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1.Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8,14,23 & 26 by: Alfred Brendel May 15, 2006
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2.Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas by: Emil Gilels November 13, 2006
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3.Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas by: Daniel Barenboim October 11, 1999
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Being used to heavy weight renditions of Beethoven Sonatas by Russian masters like Richter, Gilels, Vedernikov, Neuhaus, at first listening I had an impression that Barenboim's Beethoven is a little too light-weight, especially earlier sonatas, but after repeated listening I was quite taken by the noble beauty and delicacy of his playing. Waldstein, Moonlight & Pathetique Sonatas are exceptionally well played with refinement and inspiration. Only thing I can not stand in this set is Appassionata Sonata played like Chopin Nocturne, which made me nearly fall asleep! I like unpredictable and uncompromising Beethoven played with extreme contrasts by Richter and Gilels, but Barenboim's interpretation was a revelation and quite refreshing ... Read More:

4.Gulda plays Beethoven by: Friedrich Gulda July 11, 2005
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During the course of his career Gulda earned a reputation and as an enfant terrible of the classical scene, a reputation which he appears to have cultivated quite assiduously. Yet back in the 1950s, as the notes to this edition point out, Gulda was regarded as the most promising young talent of his day ahead of names like Brendel. Listen to this and you can hear why. Gulda's Beethoven is robust and forthright. His playing is muscular, his tempi are generally quite fast and he seems on the whole more interested in illuminating the structure of the pieces rather than their lyricism when this is called. This approach is the antithesis of Kempff, but Gulda brings it off perfectly. A real oddity in the set is Gulda's performance of the first movement of the so ... Read More:

5.Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.16-26 by: Kun-Woo Paik August 15, 2005
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During the course of his career Gulda earned a reputation and as an enfant terrible of the classical scene, a reputation which he appears to have cultivated quite assiduously. Yet back in the 1950s, as the notes to this edition point out, Gulda was regarded as the most promising young talent of his day ahead of names like Brendel. Listen to this and you can hear why. Gulda's Beethoven is robust and forthright. His playing is muscular, his tempi are generally quite fast and he seems on the whole more interested in illuminating the structure of the pieces rather than their lyricism when this is called. This approach is the antithesis of Kempff, but Gulda brings it off perfectly. A real oddity in the set is Gulda's performance of the first movement of the so ... Read More:

6.Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas by: Alfred Brendel January 18, 1994
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Brendel sets the mark for other performers for seven of Beethoven's finest piano sonatas. Although brendel sticks to the notes, he still manages to leave his mark on the music. recommended !

7.Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas and Concertos by: Ludwig van Beethoven August 10, 1998
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Brendel sets the mark for other performers for seven of Beethoven's finest piano sonatas. Although brendel sticks to the notes, he still manages to leave his mark on the music. recommended !

8.Beethoven: Piano Sonatas from: Decca May 05, 1995
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To treat Beethoven's Sonatas as some kind of a race as this performer consistently does here defeats the purpose. I find many of the tempos taken much, much too fast with little or no time to stop and consider. Over all the feeling that I get from these performances is showy boasting. To me this disqualifies the whole cycle. Sure, there are moments of greatness, particularly in the well known sonatas. The recording of the Appasionata is the most exciting I have heard and the Waldstein is absolutely gorgeous. The Tempest Sonata is also absolutely brilliant, particularly the last movement which Ashkenazy somehow manages not to rush. Opus 28 is also performed nicely. As for the lesser known sonatas - forget it! There is no feeling that the performer ... Read More:

9.Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas by: Alfred Brendel James Levine Chicago Symphony Orchestra November 01, 1984
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To treat Beethoven's Sonatas as some kind of a race as this performer consistently does here defeats the purpose. I find many of the tempos taken much, much too fast with little or no time to stop and consider. Over all the feeling that I get from these performances is showy boasting. To me this disqualifies the whole cycle. Sure, there are moments of greatness, particularly in the well known sonatas. The recording of the Appasionata is the most exciting I have heard and the Waldstein is absolutely gorgeous. The Tempest Sonata is also absolutely brilliant, particularly the last movement which Ashkenazy somehow manages not to rush. Opus 28 is also performed nicely. As for the lesser known sonatas - forget it! There is no feeling that the performer ... Read More:

10.Beethoven: Piano Sonatas by: Nelson Freire May 14, 2007
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To treat Beethoven's Sonatas as some kind of a race as this performer consistently does here defeats the purpose. I find many of the tempos taken much, much too fast with little or no time to stop and consider. Over all the feeling that I get from these performances is showy boasting. To me this disqualifies the whole cycle. Sure, there are moments of greatness, particularly in the well known sonatas. The recording of the Appasionata is the most exciting I have heard and the Waldstein is absolutely gorgeous. The Tempest Sonata is also absolutely brilliant, particularly the last movement which Ashkenazy somehow manages not to rush. Opus 28 is also performed nicely. As for the lesser known sonatas - forget it! There is no feeling that the performer ... Read More:

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