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This cycle of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven by Stephen Kovacevich recorded between 1991 and 2002 is easily as good or better than the best cycles of the past 50 years. Bishop is a superb virtuoso, a seasoned interpreter, a profound thinker, and a mature man and he brings all these qualities to bear on the greatest cycle of piano sonatas ever composed. Kovacevich hears the depths as well as the excitement of the early sonatas and the breadth as well as the brilliance of the middle sonatas and he limns the face of the infinite in the late sonatas. EMI's digital sound is warm, clear, and real. The liner notes by Beethoven scholar Joseph Kerman are outstanding. For all the undoubted greatness of Arrau, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Brendel, and Kempff's cycles, only Stephen Kovacevich's cycle comes close to the magisterial achievement of Artur Schnabel's cycle. It is impossible to over-recommend this set.
© TiVo
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, Piano, MainArtist
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
This cycle of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven by Stephen Kovacevich recorded between 1991 and 2002 is easily as good or better than the best cycles of the past 50 years. Bishop is a superb virtuoso, a seasoned interpreter, a profound thinker, and a mature man and he brings all these qualities to bear on the greatest cycle of piano sonatas ever composed. Kovacevich hears the depths as well as the excitement of the early sonatas and the breadth as well as the brilliance of the middle sonatas and he limns the face of the infinite in the late sonatas. EMI's digital sound is warm, clear, and real. The liner notes by Beethoven scholar Joseph Kerman are outstanding. For all the undoubted greatness of Arrau, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Brendel, and Kempff's cycles, only Stephen Kovacevich's cycle comes close to the magisterial achievement of Artur Schnabel's cycle. It is impossible to over-recommend this set.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 134 track(s)
- Total length: 10:18:47
- Main artists: Stephen Kovacevich
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
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