Les Adieux Sonata • The Complete Original

For over two hundred years, the genius of Ludwig van Beethoven has provided a standard of excellence in solo piano compositions and our goal is to create a library of his greatest sonatas. We have chosen the Moonlight, Pathetique, Appassionata, Waldstein, and Les Adieux as the five most significant works ever written for concert piano.

These “originals” are in pure form as we have gone to great lengths and much research to preserve the authenticity of each one of them. Every sonata is complete and unedited with all three movements, Waldstein having four, are identical to Ludwig’s penned manuscripts.

The performance notes and biographical substance is unprecedented, adding significant educational value. Engraved with only 4 systems a page on heavy cream stock, therefore reading them is quite pleasing to the eyes making practice, study, and performance more enjoyable.

The Sonata in E Flat Major, Opus 81A, was also known as Les Adieux but Ludwig would have preferred the title in German, Das Lebewohl.