from Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 106 & 111 (CDA68374) 1 Allegro [12'15] 47 minutes 3 seconds 4 tracks2 Scherzo: Assai vivace – Presto [3'02] 3 Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento [17'31] 4 Largo – Allegro – Allegro risoluto [14'15] ‘Now that Angela Hewitt has concluded her Beethoven sonata cycle with two of its ‘biggest guns’, it appears that she has also saved her best for last, interpretatively speaking … her flexible and ... BBC Music Magazine ‘Heaven, pure and simple. The second movement’s opening Arietta bore a closer resemblance to the great Artur Schnabel’s 1932 recording than any other I know of: its breadth and profundity of utterance ... |