The late piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven usually refer to the last five piano sonatas the composer composed during his late period.
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111Some compilations may include Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 as one of Beethoven's late piano sonatas.
Complete cycle:
Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)Claudio Arrau (Philips Classics)Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca Classics)Wilhelm Backhaus (Decca Classics)Daniel Barenboim (2 recordings: 1 on Deutsche Grammophon, 1 on EMI Classics)Alfred Brendel (3 recordings: 2 on Philips Classics, reissued on Decca Classics; 1 on Brilliant Classics)Annie Fischer (Hungaroton)Claude Frank (Music and Arts)Walter GiesekingRichard Goode (Nonesuch)Glenn Gould (No. 28 on CBC Records, Nos. 29-32 on Sony Classical)Gould's performances of Nos. 30-32 were previously released on Columbia MasterworksFriedrich Gulda (3 recordings: 1 on Decca Classics; 1 on Amadeo Records, reissued on Brilliant Classics and Decca Classics; and one on Orfeo, first released in 2010)Eric Heidsieck (EMI Classics)Wilhelm Kempff (2 recordings on Deutsche Grammophon)Stephen Kovacevich (EMI Classics)Yves Nat (EMI classics)Maurizio Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon)Sviatoslav Richter (various performances of each sonata on varying labels)Bernard Roberts (Nimbus)András Schiff (ECM Records)Peter Serkin (Musical Concepts)Rudolf Serkin (Sony Classical)Artur Schnabel (EMI Classics)Solomon (EMI Classics)Mitsuko Uchida (Philips Classics)Partial cycle (3 or more):
Christoph Eschenbach (Nos. 29-32 on EMI Classics)Emil Gilels (Nos. 28-31 on Deutsche Grammophon)Of the five sonatas, the last one (in C minor) is the most often recorded, as heard in interpretations by Julius Katchen, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Mikhail Pletnev, Ivo Pogorelich, and Anatol Ugorski.
