Beatrice Rana – Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 “Funeral March” – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier” (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Beatrice Rana – Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 “Funeral March” – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier” (2024)
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Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata and Chopin’s Piano Sonata in B flat minor are not only among the most demanding, but also the most visionary works in piano history. Anyone who wants to combine these two eight-thousanders on one album must have a strong artistic personality as well as pianistic mastery: like Beatrice Rana, the world-renowned top pianist from Italy, who has taken on this adventure with overwhelming success. Here, music becomes a parable for fundamental questions of human existence.

For Beatrice Rana, what both pieces have in common is the emotional range they traverse, from ecstatic passion to extreme introversion. When she studied Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata intensively during the coronavirus pandemic, she came across states of mind, particularly in the third movement, that reminded her of her own isolation in times of lockdown

Chopin’s sonata with the famous funeral march also speaks of inner suffering and overcoming it – a piece that has accompanied Beatrice Rana for many years and has contributed to her outstanding reputation as a Chopin interpreter; in this area, the New York Times notes, she has “set new standards”.

“These two sonatas transcend the human condition in very different ways. Both have a lot to do with the fear of death, with the fear of loneliness. But each finds a solution in a different way.” An album that not only offers beauty, but also hope.

Tracklist:
1-01. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 “Funeral March”: I. Grave – Doppio movimento (08:08)
1-02. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 “Funeral March”: II. Scherzo (07:10)
1-03. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 “Funeral March”: III. Marche funèbre. Lento (10:27)
1-04. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 “Funeral March”: IV. Finale. Presto (01:52)
1-05. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”: I. Allegro (10:38)
1-06. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”: II. Scherzo. Assai vivace (02:39)
1-07. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”: III. Adagio sostenuto (18:39)
1-08. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”: IV. Largo (02:27)
1-09. Beatrice Rana – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”: V. Allegro risoluto (09:14)

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