Beethoven: Sonatas for piano No29; Sonatas for piano No28

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Vladimir Feltsman has definite ideas about the Hammerklavier and the ability to carry them out, not something we can take for granted. He plays the first movement with emphasis on rhetoric, occasionally sacrificing forward motion, but certainly making his points. There is no sacrifice of motion in the horrendously difficult finale, though, where the pianist keeps the music going with great power and impressive clarity. Only the slow movement requires the degree of eloquence that we hear throughout No. 28, a treasure of a performance. This is some very impressive Beethoven playing, very well recorded. --Leslie Gerber

Beethoven: Sonatas for piano No29; Sonatas for piano No28, Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Vladimir Feltsman, Classical, Classical Music, Keyboard, Romantic Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard
Beethoven: Sonatas for piano No29; Sonatas for piano No28
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Crisp, Clean, Delicious
 Beethoven: Sonatas for piano No29; Sonatas for piano No28

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006NKV
Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

  1. Pno Son in B flat, Op.106 'Hammerklavier': I. Allegro
  2. Pno Son in B flat, Op.106 'Hammerklavier': II. Scherzo: Assai Vivace
  3. Pno Son in B flat, Op.106 'Hammerklavier': III. Adagio Sostenuto
  4. Pno Son in B flat, Op.106 'Hammerklavier': IV. Largo - Allegro Risoluto
  5. Pno Son in A, Op.101: I. Allegretto, Ma Non Troppo
  6. Pno Son in A, Op.101: II. Vivace Alla Marcia
  7. Pno Son in A, Op.101: III. Adagio, Ma Non Troppo, Con Affetto
  8. Pno Son in A, Op.101: IV. Allegro

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Vladimir Feltsman has definite ideas about the Hammerklavier and the ability to carry them out, not something we can take for granted. He plays the first movement with emphasis on rhetoric, occasionally sacrificing forward motion, but certainly making his points. There is no sacrifice of motion in the horrendously difficult finale, though, where the pianist keeps the music going with great power and impressive clarity. Only the slow movement requires the degree of eloquence that we hear throughout No. 28, a treasure of a performance. This is some very impressive Beethoven playing, very well recorded. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Crisp, Clean, Delicious.......2004-06-17

The Hammerklavier is widely considered the most difficult work Beethoven wrote, period. And it is. Mr. Feltsman, an obvious intellectual pianist, breaks this piece apart and puts it together splendidly. Every chord, every vicious, scathing run and hand-cramping passage is crisp and confident.

The A Major sonata (Op. 101) is fantastic as usual. It is nevertheless terrifying hard to make clean, but Feltsman accomplishes the task with seeming ease. The best performance I've heard of No. 28, easily topping Schnabel, who is supposedly one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of all time.

Track Listings:

  1. Best of Play Bach [Import]
  2. Boulez Conducts Webern
  3. Brahms: Serenade No. 2
  4. Bridge: Trio No2; Phantasie trio in Cm
  5. Brunello Cello Solo Works Sollima [Import]
  6. Campra: Messe Des Morts V.82 [Import]
  7. Chant Mosaic - Organ Music Inspired By Chant
  8. Charpentier: Te Deum Beatus Vir V.83 [Import]
  9. Chinoiserie
  10. Christian Wolff: (Re:) Making Music - Works 1962-99

Track Listings

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Nylon Curtain

Siesta In Catalonia

souvenir vol. 1

Lennie Tristano [Import]

Hasta La Victoria!

The Mission: What Cha Gone Do?

The Beat Generation [Box set]

Schnittke: Piano Quintet; Three Madrigals; Serenade; String Trio

Stimulus [Import]

Schnittke: Viola Concerto & Trio Sonata [Import]

Satin Doll

Reyes de la Alegria

Pesadisimos

Jazz Moods: Groovin' the Blues

City Life/Unfinished Business