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Favorite (mostly) complete rec(...) 11/02/25(Sun)14:08:54 No.128323369

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Favorite (mostly) complete recording of Beethoven's piano sonatas? Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)14:08:54 No.128323369 Archived

I'm currently listening through Kempff's mono set from the 50s. It's good stuff, but the Pathétique was kinda underpowered. His performance style is pretty restrained.

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)14:10:11 No.128323380

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)14:10:11 No.128323380

schiff for ecm

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)14:14:12 No.128323413

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)14:14:12 No.128323413

Wilhelm Backhaus

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)14:22:56 No.128323512

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)14:22:56 No.128323512

>>128323413
Mono or stereo?

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)14:24:41 No.128323534

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)14:24:41 No.128323534

>>128323380
I find early Schiff pretty boring, but his live ECM Goldbergs were great. His ECM Beethoven set is also live, right? I tend to prefer live performances over studio.

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)14:29:10 No.128323590

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)14:29:10 No.128323590

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>>128323369
Annie Fischer's set is interesting. It's quirky, perhaps because each sonata is a a studio assembly of bits and pieces of performance, but worth a listen.

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)14:45:52 No.128323777

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)14:45:52 No.128323777

>>128323534
his schubert is kinda eggwhites I agree

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)14:51:11 No.128323846

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)14:51:11 No.128323846

>>128323777
I assume "eggwhites" is bad? I do like his later fortepiano Schubert, but I haven't heard his earlier Schubert recordings (because I expect they'll be boring).