Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonate pour piano n° 17 en ré mineur, op. 31 n° 2 "La Tempête"
Sonate pour piano n° 20 en sol majeur, op. 49 n° 2
Sonate pour piano n° 27 en mi mineur, op. 90
Sonate pour piano n° 31 en la bémol majeur, op. 110

Daniel Heide, piano

"In each volume of my complete recording of the piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven, I have clearly chosen the order of pieces with autobiographical criteria in mind. Over the past 15 years, my work as a pianist has increasingly migrated toward music-making in partnership with others. Although I started out mainly as a chamber musician collaborating with instrumentalists and singers, the focus has increasingly shifted toward duo recitals, primarily vocal recitals on a worldwide scale – but I never could have dreamed that such appearances would become so frequent that they would allow me to earn a stable living. Whenever I was asked what became of my solo playing, I had to answer with a shrug, explaining that I needed a sort of sabbatical to let me practice solo repertoire undisturbed before I started giving solo piano recitals again. Then, covid struck. All of a sudden, I had time on my hands". (Daniel Heide)