Beethoven, Wilhelm Backhaus - The Piano Sonatas - Complete 10 LPs box - Decca SXLA 6452-61 - UK 1970 - LP box set - 1970

Wilhelm Backhaus plays the complete Beethoven piano sonatas: the 10-LP Decca box SXLA 6452-61, with the Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier" and all the others. Backhaus recorded the cycle for Decca between the early 1950s and 1969, and it is one of the reference Beethoven sets of the stereo era. The box carries a Decca portrait of the pianist at the keyboard.

Artist: Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Album: Beethoven - The Piano Sonatas (complete, box set, 10 LP)
Label: Decca - SXLA 6452-61 (Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound labels)
Country: UK
Released: 1970
Genre: Classical, Piano Sonata, Romantic
Conditions: Sleeve: VG+ / Vinyl: EX
Note: 10-LP box set, UK. The record shown in photos 5 and 6 is side 2 of SXLA 6453 (Sonatas Nos. 5 and 6, matrix ZAL 9510), in its Decca ffss inner sleeve. The box has light wear: the cloth spine corners are whitened at both ends (photo 2). The Hammerklavier is a mono recording electronically reprocessed for stereo, as on every copy of this set.

The records are clean, with the normal light signs of age on the box.

Shipped from Amsterdam, wrapped with care in a stiff mailer and an outer box. Please look through all photos: they are part of the description. Combined shipping on request.