Late piano sonatas (Beethoven)
The late piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven usually refer to the last five piano sonatas the composer composed during his late period.
- Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
 - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
 - Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
 - Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
 - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
 
Some compilations may include Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 as one of Beethoven's late piano sonatas.
Recordings
Complete cycle:
- Claudio Arrau (Philips Classics)
 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca Classics)
 - Wilhelm Backhaus (Decca Classics)
 - Daniel Barenboim (3 recordings: 2 on Deutsche Grammophon, 1 on EMI Classics)
 - Alfred Brendel (3 recordings: 2 on Philips Classics, reissued on Decca Classics; 1 earlier set on Vox, reissued by Brilliant Classics)
 - Annie Fischer (Hungaroton)
 - Claude Frank (Music and Arts)
 - Walter Gieseking
 - Seonuk Gim (Accentus Music)
 - Richard Goode (Nonesuch)
 - Glenn Gould (30—32 on Columbia Masterworks (1956); posthumous releases of 28 on CBC Records from a radio broadcast, and 29 on Sony Classical)
 - Friedrich Gulda (3 recordings: 1 on Decca Classics; 1 on Amadeo Records, reissued on Brilliant Classics and Decca Classics; and one on Orfeo, first released in 2010)
 - Éric Heidsieck (EMI Classics)
 - Wilhelm Kempff (2 recordings on Deutsche Grammophon)
 - Stephen Kovacevich (EMI Classics)
 - Christian Leotta (ATMA Classique)
 - Igor Levit (Sony Classics)
 - Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)
 - Yves Nat (EMI classics)
 - Kun-Woo Paik (Decca Classics)
 - Maurizio Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon)
 - Sviatoslav Richter (various performances of each sonata on varying labels)
 - Bernard Roberts (Nimbus)
 - Charles Rosen (CBS, reissued on CD Sony Classics)
 - András Schiff (ECM Records)
 - Artur Schnabel (EMI Classics)
 - Peter Serkin (Musical Concepts)
 - Rudolf Serkin (Sony Classical)
 - Solomon (EMI Classics)
 - Mitsuko Uchida (Philips Classics)
 
Partial cycle (3 or more):
- Christoph Eschenbach (Nos. 29–32 on EMI Classics)
 - Emil Gilels (Nos. 28–31 on Deutsche Grammophon)
 
Of the five sonatas, the last one (in C minor) is the most often recorded, as heard in interpretations by Julius Katchen, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Mikhail Pletnev, Ivo Pogorelić, and Anatol Ugorski.
See also
- Piano sonatas (Beethoven)
 - Diabelli Variations, another piano work composed during Beethoven's late period
 - Bagatelles Op. 119 & Op. 126
 - Schubert's last sonatas