Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 Wilhelm Backhaus (3 SACD Single Layer) Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 Wilhelm Backhaus (3 SACD Single Layer) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Backhaus's death and the 90th anniversary of Decca's founding. The second collection of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas recorded in his later years by German pianist Wilhelm Backhaus will be released on SA-CD, newly DSD remastered for the first time this year, marking the 50th anniversary of his death (only the 29th sonata is from the first monaural recording). Backhaus's Beethoven continues to be heard worldwide as a standard performance even 50 years after its recording. Backhaus is an artist indispensable to the history of piano performance and recording, having made the world's first recording of a piano concerto for Deutsche Grammophon in 1909. Utilizing the large capacity of SA-CD, the recordings originally spanning 8 CDs will be condensed into 6 discs and released as two 3-disc sets. Please enjoy these performances revived with new remastering. Recycled materials will be used.