Beethoven in my room – Tempest, Waldstein, Appassionata

The acoustics of a clay-walled music room and a beloved Steinway.

Yukiko Hori’s rigorous musical architecture, grounded in her fresh and lucid view of each work, brings vividly to life the will to construct, and the delicate balance between stillness and surging force, reflected in three sonatas representative of Beethoven’s middle period. This album offers the closest possible encounter with the intimate yet clear-edged sound that fills the clay-walled space created in the pianist’s own home.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

• Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “Tempest”
  
  • [1]　I. Allegro
  • [2]　II. Adagio
  • [3]　III. Allegretto
• Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
  
  • [4]　I. Allegro con brio
  • [5]　II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
  • [6]　III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
• Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
  
  • [7]　I. Allegro assai
  • [8]　II. Andante con moto
  • [9]　III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Yukiko Hori, piano

Instrument: Steinway A

Recording Engineer: Yukio Kojima
Assistant Engineer & Music Editing: Ikuro Yoshida
Piano Technician: Ken’ichi Kouzaki
Photo: Kazuhito Hashimoto (Studio Sunseed)
Cover Design: Kae Ueno
Booklet Editing: Kensuke Fujii
Produced by Yasuo Mitsuhashi