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What is the most underrated Beethoven piano sonata? on: May 29, 2014, 02:09:38 PM. I recently got MIDIs of all Beethoven's sonatas, save for the 32nd piano sonata , and I started wondering, which is the most underappreciated? I personally found the second sonata rather underappreciated.
5 of Beethoven's most underrated piano sonatas. Beethoven was arguably one of the greatest composers of the sonata. While most composers seemed to write with either quality or quantity, Beethoven achieved a balance with both. One of the perks of this ability is that he left us with 32 brilliant sonatas.
Save for brittleness in loud passages, Brendel fares marvelously in Op. 78’s finale, pointing up the relentless syncopations and quirky major/minor key alternations. What’s more, Brendel’s underrated ability to project soft playing with body and definition in large venues comes across in the sonata’s opening movement.
This reissue of his complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle on Decca was originally recorded for Philips between 1992 and 1996. You're unlikely to get very far into it without being struck by four things: firstly, and most importantly, these are very persuasive, beautiful and dependable interpretations.
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Discover the best recordings of Beethoven's incredible piano sonatas on CD - click on the links to preview and buy them. “Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range,” said the great Austrian pianist Artur Schnabel.
Aug 6, 2018 · Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas are considered probably his greatest piano sonatas. But did you know that it's possible to objectively rank them from worst to best? You won't BELIEVE number 17! #32: Sonata No. 11 in Bb major, Op. 22. Video unavailable. Watch on YouTube.
The opening of Sonata No.8 Op.13 “Pathétique” can be one of the most dramatic in the cycle. Brendel spins the introduction out a bit too much in my opinion, and the dotted rhythms are not well enough defined to keep the right kind of intensity.
