Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 53 & Op. 111
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COMPOSERS: Beethoven
LABELS: Berlin Classics
WORKS: Piano Sonatas Op. 53 & Op. 111
PERFORMER: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 0033112BC
The recordings on this short CD suggest an instrument fairly closely related to the piano, but Ashkenazy overcomes that to give a thrilling account of the Waldstein Sonata and a moving one of Opus 111. Interesting. Michael Tanner
Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.