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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827) – PIANO SONATAS Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7 Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 Sviatoslav Richter, pianoRecorded April 1975 and September 1971 (Op. 90) “Orchestral solidity of sound makes the first movements immediately impressive. But the true scaling of heights comes in the slow movement of the C major – a colossal psychodrama here – and, unexpectedly, in the shadowy third movement of the E flat. The Op. 90 Sonata is mellower, never to the point of actually smiling, but unobtrusively responsive to the direction of Beethoven’s thought. Only a select few pianists are so in touch with Beethoven the awe-inspirer; and of those is there any one who can match Richter for sustained intensity and will-power?” – Gramophone |