(CD) THE PIANO SONATAS, VOLUME IV: SONATAS opp. 26, 27 and 28

Παρουσίαση

The fourth instalment of Schiff's complete Beethoven includes the sonatas opp. 26, 27 and 28 - highly accomplished works of strong individual features that were written in 1800 and 1801. Even in the famous "Moonlight"-sonata the Hungarian's attention to detail leads to unexpected listening experiences. "Nobody in the hall will have heard this first movement like that before" wrote Peter Hagmann in the Neue Zurcher Zeitung reviewing the recital in Tonhalle Zurich where the sonatas are recorded live for ECM. "Not the kind of over-demonstrative approach which has become common these days lies at the heart of this interpretation but the consequent and courageous scrutiny of the musical text." The booklet offers an extensive conversation between Andras Schiff and Martin Meyer on the repertoire and its interpretation.
[Recorded April 2005]

Περιεχόμενα

SONATA No. 12 A-flat major op. 26 - Dedicated to Prince Carl von Lichnowsky
Andante con Variazioni
Scherzo. Allegro molto
Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe
Allegro

TWO SONATAS op. 27
SONATA No. 13 E-flat major op. 27/1. Sonata quasi una fantasia - Dedicated to Countess Josephine von Liechtenstein
Andante - Allegro - Tempo I
Allegro molto e vivace
Adagio con espressione
Allegro vivace

SONATA No. 14 c-sharp minor op. 27/2. Sonata quasi una fantasia - "Moonlight" - Dedicated to Countess Giulietta Guicciardi
Adagio sostenuto
Allegretto
Presto agitato

SONATA No. 15 D major op. 28. "Pastorale" - Dedicated to Joseph Edler von Sonnenfels
Allegro
Andante
Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo