Takahiro Sonoda - Beethoven's Piano Sonatas (Evica cycle complete)

Takahiro Sonoda (1928-2004)
Beethoven Piano Sonatas - recorded 1993-1996 released on Evica in 11 volumes

Piano Sonatas no 1, 2, & 3
HTCA1018 












Piano Sonatas no 4, 8, & 12
HTCA1015










Piano Sonatas no 5, 6, & 7
HTCA 1019










Piano Sonatas no 9, 10, 19, 20, & 25
HTCA1020










Piano Sonatas no 11 & 29
HTCA1013










Piano Sonatas no 13, 14, 24, 27, & 28
HTCA1011










Piano Sonata no 15 and Variations
HTCA1009










Piano Sonata no 16, 17, & 18
HTCA1007










Piano Sonata no 21 & 22
HTCA1016










Piano Sonata no 23 & 26
HTCA1014











Piano Sonata no 30, 31, & 32
HTCA1012











Recorded between 1993 and 1996, this is (according to my research) Sonoda's third complete Beethoven sonata cycle. His first was released by Denon in the 70s and his second was released in the 80s by Evica (only released and available on vinyl).

This is a very rare cycle. It was never made available in a collected box and each volume is rather difficult to obtain - available only in Japan. This has taken me over a year to collect all of the volumes and I present them all here together. This is a beautiful cycle - sublime playing and wonderful recording fidelity. Enjoy!