There was not then and there is not now a more profound interpreter of the piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven than Artur Schnabel, and his 1930s recordings of them are now as they have always been and as they will always be the greatest recordings of the works ever made. Schnabel's Waldstein Sonata is pure joy, his Appassionata is dark despair, and his Sonata in E minor is complete consolation. Schnabel's Sonata in E major is radiant bliss, his Sonata in A flat is luminous ecstasy, and his Sonata in C minor is numinous ...
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There was not then and there is not now a more profound interpreter of the piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven than Artur Schnabel, and his 1930s recordings of them are now as they have always been and as they will always be the greatest recordings of the works ever made. Schnabel's Waldstein Sonata is pure joy, his Appassionata is dark despair, and his Sonata in E minor is complete consolation. Schnabel's Sonata in E major is radiant bliss, his Sonata in A flat is luminous ecstasy, and his Sonata in C minor is numinous spirituality. Generations of critics have carped at Schnabel's technique and, in truth, he does lack the technique to play the closing movement of the Appassionata at tempo. But generations of listeners have heard Schnabel's deep soul and his sublime musicianship and have therefore cheerfully disregarded any critical quibbles in gratitude for Schnabel's transcendent performances. EMI's remastering of the 1930s monaural originals is obviously antique but nevertheless clear enough to...
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