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Beethoven - Piano Sonatas, Vol 4 (Paul Lewis) Winner of the Gramophone Award for Record of the Year 2008
by: Paul Lewis
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0794881868322
Format: Box set
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
Number Of Discs: 3
Publisher: Harmonia Mundi
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Running Time: 184 minutes
Studio: Harmonia Mundi
Sales Rank: 3618
MPN: 901909
Disc 1:- Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1: 1st movement, Allegro molto e con brio
- Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1: 2nd movement, Adagio molto
- Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1: 3rd movement, Finale
- Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2: 1st movement, Allegro
- Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2: 2nd movement, Allegretto
- Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2: 3rd movement, Presto
- Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3: 1st movement, Presto
- Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3: 2nd movement, Allegro e mesto
- Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3: 3rd movement, Menuetto
- Sonata for Piano no 7 in D major, Op. 10 no 3: 4th movement, Rondo
Disc 2:- Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral': 1st movement, Allegro
- Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral': 2nd movement, Andante
- Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral': 3rd movement, Scherzo
- Sonata for Piano no 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral': 4th movement, Rondo
- Sonata for Piano no 19 in G minor, Op. 49 no 1: 1st movement, Andante
- Sonata for Piano no 19 in G minor, Op. 49 no 1: 2nd movement, Rondo
- Sonata for Piano no 20 in G major, Op. 49 no 2: 1st movement, Allegro ma non troppo
- Sonata for Piano no 20 in G major, Op. 49 no 2: 2nd movement, Tempo di Menuetto
- Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': 1st movement, Adagio-Allegro
- Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': 2nd movement, Andante espressivo
- Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux': 3rd movement, Vivacissimamente
Disc 3:- Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109: 1st movement, Vivace, ma non troppo
- Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109: 2nd movement, Prestissimo
- Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109: 3rd movement, Andante
- Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 1st movement, Moderato cantabile
- Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 2nd movement, Allegro molto
- Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110: 3rd movement, Adagio ma non troppo
- Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111: 1st movement, Maestoso
- Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111: 2nd movement, Arietta
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The reviewer above is spot-on in his assessment of this set. Lewis' virtuosity allows him to sound spontaneous, secure and sensitive at the same time. He presents Beethoven as a much more agreeable character than we are used to when listening to more extreme interpreters such as Kovacevich or Pollini.
The flipside of the human Beethoven is that the frenzy that can be created in the Hammerklavier (one of the previous volumes) or the last movement of Op 111 is replaced by a range of more down-to-earth emotions. Lewis' Beethoven doesn't do jazz. It's different, but extremely impressive nonetheless. And in further agreement with the other reviewer: the ending of Op111 is pure magic...
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This (along with the other CDs which form Lewis's complete Beethoven cycle) is the set I would recommend as the best single recording to have if you want just one recording of all these works, and as a recording that everyone ought to want to have in addition to any others. Other performances are wilder, faster, and louder - or generally more extreme - but if you really want to understand the works, these are quite wonderful. You won't really get the point if you're only awake to speed and dynamics, but if you're prepared to listen to these performances seriously you'll find out more about what's going in Beethoven than from any other performances I know. What you have here are deep sensitivity and a great command of piano tone in the service ... Read More:
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