Daniel-Ben Pienaar - Beethoven: The 32 Piano Sonatas

Daniel-Ben Pienaar trains his sharp intellect and formidable technique on the most revered body of works in the classical piano repertory, Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas.

Having scaled the heights of J. S. Bach's 48, The Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as Bach's Goldberg Variations and Mozart's Piano Sonatas, Daniel-Ben Pienaar turns to arguably the most revered body of works in the piano repertory, Beethoven's 32. Training his sharp intellect and formidable technique on this touchstone of classical canons, Pienaar's interpretations are altogether as stimulating as they are engaging.

Personnel: Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)

Critical acclaim for Daniel-Ben Pienaar:

(5 stars) Pienaar has a technique at once athletic and graceful...fresh, spontaneous, original readings that shed new light on the keyboard player's Bible. - BBC Music Magazine (Instrumental Choice) on Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier

The work has a reputation for difficulty both from the performer's and listener's point of view but the young South African makes light of its technical rigours and springs plenty of interpretative surprises. - The Sunday Times (Classical CD of the Week) on Beethoven's Diabelli Variations

This new recording is indispensable. - BBC Music Magazine on Bach's Goldberg Variations

Interpretations where, within the letter critically observed, a numinous power breaks free. Momentous Mozart. - Gramophone Editor's Choice, on Mozart The Piano Sonatas