Following the success of her previous Deutsche Grammophon recordings, Alice Sara Ott embraces two milestones of piano literature: two Beethoven Sonatas in C major, summarizing different phases of the composer's life. Sonata op. 2 no. 3, written in his mid-twenties, is ripe with youthful spirit, wit, and force. The "Waldstein" op. 53 was composed in his thirties when Beethoven was struggling with impending deafness. Additionally, Alice Sara Ott selected the fierce Rondo "Rage over a Lost Penny," dating from the time of Op.2 No.3, and the beautiful Andante favori, originally written as the "Waldstein"'s slow movement. Both C major sonatas have been in Alice Sara Ott's repertoire since her early teens and she feels that recording them now is testimony to her regard for Beethoven and of her ability to present a personal and artistic statement of these works.