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RE: my thoughts...

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on March 23, 2015 at 00:04:42

In Reply to: my thoughts... posted by rws on March 22, 2015 at 11:07:41:

My feeling is that by the time he recorded the Beethoven Sonatas, Gilels had slowed down quite a bit (that seems to be your impression too), and, in terms of tempo at least, you aren't going to get too far from the moderation of Kempff (stereo, I assume?). If you want a big contrast with Kempff, there's always HJ Lim's debut recording with its rapid-fire tempos throughout, but she glosses over SO many details, that I wouldn't recommend it.

I have the complete Beethoven Sonatas played by Eric Heidsieck on French EMI - I like the set overall, but I think he's generally better in the earlier sonatas than in the later ones - he re-recorded many (all?) of these sonatas in Japan, and the one Japanese disc I heard of some of the late sonatas is pretty free-wheeling interpretively. It's certainly not for everyone. Another Japanese set I would love to hear is by the Russian pianist, Irina Mejoueva - many of her performances I've heard of other repertoire are just magical.

Other than that, I'm not too inclined to get complete recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas, so I know this post probably doesn't help you too much - sorry!

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