DVD + Blu-Ray:
Barenboim – Beethoven: The complete Piano Sonatas

“No matter how many times you play them, there are always fresh personal perspectives waiting to be discovered.” Daniel Barenboim

Few musicians in the world are as intimately familiar with Beethoven’s piano sonatas as Daniel Barenboim, who has been exploring these works since the earliest days of his career - a musical novel in 32 chapters and an artistic cosmos in itself. Barenboim recorded the full cycle of Beethoven sonatas in the Pierre Boulez Saal in 2020 and presents these works in chronological order of their creation - providing an exciting look at the composer’s artistic development. With this sonata cycle, Daniel Barenboim has set himself a legacy!

The box includes 234 mins of Bonus material: a 42-minutes interview with Daniel Barenboim on Beethoven and 3 masterclasses with Daniel Barenboim, working with students of the Barenboim-Said Academy featuring Alexandre Kantorow (winner of the 1st price and gold medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition 2019) working on Sonata No. 2, Nathalia Milstein on Sonata No. 15 “Pastoral” and Fabian Müller on Sonata No. 23 “Appassionata”.

Original title Daniel Barenboim – Beethoven: The complete Piano Sonatas
Recording location Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, May 2020
Duration 942 mins
Production Company A production of Unitel in cooperation with Pierre Boulez Saal
TV Director Frederic Delesques
Composer L.v. Beethoven
Soloist Daniel Barenboim