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He is nicknamed ‘the poet of the piano’, an epithet confirmed by each of his appearances in concert or on record, most recently with his multi-award-winning Debussy and Chopin albums. Nelson Goerner already has an imposing discography, but this is the first time he has tackled Beethoven on a recording: he has chosen the ‘Hammerklavier’, a work of unparalleled dimensions, complexity and profundity . . . But is this artist, whom a Buenos Aires newspaper praised after a recital at the famous Teatro Colon for his ‘ability to combine intellectual lucidity, undeniable depth, and a technical ease that enables him to express his ideas’, not the perfect interpreter for that monumental composition? ‘Here is a sonata that will make pianists work hard’, said Beethoven to his publisher after labouring on it for almost three years, at a time when his deafness was constantly worsening. Forty-five minutes of immense difficulty for the performer (and also the listener?): between a first movement as fiery as Beethoven ever wrote and a finale that seems to foreshadow jazz improvisations, comes a splendid and deeply moving slow movement that Goerner renders with deep emotion. He then invites us to move from the monumental to the miniature, with the Six Bagatelles op.126, subtle gems of late Beethovenian style, constructed with formidable skill.
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Piano Sonata No.29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nelson Goerner, Performer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Album review
He is nicknamed ‘the poet of the piano’, an epithet confirmed by each of his appearances in concert or on record, most recently with his multi-award-winning Debussy and Chopin albums. Nelson Goerner already has an imposing discography, but this is the first time he has tackled Beethoven on a recording: he has chosen the ‘Hammerklavier’, a work of unparalleled dimensions, complexity and profundity . . . But is this artist, whom a Buenos Aires newspaper praised after a recital at the famous Teatro Colon for his ‘ability to combine intellectual lucidity, undeniable depth, and a technical ease that enables him to express his ideas’, not the perfect interpreter for that monumental composition? ‘Here is a sonata that will make pianists work hard’, said Beethoven to his publisher after labouring on it for almost three years, at a time when his deafness was constantly worsening. Forty-five minutes of immense difficulty for the performer (and also the listener?): between a first movement as fiery as Beethoven ever wrote and a finale that seems to foreshadow jazz improvisations, comes a splendid and deeply moving slow movement that Goerner renders with deep emotion. He then invites us to move from the monumental to the miniature, with the Six Bagatelles op.126, subtle gems of late Beethovenian style, constructed with formidable skill.
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:55
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nelson Goerner
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music Solo Piano
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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