Piano Sonata in C minor Op.111

Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor Op.111
Edited by Jonathan Del Mar with an Introduction by Misha Donat and notes on performance practice by Jonathan Del Mar and Misha Donat

In late 1821 Beethoven began work on his final piano sonata Op.111 which has been considered a towering masterwork ever since its publication.  Thomas Mann gave it a literary monument in his novel “Doctor Faustus” in whose musical-theoretical digressions the main motif of the “Arietta” is set to the syllables “Wiesengrund”, the middle name of Theodor W. Adorno.

Jonathan Del Mar has re-examined the convoluted source material, including the proof sheets and errata lists that accompanied its publication.  Supplementing the meticulously edited text is a detailed Critical Commentary, an informative Introduction and valuable notes on performance practice.

- Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship

- Informative Introduction and expert notes on performance practice (Ger/Eng)

- Detailed Critical Commentary (Eng)