A Beethoven Trilogy
The Last Piano Sonatas: Opp. 109, 110 & 111

Sonata in E major, Op. 109
Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110
Sonata in c minor, Op. 111

Victor Rosenbaum, piano 

BRIDGE 9159

Written between 1820 and 1822 at a time when Beethoven was suffering from a variety of maladies including nearly total deafness, each of these three sonatas stands alone as a great artistic achievement.  Heard together in Victor Rosenbaum's magisterial performances, these  works remind us of what vast new territories of the imagination Beethoven explored. Pianist Victor Rosenbaum became a member of the piano faculty at the New England Conservatory in 1967, and went on to head both the piano and chamber music departments at NEC.  In addition to his long tenure at NEC, Rosenbaum was Director and President of the Longy School of Music from 1985 to 2001, where he continues as a faculty member. Victor Rosenbaum has toured as a soloist throughout Europe and the USA, and in 1996 made his first solo recording for Bridge Records–a highly acclaimed Schubert recital (BRIDGE 9070).  In this recording, made in Boston's acoustically superb Jordan Hall, Rosenbaum plays Beethoven's final three sonatas in powerfully insightful readings.