Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas: Piano Sonata No. 27; Piano Sonata No. 28; Piano Sonata No. 29; Piano Sonata No. 30; Piano Sonata No. 31; Piano Sonata No. 32

Charles Rosen, a great musical thinker and author of a text essential to every music student (The Classical Style), is here presented in the Beethoven sonatas from Op. 90 onwards. His playing is refined, thoughtful, appropriately introverted and finely tuned to the inner conflicts of darkness and light in this music. Objective rather than passionate, there are plenty of new insights to be gained from listening to this recording. Jessica Duchen

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Jessica Duchen

Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:33 pm

COMPOSERS: Beethoven
LABELS: Sony
WORKS: The Late Piano Sonatas: Piano Sonata No. 27; Piano Sonata No. 28; Piano Sonata No. 29; Piano Sonata No. 30; Piano Sonata No. 31; Piano Sonata No. 32
PERFORMER: Charles Rosen (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: SB2K 53531 ADD (1971)

Charles Rosen, a great musical thinker and author of a text essential to every music student (The Classical Style), is here presented in the Beethoven sonatas from Op. 90 onwards. His playing is refined, thoughtful, appropriately introverted and finely tuned to the inner conflicts of darkness and light in this music. Objective rather than passionate, there are plenty of new insights to be gained from listening to this recording. Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.

Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas: Piano Sonata No. 27; Piano Sonata No. 28; Piano Sonata No. 29; Piano Sonata No. 30; Piano Sonata No. 31; Piano Sonata No. 32

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