{"product_id":"schnabel-beethoven-complete-piano-sonatas-vol-7-1932-34-pakm043","title":"SCHNABEL Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7 (1932-34) - PAKM043","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonatas 21-24\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1932-34\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e, Abbey Road Studio 3, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 66:27\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eArtur Schnabel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fGramophone Historic Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fTime and time again I have been struck by this as I listened to Schnabel's playing: it's as though the force of his convictions dictates an altogether exceptional brilliance in his playing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1964 LP reissues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\"Now that the reissue of all the Beethoven\nsonatas is well under way I suspect that the gibes people used to make\nat Schnabel's technique will become a good deal less common. A case\ncould certainly be made for regarding Schnabel's Beethoven records as\ndocuments of supreme virtuosity, if the term virtuosity be understood to\nembrace a blazing intensity of interpretative vision as well as a\nbreathtaking manner of execution. Time and time again I have been struck\nby this as I listened to Schnabel's playing : it's as though the force\nof his convictions dictates an altogether exceptional brilliance in his\nplaying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eThe 'fluffs' and the rhythmic telescopings that\noccasionally make us raise our eyebrows are actually almost always the\nresults of attempts at the impossible, attempts to push an idea to the\nvery limits of its logic and even a bit beyond, rather than results of\nan imperfect control of mind or fingers. You can find several examples\nof this on these records. The finale of the E flat Sonata, Op. 31, No.\n3, provides one. Beethoven marked it presto con fuoco, and obviously\ndidn't intend it to go at a gentle amble; but with Schnabel it goes like\na tornado, and although in itself the idea of this is perfectly\nconvincing in the final reckoning clarity of texture and articulation do\nget sacrificed on the altar of excitement, and this is rather a pity.\nYet I don't complain—the performance of the rest of the sonata seems to\nme quite perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eTo a lesser extent parts of the Waldstein and the\nAppassionata show the same madness (if I dare call it that). Schnabel\ntakes the finale of the Appassionata at something a good deal faster\nthan an allegro ma non troppo and gives the ubiquitous semiquavers a\nlight and almost fantastic touch; but although this again seems quite\njustifiable, and although the transition from the allegro into the\npresto is very well managed, there are, almost inevitably, places where\nthe details don't have time to make effect. Not so in the first\nmovement, however. This is unfolded with a tremendous sense of majesty\nand awe: nothing is over-driven and nothing too heavily underlined—the\nrhythmic detail is scrupulously correct and grandeur and spaciousness\nare everything; here indeed the music seems to be playing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eI was interested to find Schnabel observing\nBeethoven's pedalling indications in the finale of the Waldstein. These\nare something of a problem. Should they—on the one hand—be regarded as a\nmere adjunct to the huge harmonic spans of the melody at the beginning\nof this movement, an attempt to make the early nineteenth-century piano\nconvey the unprecedented breadth of this music with the grandest\npossible sonority ?—in which case perhaps one should not observe them\ntoo literally when playing on the modern piano—or are they signals for\ncloudy, Aeolian harp effects? The evidence certainly points to the\nAeolian harps, at least by deduction from Beethoven's own practice of\nindicating the pedalling he wanted in his piano works. Schnabel\nevidently agrees; or rather, once one has heard how he solves the\nproblem, one is inclined to agree with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eTo turn from listening to the Waldstein and the\nAppassionata and Op. 31, No. 3 in E flat to the three smaller sonatas on\nthese records makes a good contrast. COLH59 has the little F major\nSonata, Op. 54, sandwiched between Opp. 53 and 57, COLH58 the two Op.\n49s. The modest Op. 49s, written much earlier than their opus number\nimplies, are of course really no more than sonatinas in scope. But\nSchnabel treats them just as affectionately as the more celebrated\nsonatas, and without ever attempting to inflate their expressive content\ninvests them with much more than charm. In particular the first\nmovement of the G minor Sonata, Op. 49, No. 1, has, as he plays it, a\ndirectness and a childlike simplicity of utterance that seem to look\nforward to the world of the Op. 119 Bagatelles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eA word of praise finally for the quality of the\nLP transfers. The earliest recording here is of the E flat Sonata Op.\n31, No. 3 (March 1932) and this has a less clear sound than the others\n(and also a rather prematurely cut off last note at the end of the\nMinuet); but the quality of the rest is really extraordinarily good.\nPerhaps I might add that, in general, I would have liked longer scrolls\nbetween the movements—a small but by no means an unimportant point.\nOtherwise all gratitude to HMV for making available another splendid\npair of discs. The interpretations are not likely to be surpassed: they\nseem to me to offer at once lasting satisfaction and a communication of\nBeethoven that is as compelling and immediate as it must have been\nthirty years ago: something that is indeed still vital for us today and\nin no sense of mere 'historical' interest.\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003e The Gramophone\u003c\/b\u003e, March 1964, by S.P\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PAKM043.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFabulous new XR-remastered Beethoven Sonatas from Schnabel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The sound quality ... made me rethink my conception of Schnabel\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eClassical CD Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn terms of overall sound quality and the difficulties of\nrestoration, this volume has generally presented fewer problems than\nmost, something the listener should immediately find apparent in the\nclarity of sound achieved in many of the movements presented here. The\nusual problems inherent in trying to extact as much musical information\nas possible do still arise, but overall to a lesser extent, and the\npiano tone is often more vibrant and extended than in some previous\nvolumes. Naturally the playing is exquisite!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew 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Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/b\u003ePiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 \"Waldstein\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded 25 April 1934, issued as HMV DB 2853-55\u003cbr\u003e Matrix Numbers 2B.6160-65\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/b\u003ePiano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eRecorded 11 April 1933, issued as HMV DB 2651-52\u003cbr\u003e Matrix Numbers 2B.6611-12\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/b\u003ePiano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 \"Appassionata\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded 11 April 1933, issued as HMV DB 2215-17\u003cbr\u003e Matrix Numbers 2B.6605-10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/b\u003ePiano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 \"A Thérèse\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded 21 March 1932, issued as HMV DB 1659-60\u003cbr\u003e Matrix Numbers 2B.3222-24\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Artur Schnabel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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