Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 "Moonlight - Moondschein":
[1] I. Adagio sostenuto - 6:07
[2] II. Allegretto - 2:10
[3] III. Presto agitato - 7:32
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 "Appassionata":
[4] I. Allegro assai - 9:30
[5] II. Andante con moto - 6:35
[6] III. Allegro, ma non troppo - 7:26
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 "Pathétique":
[7] I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio - 8:29
[8] II. Adagio cantabile - 4:59
[9] III. Rondo. Allegro - 4:46
If You Listen to the Alfred Brendel, You Won't Want This One
Nothing wrong with it, mind you. It just doesn't have the grit, the
intellectual muscle (and the rhythmic urgency) that one finds in the
Brendel recordings. A great Waldstein, though!
A music fan from Olympia, WA USA, October 22, 2000
Ashkenazy makes magic.
Vladimir Ashkenazy is one of the century's great pianists. After
listening to this cd you will find out why. The tempos (or tempi) that
Ashkenazy chose for some of the movements are exactly what I think
Beethoven would have chosen them to be (Sonata no.8 Mov't 1 for
example). He is and always has been my favorite Beethoven interpreter
and this cd belongs at the top of every Beethoven library...a definite
five stars!