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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. What are your thoughts on the most underappreciated of the sonata(s)?
Piano Sonata #16 in G Major, Op. 31 #1; Piano Sonata #17 in D minor "Tempest", Op. 31 #2; Piano Sonata #18 in E Flat Major "The Hunt", Op. 31 #3; Piano Sonata #19 in G minor, Op. 49 #1; Piano Sonata #20 in G Major, Op. 49 #2; Piano Sonata #21 in C Major "Waldstein", Op. 53; Piano Sonata #22 in F Major, Op. 54; Piano Sonata #23 in F minor ...
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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.
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. The sonics are decent enough for broadcast/archival standards circa 1982/83, but without the fullness and bloom you hear in Brendel’s live Diabelli Variations from the 1970s, or in his ...
Alfred Brendel - much less lyrical and emotional, but superbly played. "Cool" is a term often describing Brendel's playing; very intellectual and matter of fact, offers a good contrast to Kempff's lyrical/flowing playing. Emil Gilels - broad, expansive, in full romantic style. Sweeping in its grandeur and scope.
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