LP record album — Beethoven, Appassionata (Op. 57) & Sonata No. 32 (Op. 111), Josef Páleníček, piano (Supraphon SUA 10096), jacket and disc

Audio Recording

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

LP record album — Beethoven, Appassionata (Op. 57) & Sonata No. 32 (Op. 111), Josef Páleníček, piano (Supraphon SUA 10096), jacket and disc

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.203

Description

A 12-inch (33⅓ rpm) mono LP with its printed paperboard jacket. Front jacket: a bold red/black graphic design with a stylized cream line-drawing of Beethoven's profile against a black panel, over an angular "keyboard/cityscape" pattern; a red title band below carries composer, works, and performer; a Supraphon paper logo sticker with catalog number at upper right. Back jacket: trilingual (English/German/French) musicological note on the two sonatas and a short performer biography, plus a copyright caution; Supraphon logo and catalog number; handwritten inventory marks. Disc: black vinyl with the blue Supraphon label; Side 1 shown (Appassionata).

Audio Format

33 RPM Record

Recording Type

Instrumental

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection, Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Album Detail

Contributors

Contributor

Ludwig van Beethoven

Role

Composer

Contributor

Josef Páleníček

Role

Pianist

Record Label

Supraphon Music Publishing

Place Recorded

Country

Czechoslovakia

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

Date: Circa 1958–1960 (uncertain). The "SUA 10xxx" mono series and the cover style point to the late 1950s/around 1960; the back carries a copyright notice citing the Czechoslovak Copyright Act of 1953 (an earliest-possible reference, not a pressing date). SUA 10096 falls right at the 1959 boundary (a 1958 pressing is possible). Flagged for verification — see Research Notes.

Track Details

Title

Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"

Track Notes

VM 1705

Title

Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Track Notes

VM 1706

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Note

Location

Back cover top left

Transcription

19

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Note

Location

Back cover top right

Transcription

541

Material/Technique

Pen, Marker

Notes

Likely cataloguing number in owner's collection

Notes

Front: "LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / SONATA No. 23 IN F MINOR, Op. 57 'APPASSIONATA' / SONATA No. 32 IN C MINOR, Op. 111 / JOSEF PÁLENÍČEK (Piano)"; Supraphon logo; "SUA 10096." Back: same title/works in three languages; performer biography (paraphrased: born 1914 in Travnik; studied piano with Hoffmeister at the Prague Conservatory and at the École Normale in Paris, and composition with Vítězslav Novák; active as soloist and chamber musician at home and abroad); copyright caution referencing the Czechoslovak Copyright Act, 1953; Supraphon logo; "SUA 10096"; handwritten "19" and "541" (inventory/price marks). Disc label: "SUPRAPHON"; "Ludwig van Beethoven / SONATA No. 23 IN F MINOR, Op. 57 'APPASSIONATA'"; "SUA 10096"; matrix (approx.) "VM 1703"; "33"; "LONG PLAYING"; "MIKRODRÁŽKA" (microgroove); "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"; movement listing; "JOSEF PÁLENÍČEK (piano)."

Notes

Works (as printed): Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" (I. Allegro assai; II. Andante con moto; III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto); Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato; Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile).

Dimensions

Dimension Description

31 x 31 cm.

Parts

vinyl, paper sleeve, album cover

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Notes

owner

Person or Organization

Ludwig van Beethoven

Notes

composer

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

acquisition, use

Web Links and URLs

https://www.discogs.com/release/6759772-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Sonata-No23-In-F-Minor-Op57-Appassionata-Sonata-No32-In-C-Minor-Op111

Research Notes

Notes

Dating — needs verification (range boundary). No firm year was located. The catalog number sits at the very start of the collection's window, so it's genuinely ambiguous whether this is a 1958 (out-of-range) or 1959–1960 (in-range) pressing. Recommend confirming against a dated Supraphon discography or the matrix number before finalizing the Date and the classification decision. One discographic mention pairs SUA 10096 with a different pianist (Panenka), which may be a listing error or a reissue/matrix variant; the object itself unambiguously credits Josef Páleníček, which takes precedence here.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

May 27, 2022

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 14, 2026