Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

very good

Ce n’est pas aussi connu ni facile que la Lettre à Elise ou la sonate Au clair de lune. Ce Beethoven là ne composait plus pour les autres, en tout cas ceux de son temps, mais peut-être pour lui-même. Moins disert que Liszt et Wagner, il créait là la vraie « musique de l’avenir ». Avec Richter, que l’on voir rarement sourire en jouant, sur une photo, cette musique austère a dû trouver sa version définitive. Alors, on peut mettre ce CD en musique de fond, mais ce serait dommage, cela mérite écoute.Intéressant commentaire en anglais et français sur ces sonates et sur Richter. Bonne captation de cs enregistrements de concert de 1965, 75 et 86 (on n’entend personne tousser…).

I'm collecting many of the Praga Digitals Reminiscences releases of Richter material, as I've found the SACD remasterings in most cases to be superb, with clearly audible improvements (more "presence"...to include cleaner transients and overtones) to CD releases of the same performances. Although I'm not a completest collector (who can be?) I have collected performances of all the Beethoven piano sonatas he chose to play (23 of the 32 ). He did not begin playing op 106 in public until 1975, and stopped playing it entirely a few years later. His performance is very fine, particularly in the final movement which I found to be mesmerizing in its virtuosity, and which I immediately replayed. The other two sonatas on this disc were less memorable, especially op 101, which he recorded in 1986 and...which didn't hold my attention as I found it to be inferior conceptually to either of the two 1950's performances by Rudolf Serkin with which I am familiar. The OP 90 (#27) was recorded in 1965 and was very satisfying...although much more modest that the two sonatas that follow it.If you've not heard Richter's way with the Hammerklavier this is a fine example..especially in the superb sound provided by the Praga engineers.

INTERPRETATIONS SUPERLATIVES ,DOMMAGES QUE LES APPLAUDISSEMENTS ENTHOUSIASTES DU PUBLIC(FIGURANTS SUR LES CD) ONT ETE COUPES,RETIRANT UN PEU D'EMOTION A CES REEDITIONS