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The first ever truly complete recording of
a major recorded achievement
Gramophone
the greatest recorded achievement of the 250th anniversary
The Spectator
With more than 20 hours of music, this boxed set of 16 CDs (HC 19032) includes a great many pieces of fine quality which are little-known and which are bound to delight the listener, like the many elegant Dances.
- The boxed set is available at a remarkably attractive price
- More recording details and a full list of works can be viewed here
- More review excerpts are available here
Artamag - review by Jean-Charles Hoffelé
COMPLETENESS, 4 January 2020It is no secret that the natural timbre of Martino Tirimo is one of the most beautiful among today’s pianists
a classic balance is used in Beethoven to erase moods and allow the music to be heard first and foremost
an amazing 'Hammerklavier' of controlled power
It is an overwhelming lyric journey which crowns a unique complete set
This rare project presents perhaps one of the most significant collections in classical music. The works can be heard in chronological order from Beethoven‘s earliest compositions at the age of 12 right up to the final short pieces of 1825, written some 18 months before his death. This presentation displays the composer’s remarkable development from the influence of Haydn and Mozart in his youthful works to his own idiomatic language of the middle period and, finally, to the heights of great spiritual depth in the works of the final 10 years or so.
The Spectator - article by Damian Thompson
18 July 2020The article compares many different recordings of the Beethoven Piano sonatas and concludes that:
one new cycle sweeps all before it
It's decades since a pianist has managed to convey such an overwhelming sense that we’re listening to pure Beethoven. And there are 20 hours of it - surely the greatest recorded achievement of this anniversary year.
His journey, made under extraordinarily difficult circumstances, is one of the most astonishing in all music and it is one which very much determined the future direction of classical music. Without Beethoven’s immense influence, who knows what would have followed Mozart?
Gramophone - review by Jed Distler
Focus issue, December 2019a pianistic parallel to Otto Klemperer
The profoundest sonata slow movements may reach their emotional boiling temperature in the manner of Arrau, yet Tirimo’s long-lined concentration and sense of proportion are gripping on their own terms.
Collectors… who are interested as much in Beethoven's creative process as in the ensuing end results should give Tirimo's fastidious and mindful artistry its due … a major recorded achievement.
After recording all the works, and also in his research for the writing of all the Notes for the booklet, Martino has concluded that there is a much more human side to Beethoven’s personality than the image that is often portrayed. His kindness, sweetness, humour and romantic fervour are not qualities one readily associates with him, and yet they abound in his music. Perhaps the surprise in this Collection are some of the lesser-known or rarely performed works, such as the Dances, many Variation sets and a variety of single pieces including Preludes, Rondos and Bagatelles. Other pieces, like the inspiring Fantasy Op.77, demonstrate magnificently his extraordinary gift for improvisation.
Fono Forum - review by Ingo Harden
Recommendation of the month, January 2020Tirimo’s pianism is without question first class… a model of musical craftsmanship.
Also, in celebration of the composer’s 250th anniversary of birth, Martino will be giving numerous Beethoven concerts and series over the next three years.
Piano News - review by Carsten Dürer
October 2019the outstanding achievement of this box of the complete solo piano works of Ludwig van Beethoven offers a curtain-raiser to the coming Beethoven year that surely not many will be able to emulate.
- Recorded at the Leipzig Gewandhaus
- Engineered and produced by Genuin Recording Group
- Released by Hänssler Classic in October 2019
Piano Journal - Cover issue and interview by Murray McLachlan, December 2019
[Tirimo’s] latest marathon is unique in the 21st century
a Herculean feat
a deeply impressive legacy
revelatory and inspiring
An inspiring poet of the piano... a pianist of vision... his playing is among the most haunting and fascinating of all.
The Daily Telegraph
A formidable virtuoso and one with unmistakeable magnetism.
The Guardian
The biography and reviews pages are downloadable in Chinese and Japanese:
Biography: 繁體中文 (traditional Chinese) | 简体中文 (simplified Chinese) | 日本語 (Japanese)
Reviews: 繁體中文 (traditional Chinese) | 简体中文 (simplified Chinese) | 日本語 (Japanese)