Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

[Opus106]

In case you didn't know:



In this month's edition of the Gramophone Podcast, editor-in-chief James Jolly talks to EMI pianist HJ Lim about recording Beethoven sonatas...

[19:32]

[Coopmv]

In case you didn't know:



In this month's edition of the Gramophone Podcast, editor-in-chief James Jolly talks to EMI pianist HJ Lim about recording Beethoven sonatas...

[19:32]

So potentially another Beethoven Sonatas set?  With over 10 sets of these works, I think I already have enough.  I still have the set by Arrau I recently purchased I should start listening to ...

[Brian]

It would seem logical to me that at some point,  we'll be able to download CD-quality sound files.

There are quite a few ways to do that. Some premium labels - notably Channel Classics, 2L, Chandos, and a few new Hyperion releases - are downloadable at "studio master" quality, ie in theory better sound quality than can be achieved on a CD. In addition many more labels, like BIS, offer FLAC through associated web shops.

[jlaurson]

There are quite a few ways to do that. Some premium labels - notably Channel Classics, 2L, Chandos, and a few new Hyperion releases - are downloadable at "studio master" quality, ie in theory better sound quality than can be achieved on a CD...

optional reading:  http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html

[Holden]

I've just received this



Kempff LvB PS Cycle - mono from 51-56.

Have already heard Op 2 and Op 7 is playing now. This is very interesting playing, very different from just about anything I've heard. The Gilels is the only thing that comes to mind. So far there is no bombast, no little pecadillos or idiosyncrasies yet this is a really fresh approach to anything I've heard. Kempff is happy to take his time when he needs to but can be quite incisive (Scherzo from Op2/2 for example).

The remastered sound has a bit of clang in places and I wonder if the DG is the same. My first ever classical recording was 8/14/23 from this set and I will be interested to hear it after a 40 year hiatus.

[George]

Wow, I didn't know that Regis reissued that set, Holden.

[Todd]

Just read on rmcr that Decca is going to release another new recording of the LvB sonatas by Daniel Barenboim in October.  That's four cycles; he'll surpass Brendel and Gulda.  I'm thinking I'll buy, just 'cause.

[Brian]

Just read on rmcr that Decca is going to release another new recording of the LvB sonatas by Daniel Barenboim in October.  That's four cycles; he'll surpass Brendel and Gulda.  I'm thinking I'll buy, just 'cause.

Barenboim is having a weird year. He's doing a new recording of the sonatas and he's also doing a new recording of the complete symphonies (his second), coming out next month. West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. And in case you're wondering if something's missing... he's doing the five concertos, too.

[Karl Henning]

A weird year, a Beethoven year . . . .

[George]

Just read on rmcr that Decca is going to release another new recording of the LvB sonatas by Daniel Barenboim in October.  That's four cycles; he'll surpass Brendel and Gulda.  I'm thinking I'll buy, just 'cause.

Plus, you said his latest on EMI DVD was his best yet, right? So maybe the Decca will be even better?

[Leon]

Just read on rmcr that Decca is going to release another new recording of the LvB sonatas by Daniel Barenboim in October.  That's four cycles; he'll surpass Brendel and Gulda.  I'm thinking I'll buy, just 'cause.

In in too - if d/l available.



However, I like his first set well enough that this would be just out of curiosity.

[Karl Henning]

However, I like his first set well enough that this would be just out of curiosity.

In honor of this thread . . . aren't all performances by a single artist the same? Hasn't it been done before? ; )

[Todd]

Plus, you said his latest on EMI DVD was his best yet, right? So maybe the Decca will be even better?

Yes, the DVD cycle is his best, so one can hope that the new one is even better.  I just find it odd that he's recording (or proabably already has recorded) one so soon after the last.

[George]

Yes, the DVD cycle is his best, so one can hope that the new one is even better.  I just find it odd that he's recording (or proabably already has recorded) one so soon after the last.

I guess the change of label means it will be completely different performances than the live EMI ones?

I find it strange that the EMI set wasn't issued on CD as well as DVD.

[Karl Henning]

Maybe they felt that CD sales would diminish the DVD volume?

[Leon]

In honor of this thread . . . aren't all performances by a single artist the same? Hasn't it been done before? ; )

Sometimes the obvious value of a second, or third, or fourth, look from another vantage point is overlooked by those folks who are driven to seek out the never-been-done before.

[kishnevi]

Sometimes the obvious value of a second, or third, or fourth, look from another vantage point is overlooked by those folks who are driven to seek out the never-been-done before.

True, but in this case I'm more interested in the different vantage points of musicians A and B rather than the two different vantage points of A.

That said,  I don't have any Barenboim--Beethoven.  Symphonies,  Sonatas, or Piano Concertos.  So there's a better than even chance that I'll get this new one of the sonatas.  (And the Concertos.  But not the Symphonies.  I've already got fifteen sets of the symphonies,  that's quite enough for now, thank you.)

[Bogey]

Any reviews on the Regis Kempff mono set....I would love to hear which is the preferred.

[George]

Any reviews on the Regis Kempff mono set....I would love to hear which is the preferred.

Do you mean VS the DG? If so, every Regis CD I have compared to the original (a half dozen or so) had the same sound.

[Bogey]

Do you mean VS the DG? If so, every Regis CD I have compared to the original (a half dozen or so) had the same sound.

So, by the cheapest of the two?