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MARIA GRINBERG PLAYS BEETHOVEN
Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms



Maria Grinberg plays Beethoven's complete piano concerti and piano sonatas as well as other diverse works for piano.  On this page, she also plays various concerti and sonatas by Mozart, and the music of the great Germani romantics.

You just might hear the best "Rage over a lost penny" ever.  And you will hear the most beautiful performance of the Brahms E♭ major Intermezzo from Op 117 that I have ever heard. And the performance of the Schumann concerto is wonderful.  But most of all, I love the Schubert.  It is played by Mari lovingly, sweetly, and with such grace and beauty.



Maria Grinberg plays Beethoven - The Complete Piano Sonatas


1 in F minor, Op 2 ~1
i Allegro - 03:30 ➢ ii Adagio - 07:33 ➢ iii Menuetto: Allegretto - 10:16 ➢ iv Prestissimo

2 in A major, Op 2 ~2
14:45 ➢ i Allegro vivace - 22:37 ➢ ii Largo appassionato - 29:18 ➢ iii Scherzo: Allegretto - 32:32 ➢ iv Rondo: Grazioso

3 in C major, Op 2 ~3
38:58 ➢ i Allegro con brio - 47:14 ➢ ii Adagio - 56:06 ➢ iii Scherzo - 59:32 ➢ iv Allegro assai

4 in E♭ major, Op 7
1:05:05 ➢ i Allegro molto e con brio - 1:13:14 ➢ ii Largo, con gran espressione - 1:20:57 ➢ iii Allegro - 1:26:09 ➢ iv Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso

5 in C minor, Op 10 ~1
1:33:07 ➢ i Allegro molto e con brio - 1:39:04 ➢ ii Adagio molto - 1:45:38 ➢ iii Prestissimo

6 in F major, Op 10 ~2
1:49:52 ➢ i Allegro - 1:55:32 ➢ ii Allegretto  - 1:59:52 ➢ iii Presto

7 in D major, Op 10 ~3
2:04:17
➢ i Presto - 2:11:22 ➢ ii Largo e mesto - 2:20:21 ➢ iii Menuetto: Allegro - 2:23:13 ➢ iv Rondo: Allegro

8 in C minor, Op 13 "Pathétique"
2:27:20 ➢ i Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio - 2:35:37 ➢ ii Adagio cantabile - 2:40:26 ➢ iii Rondo: Allegro

9 in E major, Op 14 ~1
2:44:38 ➢ i Allegro - 2:51:16 ➢ ii Allegretto - 2:57:00 ➢ Rondo - iii Allegro comodo

10 in G major, Op 14 ~2
2:59:39 ➢ i Allegro - 3:06:09 ➢ ii Andante con variazioni - 3:10:31 ➢ iii Scherzo: Allegro assai

11 in B♭ major, Op 22
3:14:00 ➢ i Allegro con brio - 3:22:13 ➢ ii Adagio con molto espressione - 3:31:11 ➢ iii Menuetto - 3:34:22 ➢ iv Rondo: Allegretto

12 in A♭ major, Op 26
3:40:10 ➢ i Andante con variazioni - 3:48:31 ➢ ii Scherzo: Allegro molto  - 3:51:00 ➢ iii Maestoso andante - 3:56:45 ➢ iv Allegro

13 in E♭ major "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27 ~1
3:59:14 ➢ i Andante. Allegro. Andante - 4:04:01 ➢ ii Allegro molto e vivace - 4:05:52 ➢ iii Adagio con espressione - 4:08:45 ➢ iv Allegro vivace

14 in C♯ minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op 27 ~2, 'Moonlight'
4:14:40 ➢ i Adagio sostenuto - 4:20:24 ➢ ii Allegretto - 4:22:18 ➢ iii Presto agitato

15 in D major, Op 28 "Pastorale"
4:30:25
➢ i Allegro - 4:40:33 ➢ ii Andante - 4:49:52 ➢ iii Scherzo: Allegro vivace - 4:52:00 ➢ iv Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

16 in G major, Op 31 ~1
4:56:45 ➢ i Allegro vivace - 5:03:33 ➢ ii Adagio grazioso - 5:14:34 ➢ iii Rondo: allegretto - presto

17 in D minor, Op 31 ~2 "The Tempest"
5:21:00 ➢ i Largo. Allegro - 5:29:22 ➢ ii Adagio - 5:36:34 ➢ iii Allegretto

18 in E♭ major, Op 31 ~3 "The Hunt"
5:43:15 ➢ i Allegro - 5:51:28 ➢ ii Scherzo: Allegretto vivace - 5:56:10 ➢ iii Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso - 6:00:33 ➢ iv Presto con fuoco

19 in G minor, Op 49 ~1
6:04:58 ➢ i Andante - 6:11:01 ➢ ii Rondo: Allegro

20 in G major, Op 49 ~2
6:14:35 ➢ i Allegro ma non troppo - 6:19:08 ➢ ii Tempo di Menuetto

21 in C major, Op 53 "Waldstein"
6:22:42 ➢ i Allegro con brio - 6:33:59 ➢ ii Introduzione: Adagio molto. Attacca - 6:38:30 ➢ iii Rondo: Allegretto moderato. Prestissimo

22 in F major, Op 54
6:47:37 ➢ i In tempo d'un menuetto - 6:53:10 ➢ ii Allegretto

23 in F minor, Op 57 "Appassionata"
6:58:42 ➢ i Allegro assai - 7:08:59 ➢ ii Andante con moto - 7:14:59 ➢ iii Allegro ma non troppo. Presto

24 in F♯ major, Op 78 "À Thérèse"
7:20:27 ➢ i Adagio cantabile. Allegro ma non troppo - 7:26:50 ➢ ii Allegro vivace

25 in G major, Op 79
7:29:35 ➢ i Presto alla tedesca - 7:34:20 ➢ ii Andante - 7:36:40 ➢ iii Vivace

26 in E♭ major, Op 81a "Les Adieux"
7:38:38 ➢ i Les Adieux: Adagio. Allegro - 7:45:43 ➢ ii L'Absence: Andante espressivo - 7:49:25 ➢ iii Le Retour: Vivacissimamente

27 in E minor, Op 90
7:55:20 ➢ i Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck - 8:00:58 ➢ ii Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen

28 in A major, Op 101
8:07:32 ➢ i Allegretto, ma non troppo - 8:11:12 ➢ ii Vivace alla marcia - 8:16:52 ➢ iii Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto - 8:20:04 ➢ iv Allegro

29 in B♭ major, Op 106 "Hammerklavier"
8:27:12 ➢ i Allegro - 8:38:14 ➢ ii Scherzo: Assai vivace - 8:41:11 ➢ iii Adagio sostenuto - 8:58:03 ➢ iv Introduzione: Largo. Fuga: Allegro risoluto

30 in E major, Op 109
9:10:40 ➢ i Vivace ma non troppo. Adagio espressivo - 9:13:54 ➢ ii Prestissimo - 9:16:25 ➢ iii Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

31 in A♭ major, Op 110
9:27:50 ➢ i Moderato cantabile molto espressivo - 9:34:44 ➢ ii Allegro molto - 9:36:35 ➢ iii Adagio, ma non troppo. Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo

32 in C minor, Op 111
9:48:24 ➢ i Maestoso. Allegro con brio ed appassionato9:57:46 ➢ ii Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile




Maria Grinberg plays Beethoven - The Complete Piano Concerti

1 in C major, Op 15
i Allegro con brio - 19:05 ➢ ii Largo - 31:55 ➢ iii Rondo: Allegro scherzando
Dmitry Kitaenko conducting the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
recorded live in 1970

2 in B♭ major, Op 19
41:55 ➢ i Allegro con brio - 56:46 ➢ ii Adagio - 1:04:57 ➢ iii Rondo: Molto allegro
Kirill Kondrashin conducting the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
recorded in 1947

3 in C minor, Op 37
1:10:43 ➢ i Allegro con brio - 1:28:06 ➢ ii Largo - 1:37:28 ➢ iii Rondo: Allegro
Kurt Sanderling conducting the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
recorded in 1965

4 in G major, Op 58
1:45:58 ➢ i Allegro moderato - 2:03:31 ➢ ii Andante con moto - 2:09:00 ➢ iii Rondo (Vivace)
Näme Jarvi conducting the USSR State Symphony Orchestra
recorded in 1965

5 in E♭ major, Op 73 "Emperor"
2:18:37 ➢ i Allegro - 2:38:19 ➢ ii Adagio un poco mosso - 2:45:51 ➢ iii Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Kurt Sanderling conducting the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
recorded in
1949




Beethoven  Fantaisie in G minor, Op 77
Minuet in G major, WoO 10 ~2
Ecossaise in E♭ major, WoO 83




Beethoven  6 Variations in G major on Paisiello's Duet "Nel corpiu non mi sento", WoO70




Beethoven  Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio, Op129 "Rage over a lost penny"




Mozart  Fantasia in C minor, K 396

recorded in 1969




Mozart  Piano Sonata 15 in F major, K 533/ 494
i Allegro - 7:24 ➢ ii Andante - 14:02 ➢ iii Rondo: Allegretto

recorded in 1970




Mozart  Piano Sonata 18 in D Major, K 576
i Allegro - 04:42 ➢ ii Adagio - 09:33 iii ➢ Allegretto

recorded in 1961




Mozart  Piano Concerto 24 in C minor, K 491
Victor Dubrovsky conducting an unidentified orchestra
recorded live in 1964

i Allegro



ii Larghetto



iii Allegretto (variations)




Schubert  Fantasy in F minor, D 940
arranged for two hands by Maria Grinberg


Part I



Part II




Schubert  Impromptus, Op 90 D 899
1 Allegro molto moderato - 10:52 ➢ 2 Allegro - 16:04 ➢ 3 Andante - 22:37 ➢ 4 Allegretto

recorded live in 1974




Schubert Piano Sonata 13 in A major, D 664
i Allegro moderato - 06:00 ➢ ii Andante - 11:24 ➢ iii Allegro

recorded live in 1974




Schubert  Piano Sonata 16 in A minor, D 845
i Moderato - 08:29 ➢ ii Andante poco moto - 20:02 ➢ iii Scherzo: Allegro vivace  Trio: Un poco più lento - 27:37 ➢ iv Rondo: Allegro vivace




Schubert-Liszt  7 Lieder
1 "Der Wanderer" - 06:30 ➢ 2 "Liebesbotschaft" - 09:48 ➢ 3 "Der Atlas" - 13:30 ➢ 4 "Abschied"
20:01 ➢ 5 "Die Stadt" - 23:17 ➢ 6 "Erstarrung" - 27:26 ➢ 7 "Auf dem Wasser zu singen"

recorded in 1976




Schubert-Grinberg  Waltzer und Ländler

recorded in 1974




Mendelssohn Scherzo a capriccio in F♯ minor,WoO 3

recorded in 1950




Mendelssohn  Phantasie in F♯ minor, Op 28 "Scottish Sonata"
i Con moto agitato - 05:32 ➢ ii Allegro con moto - 08:09 ➢ iii Presto

recorded in the late 1960s




Mendelssohn  from "Songs Without Words"
9 in E major, Op 30 ~3 - 02:16 ➢ 17 in A minor, Op 38 ~5 - 05:19 ➢ Op 53 ~5 - 08:56 ➢ Op 67 ~2
10:58  ➢ Op 67 ~3 - 13:50 ➢ Op 62 ~4 - 15:06 ➢ Op 62 ~3 - 18:06 ➢ Op 102 ~1 - 22:40 ➢ Op 38 ~2 - 25:09 ➢ Op 53 ~2
27:51 ➢ Op 62 ~1 - 30:22 ➢ Op 85 ~2 - 31:44 ➢ Op 67 ~5 - 34:10 ➢ Op 102 ~4 - 35:56 ➢ Op 62 ~6 - 37:52 ➢ Op 102 ~5

radio recordings in 1967 & 1968




Schumann   "Symphonic Etudes" Op 13

recorded in 1961




Schumann  Kinderszenen, Op 15

recorded in 1951




Schumann  from Bunte Blätter, Op 99
10 Praludium - 01:16 ➢ 1 Stücke I - 03:25 ➢ 2 Stücke II - 04:16 ➢ 3 Stücke III - 05:01 ➢ 4 Albumblatter I
06:56 ➢ 5 Albumblatter II - 07:44 6 ➢ Albumblatter III - 09:29 ➢ 7 Albumblatter IV - 11:46 ➢ 8 Albumblatter V - 13:27 ➢ 13 Scherzo




Schumann  Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op 54
Karl Eliasberg conducting an unidentified orchestra


ia Allegro affettuoso



ib Allegro affettuoso



ii Intermezzo: Andante grazioso



iii Allegro vivace




Brahms  Variations on a theme by Schumann, Op 9




Brahms  Ballade in  B major, Op 10 ~4




Brahms  from Sixteen Waltzes, Op 39
1 in B major - 01:00 ➢ 3 in G♯ minor - 01:39 ➢ 7 in C♯ minor - 04:23 ➢ 16 in D minor - 04:54 ➢ 6 in C♯ major - 05:56 ➢ 15 in A major




Brahms  Capriccio in B minor, Op 76 ~2

recorded in 1950




Brahms  Intermezzo in E♭ major, Op 117 ~1

recorded in 1961




For those of you who enjoy murder mysteries, here is my first with a strong musical polemic as background

Murder in the House of the Muse

which is also available as an audiobook.



And this is the more recently published second mystery in the series:

Murder Follows the Muse



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