专辑介绍：
威廉·肯普夫1895年出生于德国居特伯格的路德教派家庭，祖父与父亲都担任过教堂管风琴手与圣歌领唱。肯普夫也是从教堂开始接触音乐，年轻的时候，他是少数能同时能举办管风琴独奏会的钢琴家。肯普夫在键盘乐器上的才华十分罕见，在柏林高等音乐学校入学考试里，九岁的肯普夫已经能把十二平均律里任何一首曲子随意用一个调性凭记忆弹出。 1917年在柏林举办独奏会后，肯普夫正式步入职业音乐家生涯。这场音乐会的曲目有贝多芬《汉马克拉维》奏鸣曲与勃拉姆斯《帕格尼尼变奏曲》。一年后首度与柏林爱乐合作。没有多久，肯普夫的名声已经传满整个欧洲、拉丁美洲与日本，唱片也在世界各地畅销不衰，但是他到1951年与64年才首度造访英国和美国。肯普夫对教学很有兴趣，1924年到29年在德国斯图加特担任音乐学校校长，1931年到41年与费舍、季雪金在波茨坦开办暑期高级班，战后更在波西塔诺、巴伐利亚等地主持贝多芬钢琴作品讲座。
肯普夫曾在柏林跟随卡恩学习作曲，创作时期集中在三十年代，作品包括四部歌剧、一部芭蕾、神剧、两部交响曲（第一号交响曲由福特万格勒指挥首演）、两首协奏曲、交响诗、钢琴与管风琴曲，以及德国艺术歌曲等。部份作品曾经在九十年代中期发行，从这些乐曲可以看出作曲家肯普夫对演奏技巧要求十分严厉，乐风散发着迷人魅力与幽默感，对掌握音色很杰出。
肯普夫也为贝多芬四首钢琴协奏曲、莫扎特数首钢琴协奏曲重新编写装饰奏。和同辈钢琴家，如：施纳贝尔、费舍兼具澎湃气势、诗意与趣味性的装饰奏相比，肯普夫的版本毫不逊色。布兰德尔就表示，从这些装饰奏时时可见肯普夫最高艺术的表现。肯普夫在1991年以九十六高龄逝世。
二次大战前，肯普夫的足迹遍及欧洲、南美与日本，大战结束后才到伦敦（一九五一）与纽约（一九六四）演出。在演奏生涯最后几年里，肯普夫的曲目多以德国古典与浪漫派作品为重心，特别是贝多芬的作品。除了独奏，肯普夫也从事教学、创作与室内乐演出，梅纽因、谢霖和罗斯特罗波维奇等人都是他的搭档。一九三一年到四一年间，肯普夫与费舍等人在波茨坦的暑期高级班里担任教授，战后还曾经主持过贝多芬钢琴作品讲座，因此许多后辈杰出钢琴家都接受过肯普夫的指导，其中最出色的就是内田光子。（转自hereismusic.com）
CD 1:
Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1
Track 1
1. Allegro [4:33]
Track 2
2. Adagio [4:41]
Track 3
3. Menuetto (Allegretto) [3:02]
Track 4
4. Prestissimo [5:23]
Piano Sonata No.2 in A, Op.2 No.2
Track 5
1. Allegro vivace [5:32]
Track 6
2. Largo appassionato [7:02]
Track 7
3. Scherzo (Allegretto) [3:17]
Track 8
4. Rondo (Grazioso) [6:30]
Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, Op.7
Track 9
1. Allegro molto e con brio [8:42]
Track 10
2. Largo, con gran espressione [7:50]
Track 11
3. Allegro [5:19]
Track 12
4. Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso) [7:14]
Total Playing Time: [1:09:28]
CD 2:
Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3
Track 1
1. Allegro con brio [7:40]
Track 2
2. Adagio [7:09]
Track 3
3. Scherzo (Allegro) [2:46]
Track 4
4. Allegro assai [5:14]
Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1
Track 5
1. Allegro molto e con brio [6:09]
Track 6
2. Adagio molto [7:45]
Track 7
3. Finale (Prestissimo) [3:58]
Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10 No.2
Track 8
1. Allegro [5:39]
Track 9
2. Allegretto [3:30]
Track 10
3. Presto [3:44]
Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3
Track 11
1. Presto [5:00]
Track 12
2. Largo e mesto [8:45]
Track 13
3. Menuetto (Allegro) [2:51]
Track 14
4. Rondo (Allegro) [3:59]
Total Playing Time: [1:14:41]
CD 3:
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique"
Track 1
1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio [7:44]
Track 2
2. Adagio cantabile [4:05]
Track 3
3. Rondo (Allegro) [4:33]
Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1
Track 4
1. Allegro [6:40]
Track 5
2. Allegretto [3:34]
Track 6
3. Rondo (Allegro comodo) [3:37]
Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14 No.2
Track 7
1. Allegro [7:29]
Track 8
2. Andante [5:23]
Track 9
3. Scherzo (Allegro assai) [3:18]
Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat, Op.22
Track 10
1. Allegro con brio [7:33]
Track 11
2. Adagio con molto espressione [7:37]
Track 12
3. Menuetto [3:09]
Track 13
4. Rondo (Allegretto) [6:27]
Total Playing Time: [1:11:43]
CD 4:
Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat, Op.26
Track 1
1. Andante con variazioni [8:06]
Track 2
2. Scherzo (Allegro molto) [2:50]
Track 3
3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe [5:31]
Track 4
4. Allegro [3:07]
Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat, Op.27 No.1
Track 5
1. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I [4:46]
Track 6
2. Allegro molto e vivace [2:18]
Track 7
3. Adagio con espressione [2:58]
Track 8
4. Allegro vivace - Tempo I - Presto [5:48]
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight"
Track 9
1. Adagio sostenuto [6:20]
Track 10
2. Allegretto [2:19]
Track 11
3. Presto [5:52]
Piano Sonata No.15 in D, Op.28 -"Pastorale"
Track 12
1. Allegro [7:28]
Track 13
2. Andante [6:37]
Track 14
3. Scherzo (Allegro assai) [2:27]
Track 15
4. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo) [5:00]
Total Playing Time: [1:11:58]
CD 5:
Piano Sonata No.16 in G, Op.31 No.1
Track 1
1. Allegro vivace [4:53]
Track 2
2. Adagio grazioso [11:02]
Track 3
3. Rondo (Allegretto) [6:23]
Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest"
Track 4
1. Largo - Allegro [6:19]
Track 5
2. Adagio [7:21]
Track 6
3. Allegretto [7:06]
Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat, Op.31 No.3 -"The Hunt"
Track 7
1. Allegro [6:09]
Track 8
2. Scherzo (Allegretto vivace) [5:07]
Track 9
3. Menuetto (Moderato e grazioso) [4:32]
Track 10
4. Presto con fuoco [4:45]
Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1
Track 11
1. Andante [4:07]
Track 12
2. Rondo (Allegro) [3:45]
Total Playing Time: [1:12:02]
CD 6:
Piano Sonata No.20 in G, Op.49 No.2
Track 1
1. Allegro ma non troppo [4:37]
Track 2
2. Tempo di Menuetto [3:45]
Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -"Waldstein"
Track 3
1. Allegro con brio [8:25]
Track 4
2. Introduzione (Adagio molto) [3:31]
Track 5
3. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo) [9:43]
Piano Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54
Track 6
1. In Tempo d'un Menuetto [6:01]
Track 7
2. Allegretto [5:57]
Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 -"Appassionata"
Track 8
1. Allegro assai [9:43]
Track 9
2. Andante con moto [6:11]
Track 10
3. Allegro ma non troppo [5:35]
Piano Sonata No.24 in F sharp, Op.78 "For Therese"
Track 11
1. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo [4:59]
Track 12
2. Allegro vivace [2:49]
Total Playing Time: [1:11:55]
CD 7:
Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79
Track 1
1. Presto alla tedesca [3:03]
Track 2
2. Andante [2:29]
Track 3
3. Vivace [1:52]
Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux"
Track 4
1. Das Lebewohl (Adagio - Allegro) [6:51]
Track 5
2. Abwesendheit (Andante espressivo) [3:01]
Track 6
3. Das Wiedersehn (Vivacissimamente) [4:08]
Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90
Track 7
1. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck [5:07]
Track 8
2. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen [8:07]
Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat, Op.106 -"Hammerklavier"
Track 9
1. Allegro [8:54]
Track 10
2. Scherzo (Assai vivace - Presto - Prestissimo - Tempo I) [2:41]
Track 11
3. Adagio sostenuto [15:21]
Track 12
4. Largo - Allegro risoluto [11:47]
Total Playing Time: [1:13:50]
CD 8:
Piano Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101
Track 1
1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo) [3:35]
Track 2
2. Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Vivace alla marcia) [5:41]
Track 3
3. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto) [2:23]
Track 4
4. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossen- heit (Allegro) [7:12]
Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109
Track 5
1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I [3:14]
Track 6
2. Prestissimo [2:23]
Track 7
3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) [10:59]
Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat, Op.110
Track 8
1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo [6:04]
Track 9
2. Allegro molto [2:29]
Track 10
3. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo) [9:33]
Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111
Track 11
1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato [7:05]
Track 12
2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile) [14:33]
Total Playing Time: [1:15:37]
