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