Alice Sara Ott - Beethoven (FLAC) (2011) ↓

Her first album (Liszt) went straight to number 1 in the classical charts in Japan and has sold nearly 20,000 to date there. Her Chopin album established her as one of the most important young artists in the German market, selling almost 12,000 units. Now she's poised to become the next big classical star in the United States with a heavy duty support backing her up on this incredible new recording!

Following the success of her previous Deutsche Grammophon recordings, Alice Sara Ott embraces two masterworks of piano literature: Beethoven's Sonatas in C major, reflecting different phases of the composer's life.

Both C major sonatas on this album have been in Alice Sara Ott's repertoire since her early teens and she feels that recording them now is testimony to her regard for Beethoven and of her ability to present a personal and artistic statement of these works

Sonata op. 2 no. 3, written when Beethoven was in his mid-twenties, is full of youthful spirit, wit, and force. The "Waldstein" op. 53 was composed in his thirties when Beethoven was struggling with impending deafness

Additionally, Alice Sara Ott selected the fierce Rondo "Rage over a Lost Penny," dating from Sonata op. 2's time, and the beautiful Andante favori, originally written as the "Waldstein"'s slow movement

Tracklisting:

Piano Sonata No.3, Op.2 No.3
1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Scherzo. Allegro
4. IV. Allegro assai
Piano Sonata No.21, Op.53 'Waldstein'
5. I. Allegro con brio
6. II. Introduzione. Adagio molto - attacca:
7. III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
8. Andante favori, WoO 57
9. Rondo a capriccio, Op.129 'Die Wut -ber den verlorenen Groschen'