Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

[prémont]

@Todd, Amazon offers a complete Beethoven set for download in mp3 format, all attributed to Dubravka Tomsic. If this were true, it would be sensational, which is why I'm skeptical. Given your extensive experience with Beethoven sonata collections, can you determine the actual performers?

https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Sonata-Flat-Op-Hammerklavier/dp/B002ZFMQLO

[Todd]

Amazon offers a complete Beethoven set for download in mp3 format, all attributed to Dubravka Tomsic.

As far as I am aware, Tomsic did not record a complete cycle.  Apple streams Tomsic in a complete set with other pianists as well (below) on the "Classical Masters" label.  I suspect Amazon sells and streams the same thing, just packaged differently.  It could be a different mix, though.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-complete-piano-sonatas-of-ludwig-van-beethoven/732877012

[Todd]

It is worth noting that Tomsic recorded for Koch Schwann, which is currently a sublabel of Deutsche Grammophon.  DG just released a fourth batch of twelve Koch Schwann recordings in digital format earlier this month, so they are currently working with the catalog.  A direct inquiry with the company whether Tomsic recorded a complete cycle might yield a definitive answer. 

[AnotherSpin]

As far as I am aware, Tomsic did not record a complete cycle.  Apple streams Tomsic in a complete set with other pianists as well (below) on the "Classical Masters" label.  I suspect Amazon sells and streams the same thing, just packaged differently.  It could be a different mix, though.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-complete-piano-sonatas-of-ludwig-van-beethoven/732877012

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[prémont]

It is worth noting that Tomsic recorded for Koch Schwann, which is currently a sublabel of Deutsche Grammophon.  DG just released a fourth batch of twelve Koch Schwann recordings in digital format earlier this month, so they are currently working with the catalog.  A direct inquiry with the company whether Tomsic recorded a complete cycle might yield a definitive answer. 

Thanks. I tend to think that if she has recorded a full cycle it was for a small East European label and not for Koch. 

[Holden]

From my perspective it's highly unlikely that she has recorded a complete given that she has been a 'house' pianist for a number of obscure labels and they're not the type to do complete cycles. Tomsic is now 84 years old and is still teaching (I believe) in her native slovenia. Check out her Scarlatti.