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This set is a remastered issue of Eschenbach's recordings from the mid-'70s. His reading of these great, late Beethoven sonatas is fascinating. The slower movements, such as the Adagio of the Hammerklavier, and even places within the second movement of the Sonata No. 32 and the Bagatelles, become almost stream of consciousness music, but these are not random thoughts jumbled together. The counterpoint in the first movement of the Sonata No. 32 is coherent and reasoned with dedicated feeling. Eschenbach has a clear sense of the music. The only detraction from his performances is the sound, which is somewhat thin, making the passages in the upper registers sound almost dainty and delicate and the maestoso passages lose some of their prodfundity.
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - John Willan, Producer - Robert Gooch, Engineer - Christoph Eschenbach, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered 2003 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
This set is a remastered issue of Eschenbach's recordings from the mid-'70s. His reading of these great, late Beethoven sonatas is fascinating. The slower movements, such as the Adagio of the Hammerklavier, and even places within the second movement of the Sonata No. 32 and the Bagatelles, become almost stream of consciousness music, but these are not random thoughts jumbled together. The counterpoint in the first movement of the Sonata No. 32 is coherent and reasoned with dedicated feeling. Eschenbach has a clear sense of the music. The only detraction from his performances is the sound, which is somewhat thin, making the passages in the upper registers sound almost dainty and delicate and the maestoso passages lose some of their prodfundity.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 02:21:46
- Main artists: Christoph Eschenbach
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Collection: Gemini
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
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