LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

 

Complete Works for Solo Piano, Volume 6

 

Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’

Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54

Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78

Sonata No. 25 Sonatine in G major, Op. 79

 

Ronald Brautigam - fortepiano

 

This release consists of sonatas from Beethoven’s middle period where his encroaching deafness resulted in him pushing the borders between free expression and strict form to an even greater extent than previously. Brautigam continues his survey of Beethoven’s piano music on a new instrument, a copy of a Graf 1819 fortepiano, which corresponds to the greater demands in terms of power and dynamics made by works such as the Waldstein and the Appassionata.

 

‘Remarkably full-blooded and forceful playing, pushing the instrument to its limits yet always securing a rich and well-rounded tone’. International Record Review

 

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