Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonatas, Opp. 109, 110 & 111 (Mitsuko Uchida)

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Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

• Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
• Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
• Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111

Mitsuko Uchida, piano

Date: 2026

Label: Decca

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World-renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida releases a new live album featuring Beethoven's final three piano sonatas (Op. 109, 110, and 111), recorded at Tokyo's Suntory Hall in October 2025. Marking her second and definitive recording of these masterpieces following her 2006 release, this album highlights her standing as a peerless interpreter of Beethoven, building on her Gramophone Award-winning recording of the Diabelli Variations. Written between 1820 and 1822 alongside the Missa solemnis, Beethoven’s late sonatas represent the ultimate pinnacle of his keyboard output, moving beyond classic structural boundaries into profound introspection and emotional resolution.

Celebrated as one of the most revered pianists of our time, Mitsuko Uchida is renowned for her definitive interpretations of classical masters like Mozart, Schubert, and Beethoven, as well as modernists like Schoenberg and Kurtág. An exclusive Decca artist, her distinguished career encompasses two Grammy Awards, multiple Gramophone Awards, and prestigious international honors, including the Praemium Imperiale and Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal. Co-Director of the Marlboro Music Festival, Uchida routinely collaborates with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, maintaining an extraordinary global presence across the premier concert halls and festivals of Europe, North America, and Asia.