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. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of German pianist Wilhelm Backhaus. His second recording of Beethoven's piano sonatas, made in his later years, will be released as SA-CDs for the first time, newly DSD remastered (only No. 29 is from the first, monaural recording). Backhaus's Beethoven is still listened to worldwide as a standard performance, 50 years after the recording. Backhaus, who made the world's first piano concerto recording for Deutsche Grammophon in 1909, is an indispensable artist in the history of piano performance and recording. Taking advantage of the large capacity of SA-CD, the recordings of 8 CDs are included on 6 discs, and will be released in two 3-disc sets. Please enjoy this performance, revived with a new remaster. Recycled materials will be used.