Barenboim: The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas at Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin — Season 1, Episode 1: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 2/1

Episode synopsis

Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 2/1

About Barenboim: The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas at Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin

Few musicians in the world are as intimately familiar with Beethoven's piano sonatas as Daniel Barenboim, who has been exploring these works since the earliest days of his career - a musical novel in 32 chapters and an artistic cosmos in itself. Barenboim recorded the full cycle of Beethoven sonatas in the Pierre Boulez Saal in 2020 and presents these works in chronological order of their creation - providing an exciting look at the composer's artistic development. The box includes 234 mins Bonus: a 42-minutes interview with Daniel Barenboim on Beethoven and 3 master classes with Daniel Barenboim, working with students of the Barenboim-Said Academy feat. Alexandre Kantorow (winner of the 1st price and gold medal at the Tschaikowsky Competition, working on Sonata No. 2), Nathalia Milstein on Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral" and Fabian Müller on Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata").

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 2/2
• E3Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major Op. 2/3
• E4Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat Major, Op.7 "Grande Sonate"
• E5Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor Op. 10/1
• E6Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major Op. 10/2
• E7Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10/3
• E8Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 "Pathétique"
• E9Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major Op. 14/1
• E10Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 14/2
• E11Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major Op. 22
• E12Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major Op. 26
• E13Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major Op. 27/1