Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol 1
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol 1
Idil Biret (piano)
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 December 2008
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"Biret grasps the size of Beethoven's style. The polyphony is laid out in a relaxed way with little indulgence in point making. She keeps the big line and yet is thankfully sparing in her use of fortissimos. The piano tone is sumptuous. Biret's gentle and almost sensuous sonorities are really captivating. One is reminded that her mentor has been Wilhelm Kempff." (Gramophone) "Idil Biret gives an impressive performance. A supreme mastery of tempi, sonorities, polyphony and technique permits Biret-a disciple of Alfred Cortot-to embrace all the moods of Beethoven and gives her playing a symphonic depth rarely heard until now." (Le Nouvel Observateur) "Idil Biret has recently recorded Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven's nine Symphonies for EMI. Her superbly authentic performance of the 5th Symphony, heard at her Herkülessaal recital in Munich, received a thunderous reception." (Müncher Merkur)
"An extraordinary number of pianists have recorded these Sonatas, some on two or three occasions. Rather than comparing the present discs with them, I had rather simply welcome them as the work of a deeply serious musician of obvious technical mastery and understanding of the music. They will give great intrinsic pleasure as well as providing the opportunity, for those who wish it, to compare them with the performances of her peers. This is not after the manner of a Beckmesser looking for faults but rather hoping to gain new insight from different solutions to the problems and opportunities that these works provide. You may or may not be convinced by every detail in these versions, but these are clearly performances which are the result of a very deep study of Beethoven's text. The present discs are clearly the beginning of an important addition to the catalogue." MusicWeb
Tracks:
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2
