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Music : Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas
by: Alfred Brendel
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028943873024 Format: Box set Label: Universal Classics Manufacturer: Universal Classics Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Universal Classics Release Date: January 18, 1994 Running Time: 151 minutes Sales Rank: 640 Studio: Universal Classics |
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Disc 1:
- 1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
- 2. Adagio cantabile
- 3. Rondo (Allegro)
- 1. Adagio sostenuto
- 2. Allegretto
- 3. Presto
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Andante
- 3. Scherzo (Allegro assai)
- 4. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
- 1. Das Lebewohl (Adagio - Allegro)
- 2. Abwesendheit (Andante espressivo)
- 3. Das Wiedersehn (Vivacissimamente)
- 1. Largo - Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Allegretto
- 1. Allegro con brio
- 2. Introduzione (Adagio molto)
- 3. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo)
- 1. Allegro assai
- 2. Andante con moto
- 3. Allegro ma non troppo
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- The Perfect RecordingBrendel 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 !
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- A truly great performanceI love the music of Beethoven and especially his piano sonatas, symphonies and string quartets. Also I have listened to a LOT of different interpretations and can with certainty say that Brendel is among the absolute winners. And here I'm first of all thinking about the overall performance; it really has depth, musicality and transcendence - in other words; here is a man who understands Beethoven's music.
This is not to say that everything is "perfect" - maybe sometimes one is missing ... Read More
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- Alfred Brendel - Master of Beethoven piano interpretation.The original recordings may be over thirty years old,but the combination of first-rate transfer to CD and Alfred Brendel's superb interpretation of Beethoven's piano sonatas,make this collection,in my opinion,the benchmark by which other recordings should be judged. The price is amazing value.For me,the Moonlight especially the challenging Presto was simply wonderful.
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- Without doubt the best set of Beethoven Sonatas I have heardAlfred Brendel is well known and well respected by the musical community as a great interpreter of Beethoven, but the recordings on this cycle are second to none. Alfred Brendel brings the discipline of perfect precision to the music in a way that I have never experienced before; regardless of speed or complexity, each note stands on its own and yet is perfectly part of the whole. One might expect there to be some reduction in expressiveness as a result of such amazing precision, but quite the reverse ... Read More
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