℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited
| Released | 1992 |
| Duration | 55m 32s |
| Record Label | Decca Music Group |
| Genre | Classical |
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30, 31 & 32 (Stereo Version)
Wilhelm Backhaus
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
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1.1
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1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
2:58 | |||
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1.2
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2. Prestissimo (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
2:18 | |||
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1.3
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3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
12:29 | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
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1.4
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1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
5:22 | |||
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1.5
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2. Allegro molto (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
2:04 | |||
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1.6
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3a. Adagio ma non troppo (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
2:51 | |||
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1.7
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3b. Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
6:07 | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
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1.8
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1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
8:14 | |||
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1.9
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2. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile (Stereo Version)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Backhaus |
13:09 | |||
Decca presents this landmark recording in Wilhelm Backhaus' extraordinary series of Beethoven recordings, continuing the Sonata cycle.
The recording career of Wilhelm Backhaus spanned an extraordinary sixty years from his first discs made by the acoustic process at the end of September 1908 to his final stereo recordings made for Decca in 1969.
In July 1950, as soon as Wilhelm Backhaus was out of contract from HMV, Maurice Rosengarten was quick to sign him to Decca, just as they were introducing the new LP format in Britain, and he stayed with the label until his death in 1969. Wilhelm Backhaus’ pioneering work as an early recording artist helped Decca secure the lead in the classical market with the introduction of the format of the long playing record and the label’s own improved recording process ffrr – ‘full frequency range recording’.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Decca Music Group Studio Masters
Tracks 1-9 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-9 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.17 -8.58 to -2.72 | -25.13 -30.65 to -22.15 | -21.72 -27.10 to -19.00 | 13 12 to 14 | |
| 1 | 1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I (Stereo Version) | -5.01 | -25.23 | -21.8 | 13 |
| 2 | 2. Prestissimo (Stereo Version) | -2.72 | -22.48 | -19.2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo (Stereo Version) | -4.33 | -28.08 | -24.3 | 13 |
| 4 | 1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (Stereo Version) | -4.51 | -24.97 | -21.9 | 12 |
| 5 | 2. Allegro molto (Stereo Version) | -3.12 | -22.15 | -19.0 | 13 |
| 6 | 3a. Adagio ma non troppo (Stereo Version) | -8.58 | -30.65 | -27.1 | 14 |
| 7 | 3b. Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo (Stereo Version) | -2.90 | -23.30 | -19.6 | 12 |
| 8 | 1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato (Stereo Version) | -3.17 | -22.80 | -19.3 | 12 |
| 9 | 2. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile (Stereo Version) | -3.20 | -26.50 | -23.3 | 14 |