Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics: Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas: All 32 Sonatas from Volumes 1 and 2

Fantastic value, it'd cost more to print it off yourself. Had the Schirmer edition of the first 16 as a child and it's still the same....still the same, often uneccessary rambling notes and opinions of the editors taking up so much page space....if they'd put 'em at the end there'd be more staves per page with less page turns. And the audacity of these academic twerps...i'd recommend any serious student to check out other editions and Beethoven's autograph copies so as not to be misled by these people who, only a few years after Ludwig died, thought they knew better than him (!!!!) and changed and added stuff. Still, their flowery language is often amusing, and you've got all 32 sonatas for a bargain price. Just be careful!

Great value. Includes suggested fingerings and background information about Beethoven. I have not been playing long and wanted to pick out several of the less challenging sonatas. This is ideal for me. It is a very large book the the spiral binding make it easy to turn the pages.I have not experienced any difficulty in reading the score and like other Schirmer's scores provides explanations and suggestions for the ornamentations.

Great to have all the sonatas in one volume, helpfully spiral bound for easy page turning, and at a more than reasonable price.

Content superb. Printing and paper somewhat poor however that seems par for the course these days sadly.

Would not recommend this as it is bulky and the spiral binding feels flimsy (won't last). Stark white paper and heavy bold notation is difficult to read. Page turning while playing almost impossible because of binding. Schirmer is a quality publisher and produce this in two volumes - buy those instead.

Its a great book but my sight reading skill is too low so difficult to use, dont get this yet if you have limited experience playing piano.

If you want a good quality, long lasting edition of the Beethoven sonatas, this is not it. This is however the cheapest. The book has a very weak spiral binder that I can see breaking, however mine hasn’t just yet. I also think the fingerings are a bit strange in some places and some of the editorial decisions are questionable.

What it says on the tin basically, Schirmers editions are fairly consistently good, this is no exception.

This collection is wonderful. A great price, well put together and, because of the spiral binding, it sits perfectly on the music stand. A++

o album de sonatas de Bethoven é maravilhoso

Absolutely no issue with this weighty collection of sonata scores. The quality of the printing, paper and binding is what I've come to expect from the publisher, and this book joins my collections of other composers' works near my piano bench. If there's anything to complain about, it's the thickness and weight of the book, but I much prefer a single volume to splitting it into multiple volumes.There are some suggested fingerings added to the score, which I found mostly helpful, although I didn't stick to the slavishly. This isn't an inexpensive book by any means, but it's also not ridiculously priced considering what you get. Whether I'm playing the piano myself, or sitting in my music room listening to these works played by someone else, following the score, this is an excellent collection for any music lover's library.

J'ai utilisé ces partitions pour faire du montage de CD en souvenir d'un pianiste décédéLa qualité d'impression est bonneJ'ai regrette le délai d'acheminement de près de trois semaines

This book is huge! Nice binding, not sure how sturdy it'll be after some use. Previous reviewers have stated that the printing was inconsistent or faint however I have not yet encountered that issue; seems consistent to me as I've skimmed through the scores. Overall, very happy with this purchase as all scores in one place! Will bring some joy to playing again.