Nate wrote:

>I am looking for budget recordings of Beethoven's "Pathetique" and
>"Moonlight" piano sonatas.  I would appreciate any feedback and
>recommendations.

If you consider the Philips' on-going Great Pianist series to be
budget recordings, then you can't go wrong with Kovacevich Vol. 1 for
"Pathetique" - unfortunately, "Moonlight" is not part of Kovacevich's
program in his early days with Philips.

Cheers
Kar Ming