Beethoven - Piano Sonatas

There’s a satisfying sense of ‘rightness’ about Arrau’s classic 1960s accounts of some of Beethoven’s most popular sonatas. Everything about these performances exudes wisdom and empathy. Jessica Duchen

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Jessica Duchen

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:29 pm

COMPOSERS: Beethoven
LABELS: Decca
WORKS: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 8 (Pathétique), 14 (Moonlight), 23 (Appassionata) etc
PERFORMER: Claudio Arrau (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 478 2132

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 - Piano Sonatas

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