Artist: Glenn Gould
Album: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16-18, Op. 31
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 1973/2015
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 57:58
Total Tracks: 10
Total Size: 530 MB

Tracklist:

01. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1: I. Allegro vivace (04:18)
02. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1: II. Adagio grazioso (08:50)
03. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1: III. Rondo – Allegretto (06:50)
04. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “The Tempest”: I. Largo – Allegro (07:16)
05. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “The Tempest”: II. Adagio (08:51)
06. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “The Tempest”: III. Allegretto (04:33)
07. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: I. Allegro (05:37)
08. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: II. Scherzo – Allegretto vivace (03:30)
09. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: III. Menuetto – Moderato e grazioso (04:22)
10. Glenn Gould – Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: IV. Presto con fuoco (03:45)

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This was the last of five new recordings released in September 1973, appearing one day after the four others. It marked the end of a long and often convoluted process: the first bars of the op. 31 triptych were recorded in July 1960, the final session took place almost thirteen years later on 15 May 1973! Amazingly, none of this is evident in the sonatas themselves.