Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

[Mandryka]

Maria Grinberg's cycle is being reissued on Melodiya, if anyone's interested in that.

I think there are some really interesting things in that set, especially in the later sonatas, at least if you have an open mind about what Beethoven's music means.

Do you know if it has been remastered?

[david-jw]

Bosendorfer-

I agree that the timbre produced by these piano's is fascinating

Apart from Backhaus, can anyone please suggest which other pianists have recorded on a Bosendorfer ?

[George]

Bosendorfer-

I agree that the timbre produced by these piano's is fascinating

Apart from Backhaus, can anyone please suggest which other pianists have recorded on a Bosendorfer ?

Annie Fischer's set was recorded on a Bosendorfer.

[david-jw]

Annie Fischer's set was recorded on a Bosendorfer.

thanks George 

[Gurn Blanston]

Bosendorfer-

I agree that the timbre produced by these piano's is fascinating

Apart from Backhaus, can anyone please suggest which other pianists have recorded on a Bosendorfer ?

Paul Badura-Skoda's non-fortepiano set was recorded on a Bosendorfer Imperial.

[Opus106]

Bosendorfer-

I agree that the timbre produced by these piano's is fascinating

Apart from Backhaus, can anyone please suggest which other pianists have recorded on a Bosendorfer ?

Todd informed me a few pages earlier that Schiff used it for a part of his traversal, as opposed to the whole.

[Wakefield]

Bosendorfer-

I agree that the timbre produced by these piano's is fascinating

Apart from Backhaus, can anyone please suggest which other pianists have recorded on a Bosendorfer ?

Paul Badura-Skoda.

His first complete set (on Gramola), played on his own and famous Bösendorfer Imperial.

[Karl Henning]

I take my gramola with some plain yoghurt, usually.

[Todd]

In addition to those already mentioned, Peter Takacs and Robert Silverman used Bosendorfers.  There may be more, though I can't think of any off the top of my head.  If you want to get the best sounding recording of a Bosendorfer, Takacs is the way to go.

[Wakefield]

I take my gramola with some plain yoghurt, usually.

Do you mean "gramola" or "granola"? 

[Scarpia]

The fact that these are live performances is a big draw for me.   I generally prefer live recordings because they present the artist without a net, so to speak, of studio re-takes and offer an unvarnished representation of an pianist's command of these works.

I don't think you can assume that a live set released today has not been digitally edited to fix errors.   They can fix an error from a rehearsal recording, another recital of the same program, or a repeat of the passage in the same performance.

[Opus106]

Forgotten Beethoven piano sonata receives world première (excerpt of poor quality included)

[xochitl]

The more I listen to it, the more I like the Rudolf Buchbinder's live Beethoven Piano Sonata set ~

This box strikes me as one to seriously consider for someone's first set.

i've been sampling this and it strikes me as extremely faithful and musical but not very inspired idk.  but i agree it's probably great for your first go-round

[david-jw]

thank you to everyone who kindly gave Bossendorfer suggestions 

[George]

Forgotten Beethoven piano sonata receives world première (excerpt of poor quality included)

Very cool. Thanks for the info.

[jlaurson]

Paul Badura-Skoda.

His first complete set (on Gramola), played on his own and famous Bösendorfer Imperial.

In fact, that's the marketing point (well, privately, if not exactly media-wide) of the set... that it's UR-and-ECHT-Viennese as can be.

[Brian]

Todd, you said this was Barenboim's best Beethoven, but is it worth spending $40 on?

[George]

Todd, you said this was Barenboim's best Beethoven, but is it worth spending $40 on?

Barenboim's looking kinda young and black these days. 

[DavidRoss]

http://open.salon.com/blog/ronp01/2009/09/27/the_african_heritage_of_ludwig_van_beethoven

[Todd]

Todd, you said this was Barenboim's best Beethoven, but is it worth spending $40 on?

Yes.