Beethoven/Bavouzet - Piano Sonatas 3

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
(Chandos, three CDs)

The latest set completes Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s Beethoven cycle. With the 32 sonatas grouped chronologically, it has emerged in three-disc volumes at roughly two-year intervals. This, the third and final, is necessarily the weightiest in musical terms, taking in the last 11 sonatas, from the F major Op 54 to the final trilogy of Opp 109, 110 and 111.

Related: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 2, 7, 10, 13 and 14, etc – review