In this recording, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas, composed over twenty-five years and embodying the shift of musical taste from the Classic to the Romantic, their performance requires a musician of extraordinary versatility. Daniel Barenboim is one such pianist his recordings run the gamut from Bach and Mozart to Bruckner and Bartók.
Acting
Barenboim's face tells whole stories without a single word.
Direction
Unobtrusive cameras that know when to simply observe.
Production
Recorded in Berlin's Pierre Boulez Saal with pristine acoustics.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are nicknamed the 'New Testament' of piano music, with Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier as the 'Old Testament' — Barenboim has recorded both.
Barenboim performed all 32 sonatas in 8 consecutive days in 2020 at age 77, a feat of physical and mental endurance that mirrors Beethoven's own marathon composing sessions.
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