Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31/2 (Tempest)

COMPOSERS: Beethoven
LABELS: EMI
ALBUM TITLE: Beethoven
WORKS: Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31/2 (Tempest)
PERFORMER: Andrei Gavrilov, Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 586 5432 ADD Reissue

Gavrilov plays with an unquenchable exuberance ideally complementing Richter’s implacable gravitas. The latter’s Tempest Sonata is an all-time classic. Julian Haylock