Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3

Catalog: CACD 9203-2 • Status: Identified

CD Covers

Fiorentino cover — Concert Artist 9203-2 • Sergio Fiorentino

Perl cover — Arte Nova 27762 • Alfredo Perl

Fischer cover — Olympia 331 • Edith Fischer

Jando cover — Naxos 8.550150 • Jenő Jandó

Capsule Summary

The Sonata, Op. 2 No. 1 is mostly by Alfredo Perl with some parts of the last three movements played by Jenő Jandó. The Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 is divided between Edith Fischer and Alfredo Perl though Fischer plays the entire second movement. Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 is mostly played by Oleg Volkov with some appearances by Alfredo Perl and Jenő Jandó.

Sources

Alfredo Perl — Arte Nova 27762 (Track 1; Majority of Track 2; Portions of Tracks 3–5 & 7–10)
Edith Fischer — Olympia 331 (Portions of Tracks 5, 7 & 8; Track 6)
Oleg Volkov — Brioso 115 (Portions of Tracks 9–12)
Jenő Jandó — Naxos 8.550150 (Portions of Tracks 2–4, 9, 11 & 12)

Track Evidence

Track 1: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 1 – First movement

Alfredo Perl (3:53)

Fiorentino (3:53)

Track 2: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 1 – Second movement

Alfredo Perl (5:29)

Jenő Jandó (4:46)

Fiorentino (5:30)

Most of this movement is played by Alfredo Perl. Jandó takes over for the highlighted final 21 seconds.

Track 3: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 1 – Third movement

Alfredo Perl (3:21)

Jenő Jandó (3:05)

Fiorentino (3:17)

The outer sections are played by Alfredo Perl. Jandó plays the middle section.

Track 4: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 1 – Fourth movement

Alfredo Perl (4:58)

Jenő Jandó (4:51)

Fiorentino (4:57) (click to zoom)

Most of this movement is played by Alfredo Perl. Jandó appears for 35 seconds in the exposition (0:22–0:57), and again at the parallel point in the repeat (1:27–2:02).

Track 5: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 2 – First movement

Edith Fischer (8:27)

Alfredo Perl (7:16)

Fiorentino (7:56) (click to zoom)

Edith Fischer plays the opening 1:26. Perl then takes over although an editing error results in the descending five note motive being played an extra time. Fischer resumes at 2:05 and continues until 3:27. Perl then plays until 6:11, after which Fischer closes out the movement.

Track 6: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 2 – Second movement

Edith Fischer (7:37)

Fiorentino (7:37)

Track 7: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 2 – Third movement

Edith Fischer (3:45)

Alfredo Perl (3:22)

Fiorentino (3:30) (click to zoom)

Fischer	Perl
0:00–0:31	0:31–0:48
0:48–1:14	1:14–2:36
2:36–2:58	2:58–3:14
3:14–3:30

Track 8: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 2 – Fourth movement

Edith Fischer (7:25)

Alfredo Perl (6:50)

Fiorentino (6:58)

Fischer plays until 3:51, after which Perl takes over and plays the remainder of the movement.

Track 9: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 2 No. 3 – First movement

Oleg Volkov (10:12) An exposition repeat has been digitally added to match the other waveforms.

Alfredo Perl (10:24)

Jenő Jandó (10:18)

Fiorentino (10:24) (click to zoom)

Volkov is used for the first 43 seconds. Perl then takes over until 2:25. Volkov plays until 3:28, where three bars by Jando are inserted (highlighted) to facilitate the exposition repeat. Perl takes over at 3:28 and plays until 5:26 after which Volkov plays the final five minutes.