do you recommend Angela Hewitt's cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas?

Started by Scion7, October 11, 2015, 12:49:33 PM

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didn't want to split off the Beethoven Piano Sonatas thread, so

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Scion7

October 11, 2015, 12:49:33 PM Last Edit: October 11, 2015, 12:58:12 PM by Scion7
After you vote, leave a sentence or maybe two why. Thanks. Nobody's going to be replacing Brendel or Pollini in my top fave's list, but was thinking about checking these out, as I respect her as a Bach player.  But the reviews have been very mixed.
Saint-Saëns, who predicted to Charles Lecocq in 1901: 'That fellow Ravel seems to me to be destined for a serious future.'

Todd

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October 11, 2015, 12:51:00 PM
No, because it's not done yet.  Better recordings of everything she has recorded so far are also available.
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SimonNZ

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October 11, 2015, 01:01:12 PM
Yes, not necessarily as a first choice, but the couple I've heard were the same high level of quality as found most everywhere else in Hewitt's discography.

But I've settled on Kovacevich as my go-to set, and have shedded most of the others, love them though I did.
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