reproduce what Beethoven actually wrote - and what he meant to write - more accurately than has been done in any previous edition. Barry Cooper's work on The 35 Piano Sonatas has been featured in the New York Times. Notable among the features of the edition is that there are 35 sonatas while all other recent editions have 32. Cooper says: "The three extra ones are normally omitted as they were very early works written when Beethoven was 12. I feel there is no reason to omit them as they are full scale works."
- faithful to the original notation, correcting long-standing errors found in other editions
- presents new and important research
- introduction covering performance practice, including tempo, articulation, pedalling and dynamics
- commentary to each sonata, including history, full assessment of the sources and detailed notes on interpretation
- introductory CD of commentary and demonstrations included in each volume
Created for today's performers, teachers and scholars, this is the most comprehensive study of these extraordinary works yet undertaken and sets a new standard for scholarly performing editions.
‘There is no doubt that this new edition is of vital significance to not only the piano community but also to the music community as a whole. Barry Cooper has brought the works into more focus for the 21st century than ever before.’ Murray McLachlan, EPTA Piano Professional , Spring 2008
 | Boxed set of Volumes 1-3 ISBN: 9781860968907 Price: £50.00 | ||||
 | Volume 1 ISBN: 9781860962455 Price: £16.95 |  | Volume 2 ISBN: 9781860962462 Price: £16.95 |  | Volume 3 ISBN: 9781860962479 Price: £16.95 |
 | Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) ISBN: 9781860967467 Price: £3.95 |  | Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight) ISBN: 9781860967450 Price: £3.95 |  | Piano Sonata in E, Op. 14 No. 1 ISBN: 9781860963483 Price: £4.25 |