Maurizio Pollini - Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonaten opp. 101 & 106 "Hammerklavier" (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 63:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 429 569-2 | Recorded: 1977
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 63:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 429 569-2 | Recorded: 1977
Pollini's performances of Beethoven's last five piano sonatas have assumed almost legendary status. Sometimes considered a cold interpreter, Pollini here pays scrupulous attention to Beethoven's instructions, an attention that never gets in the way of sincere expression. There's a lot to be said for approaching this music with a maximum of clarity and simplicity, and a minimum of Romantic panting and heaving. In fact, Beethoven's instructions are so detailed, and the music itself is often so elaborately developed, that it's all most pianists can do to play it as he wrote it. Pollini does that, and much more.