Beethoven: Die Sp?ten Klaviersonaten
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Brand: POLLINI,MAURIZIOComposer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Maurizio Pollini
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-08-12
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung, Allegretto ma non troppo
- Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: Lebhaft, marschmabig, Vivace alla Marcia
- Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll, Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto
- Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit, Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: Allegro
- Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: Scherzo, Assai vivace
- Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: Adagio sostenuto, Appassionato e on molto sentimento
- Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: Largo, Allegro risoluto / Fuga
- Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: Vivace, ma non troppo
- Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: Prestissimo
- Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo, Gesangvoll, mi innigster Empfindung
- Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
- Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: Allegro molto
- Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: Adagio ma non troppo / Fuga, Allegro ma non troppo
- Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: Maestoso / Allegro con brio ed appassionato
- Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: Arietta, Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Music reviews of Beethoven: Die Sp?ten Klaviersonaten
Music Review: One of Pollini's greatest recordings
Rating: 5 Stars
These interpretations are quite simply legendary. Pollini, especially in his earlier years, was a virtuoso of simply staggering technical ability. His recordings of the Schubert & Schumann fantasies and many of his earlier Chopin recordings are considered some of the great interpretations set to disc. He also recorded a very strong Emperor Concerto with Bohm and the VPO around this time. Here in Beethoven's greatest contributions to the sonata genre, Pollini plays flawlessly - with astounding dynamic control - and with his characteristic and unmistakable tone that carries a transperancy which verges on X-Ray, clearly illuminating Beethoven's musical architecture. Pollini is strong throughout, but shines in particular during the mighty Hammmerklavier, which is one of the finest recordings of this towering masterwork I've heard. Few take the massive first movement faster than Pollini, and none play it with the level of clarity, momentum, technique and controlled power he generates. Likewise, the scherzo and the fugue finale are rendered flawlessly. Kovacevich may play it a bit faster, but finds far less insight in spite of his strong playing.
These readings are classical in their way; objective, appollonian in conception, never lingering over specific phrases to make any particular musical point. Rather, Pollini looks to step out of the way, and put himself in complete service of the score. However, don't mistake his literal and unsentimental readings for a lack of power, as Pollini is appropriately muscular and visceral with technique to spare during the extroverted passages, playing with an almost inhuman precision that must be heard to be believed. Likewise, he plays beautifully, and more importantly schmaltz-free, instead generating emotional response through careful dynamic gradation and splendldly shaped phrases in the slow movements.
The sound here is very good, well-cleaned up in this latest remastering. I owned the original releases, and the sound is greatly improved here. There's a bit of brightness and the sound is at times close, but it's well detailed and never gets in the way of the music. Considering these recordings are more than 30 years old, it's pretty impressive how DG has been able to restore the original analog depth and sound field. The liner notes, like most of the Originals series, could be better, but I'm more concerned with the contents of the CDs than the booklet.
Is this the fabled Grail set? That can't be answered definitively. Fans of Beethoven's Late Sonatas will certainly want more than one interpretation, especially for music as cryptic and idiosyncratic as Beethoven's late language. Nevertheless fans of these sonatas will want this set as part of their collection, as this is certainly one of the great recorded sets. I would recommend additionally looking into the recordings of these works performed by Kempff, Backhaus, Arrau, and Gilels (sadly missing #32), so that you can listen to several different approaches, as they all work in their own way.
With all that being said however, if you asked me the proverbial "desert island" question, this would be my first choice and it wouldn't be a very hard choice.
Description of Beethoven: Die Sp?ten Klaviersonaten
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Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 12-AUG-1997
Pollini's performances of Beethoven's last five piano sonatas have assumed almost legendary status, and this reissue at midprice in improved sound ought to win them many new friends. Sometimes considered a cold interpreter, Pollini here pays scrupulous attention to Beethoven's instructions, an attention that never gets in the way of sincere expression. There's a lot to be said for approaching this music with a maximum of clarity and simplicity, and a minimum of Romantic panting and heaving. In fact, Beethoven's instructions are so detailed, and the music itself is often so elaborately developed, that it's all most pianists can do to play it as he wrote it. Pollini does that, and much more. --David Hurwitz
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- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Beethoven, Ludwig van
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( P ) > Pollini, Maurizio
- Forms & Genres > Sonatas > Sonatinas
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > General
- Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Works by Beethoven
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