Beethoven Sonata N° 21 ‚Waldstein‘:

Allegro con brio – Introduzione. Adagio molto – Rondo: Allegretto moderato. Prestissimo

18’14 – 26’40

Beethoven Sonata N° 21 ‚Waldstein‘ Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven – Piano sonata n°21 op.53 „Waldstein“ – Annie Fischer – Studio recording, 1977-78

Lucas Jussen plays Beethoven sonata Opus. 53 (Waldstein Sonata) – Live recording – 2014 Seoul Arts Center (mit Zwischenapplaus nach dem 1. Satz)

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.53 Waldstein Radu Lupu

Beethoven: ‚Waldstein‘ Sonata no.21 András Schiff 2008, Tokyo (Bösendorfer)

Beethoven “Piano Sonata No 21, ‘Waldstein’” Friedrich Gulda, 1968

Und zum Schluss – wie immer – das Allerbeste (in meinen Ohren) – ex aequo:

Walter Gieseking plays Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 „Waldstein“ (1/2) – rec. 1938

Walter Gieseking plays Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 „Waldstein“ (2/2) – rec. 1938

Josef Hofmann plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 „Waldstein“ (Live recording, 1938) – „Warning: not for purists! There are several „distortions“ in the recording — and I mean not only in the sound (fluctuations in volume) but also in the interpretation…but I prefer to call them the idiosyncrasies of a Master…“