Born in Odessa, �the cradle of Russian pianism� in 1890, Benno Moiseiwitsch was one of the great pianists of the twentieth century. Volume 9 of the Naxos Moiseiwitsch Edition features a superlative reading of Beethoven�s �Moonlight� Sonata, of which the critic of The Gramophone wrote: �Moiseiwitsch has surely never made such a good recording as this�. The 1941 recording of the �Path�tique� Sonata is also exceptionally fine, with Moiseiwitsch�s full tone at the beginning faithfully captured by the engineers. The tempo of the Allegro di molto e con brio is urgent and fast, while the pianist�s sublime tonal qualities can be heard to full advantage in the Adagio.