Uchida has been a front-rank pianist for more than 30 years now, and an established recording artist for almost as long, but, extraordinarily, this is her first disc devoted to Beethoven sonatas. That ...
There are two sets of Diabelli Variations in András Schiff's collection of Beethoven's last three piano works, both in their very different ways period performances. On the first of the two discs, ...
Which Claudio Arrau do you like best: The young virtuoso? The elder statesman of the recording studio, whose grave, sometimes ponderous persona obliterated his younger self? Or the mature master who ...
Rudolf Serkin, piano (Sony Classical, 3-CD set). Serkin was exceptionally finicky when it came to passing approval on his studio recordings, which explains why all nine of these Beethoven sonata ...
An extract from Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op 111 ...
Beethoven’s piano sonatas occupied Wilhelm Kempff throughout his long recording career. In addition to his two familiar mono and stereo LP cycles, Kempff set down 24 of the 32 sonatas on 78s, eight of ...
A word of warning: don’t start with the booklet. ‘The tessellated masonry [of the Kunstkraftwerk in Leipzig] allows music to enter the inner space of our thoughts and feelings.’ Hmm. In his latest ...
Pianist Jonathan Biss designed his joint recital with the Brentano String Quartet on Saturday, Oct. 15, to be both a rich artistic experience and a musicological exploration. Only one of those ...
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