"BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATAS": No. 30 in E Major, Opus 109; No. 31 in A-flat Major, Opus 110; No. 32 in C Minor/Major, Opus 111. Mitsuko Uchida, piano (unidentified)

According to an interview quoted on her website, the Mozart association came about for a very practical reason: because Alfred Brendel was recording all the Schubert piano music for Philips, she had to find another composer with whom to build her recording career. For a really convincing performance...

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Published in:The Beethoven journal 2007-07, Vol.22 (1), p.35
Main Author: Kagan, Susan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Avedon, Richard
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)
Music
Piano
Sonatas
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Summary:According to an interview quoted on her website, the Mozart association came about for a very practical reason: because Alfred Brendel was recording all the Schubert piano music for Philips, she had to find another composer with whom to build her recording career. For a really convincing performance, a pianist must have strength as well as sensitivity, and the all-encompassing technical equipment that produces nuances of touch, color, and dynamic range along with fleet fingers and stamina. Photograph of Mitsuko Uchida from the cover of the CD (1) the late Hungarian pianist Annie Fischer (the complete sonatas on the Hungaroton label) (2) the American pianist Victor Rosenbaum playing the last three (Bridge) (3) Claude Frank (Music & Arts) (4) Stephen Kovacevich (EMI) (5) Maurizio Pollini (Deutsche Grammophon) (6) Seymour Lipkin (complete sonatas on Newport Classics) Of the historic Beethoven specialists: (1) Artur Schnabel (remastered from mono recordings of the early '30s: compromised sound but ineffable interpretations, on EMI Classics) (2) Solomon [Cutner] (EMI References). -
ISSN:1087-8262