Kun-Woo Paik - Beethoven: Favorite Piano Sonatas (2019)

Kun Woo Paik’s recordings include works by Scriabin, Liszt, and Musorgsky, as well as the Rachmaninoff piano concerto cycle for BMG. His recording of the complete Prokofiev piano concertos received France’s Diapason d’Or 1993 and Nouvelle Académie du Disque awards. As an exclusive Decca artist, he recorded Busoni’s transcriptions of works by J.S. Bach, Fauré’s piano works (which won all the major prizes in France), and Chopin’s complete works for piano and orchestra (with Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic); in 2005 he began a project to record all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas. Mr. Paik’s recent engagements include a Carnegie Hall recital, a performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov, the complete Rachmaninoff concerto cycle in St. Petersburg, and returns to the New Japan Philharmonic, China Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, and Bergen Philharmonic. He has also given recitals in France, Italy, and Spain.
Tracklist
1. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (08:45)
2. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile (04:57)
3. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": III. Rondo. Allegro (04:46)
4. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (06:56)
5. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": II. Allegretto (02:20)
6. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto (07:18)
7. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": I. Largo - Allegro (08:51)
8. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": II. Adagio (06:57)
9. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": III. Allegretto (06:23)
10. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro (07:27)
11. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": II. Abwesendheit. Andante espressivo (04:04)
12. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": III. Das Wiedersehn. Vivacissimamente (05:53)
13. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastorale": I. Allegro (10:31)
14. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastorale": II. Andante (06:59)
15. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastorale": III. Scherzo. Allegro assai (02:10)
16. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastorale": IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo (04:34)
17. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio (10:27)
18. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": II. Introduzione. Adagio molto (03:56)
19. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo (10:07)
20. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": I. Allegro assai (10:02)
21. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": II. Andante con moto (06:24)
22. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": III. Allegro ma non troppo (07:27)