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Hungarian pianist András Schiff's chronological survey of Beethoven's complete piano sonatas for ECM continues with this disc of sonatas numbered 22 through 26. This program thus encompasses the light and lyrical sonatas in F major, F sharp major, and G major, as well as the heavy and dramatic sonatas in F minor ("Appassionata") and E flat major ("Les Adieux"). As listeners who have been following the series already know, Schiff's virtuoso technique is up for both the light and the heavy, but his poetic temperament is more up for the lyrical than the dramatic. In practice, this means Schiff's alert account of the delightful F major Sonata and his rapturous reading of the central Andante con moto of the "Appassionata" are more persuasive than his crisp performance of the latter sonata's closing Allegro ma non troppo or his restrained interpretation of "Les Adieux"'s central Andante espressivo. While no one could legitimately claim Schiff doesn't have the skills to bring off even the breakneck coda of the "Appassionata," some might object that other pianists have gotten closer to the music's demonic drive. Anyone following Schiff's career will certainly want to hear this disc, but listeners unfamiliar with these canonical works are urged to try their canonical recordings by Artur Schnabel. Recorded at a concert in Zürich's Tonhalle, ECM's digital sound is bright and lucid and virtually without audience noise.
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Piano Sonata No. 22 In F Major, Op. 54 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 -"Appassionata" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Piano Sonata No. 24 In F Sharp Major, Op. 78 "For Therese" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Piano Sonata No. 25 In G Major, Op. 79 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Piano Sonata No. 26 In E Flat Major, Op. 81a -"Les adieux" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - András Schiff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Hungarian pianist András Schiff's chronological survey of Beethoven's complete piano sonatas for ECM continues with this disc of sonatas numbered 22 through 26. This program thus encompasses the light and lyrical sonatas in F major, F sharp major, and G major, as well as the heavy and dramatic sonatas in F minor ("Appassionata") and E flat major ("Les Adieux"). As listeners who have been following the series already know, Schiff's virtuoso technique is up for both the light and the heavy, but his poetic temperament is more up for the lyrical than the dramatic. In practice, this means Schiff's alert account of the delightful F major Sonata and his rapturous reading of the central Andante con moto of the "Appassionata" are more persuasive than his crisp performance of the latter sonata's closing Allegro ma non troppo or his restrained interpretation of "Les Adieux"'s central Andante espressivo. While no one could legitimately claim Schiff doesn't have the skills to bring off even the breakneck coda of the "Appassionata," some might object that other pianists have gotten closer to the music's demonic drive. Anyone following Schiff's career will certainly want to hear this disc, but listeners unfamiliar with these canonical works are urged to try their canonical recordings by Artur Schnabel. Recorded at a concert in Zürich's Tonhalle, ECM's digital sound is bright and lucid and virtually without audience noise.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:17
- Main artists: András Schiff
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2008 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2008 ECM Records GmbH
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