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Piano Sonatas Nos 30, 31, 32 (Kempf)

~ Ludwig Van Beethoven (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (2 April 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Bis
  • ASIN: B00005AW8Y
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo 4:05£0.59
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo 2:28£0.59
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung12:51Album Only
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 : I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 6:33£0.59
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 : II. Allegro molto 2:10£0.59
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 : III. Adagio, ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo 9:40Album Only
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 8:50Album Only
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile16:44Album Only

On this CD:
  1. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Frederick Kempf

  2. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Frederick Kempf

  3. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Frederick Kempf

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Freddy Kempf is one of the most exciting pianistic talents to have emerged over the last decade, and these Beethoven sonatas will reinforce the message. But as the crowning triptych to Beethoven's keyboard oeuvre, they're also holy ground, which young pianists tread at their peril. The first is gossamer-light, the second suggests the harvesting of heavy, mellow fruit, and the third ends with a majestic flight into the heavens: in a sense, all human life is here. And in the hands of the greatest pianists in history--Artur Schnabel, Wilhelm Backhaus, Claudio Arrau and Solomon--these amazing works assume unsurpassed grandeur. Kempf comes to them fresh from his previous recording triumphs with Schumann and Rachmaninov, and he brings a lucid expressiveness as his primary tool. This is insufficient to cope with Op.109, which demands a visionary delicacy that Kempf has yet to acquire, but it yields rich dividends in the latter two sonatas. Op.110 unfolds with grave beauty and Op.111 with a powerful momentum. If its final flight feels less than ethereal, it's still imbued with noble grace. --Michael Church

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2.0 out of 5 stars Freddy Kempf plays Beethoven, 7 Sep 2001
These works are indeed profound, so much so that even a performer like Andras Schiff, now almost 50 years of age, hardly feels ready to approach them.

Kempf here displays a wonderfully acomplished piano technique but, at the same time, lacks any deep and convincing affinity with the psychology of the pieces and, at times, betrays signs of a lack of commitment, even flippancy.

Take, for example, the start of op.109, is it really in keeping with the character of the piece to treat the broken chord linking the opening flourish with the preceeding slower mood with such youthful, careless abandon?

And, doesn't the phrasing of this ensuing section just reek of Academy-boy-itis? Surely Beethoven here asks for a soul searching flow rather than a jigsaw of stops and starts?

Anyway, despite Kempf's shortcomings, in him we have a great talent (see his Schumann and Chopin disks), and one which can only improve with age.

Chris Harman

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