Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

By Ludwig van Beethoven

This is a vital addition to my collection of the Beethoven sonatas. The reprint quality is not perfect but it's well-bound considering how inexpensive it is compared with other editions. Schenker was perhaps the first to bring out a well-researched and scholarly edition of the sonatas. His...

fingerings are good, similar in some ways to Schnabel's, and as with the latter's, I'm not in agreement with all of them. I enjoy it for its historical relevance and turn to it as I do my other editions when I'm studying a particular sonata.

I love this book; it was pretty quick to be delivered too.

its been what ive learned on and i find the fingerings are great, the books are well made, pages dont start falling out, i plan on using this edition for good

This (along with Volume 2 of course) is definitely the best possible collection of Beethoven's Sonatas at an amazingly inexpensive price. Do NOT buy any other editions! These pieces, though best reserved for the early advanced student, can be played by less experienced players with a lot of hard...

work. Trust me, I'm one of them :)

This is part one of the complete Piano Sonatas. With the works so well known, how to review? This volume contains number 8, Opus 13, "Pathetique", and number 14, Opus 27, #2, "Fantasia", commonly known as "Moonlight". The introduction is concise and provides a jump-off point if one wishes...

to pursue the various versions and histories of the sonatas, and briefly describes the editor Schenker. I haven't played in 20 years, so the fingering provided was not distracting, and on the whole helpful. I'll write back in a few years to advise on the quality of the binding (did they eventully fall apart, etc.)