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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.
‘Alfred Brendel's playing of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor) is remarkable for the freshness of his approach to familiar music.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Sep 25, 2022 · Alfred Brendel , recorded 1970-197700:00 Mvt 1 : Allegro06:14 Mvt 2 : Adagio11:09 Mvt 3 : Allegretto14:33 Mvt 4 : Prestissimo
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