Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt, mostly known as a Bach specialist, would seem an unlikely choice for Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor, and indeed she has said that she herself disliked the piece until introduced to it by a teacher. Certainly Hewitt's reading of the work is unusual, and for those with a vision of the Liszt sonata involving lots of pounding on the keyboard or even just a grand statement of Romantic pianism, it's probably best to look elsewhere. On the other hand, Hewitt's reading is both coherent and competent ...
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Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt, mostly known as a Bach specialist, would seem an unlikely choice for Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor, and indeed she has said that she herself disliked the piece until introduced to it by a teacher. Certainly Hewitt's reading of the work is unusual, and for those with a vision of the Liszt sonata involving lots of pounding on the keyboard or even just a grand statement of Romantic pianism, it's probably best to look elsewhere. On the other hand, Hewitt's reading is both coherent and competent, and it can boast abundant historical justification to boot. First of all, Liszt's pianos of 1853, although a long way advanced from Beethoven's, weren't capable of anything like the volume produced on grand pianos in concert halls these days; Hewitt's more restrained playing is probably closer to the historical norm. More important, Beethoven is the point of reference for Hewitt's performance in a way that earlier recordings of the Piano Sonata in B minor have not been. It's no...
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