Beethoven: Sonatas Opp 31 & 49

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to release a stunning new recording of Beethoven piano sonatas by Maurizio Pollini

This final recording from 2014 brings a 40-year project to completion: He now presents studio recordings of all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas

To celebrate this, this February (2015) also sees Deutsche Grammophon releasing an 8-CD box set, comprising the complete cycle including these new recordings

The piano sonatas are central to Beethoven s oeuvre. As a composer and virtuoso pianist himself, he wrote works for the instrument from the beginning to the end of his career, so a cycle of the piano sonatas gives an almost unparalleled insight into his development as a composer and as a master of the instrument