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Tag: András Schiff

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Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 20 in G, op. 49 no. 2

May 3, 2018April 22, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Rudolf Buchbinder, or below by Alfred Brendel (cover image by Rodion Kutsaev) Each performer has the freedom here to create something different… Sir Andras Schiff (cover image by Rodion Kutsaev) As discussed in the article from earlier this … Continue reading Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 20 in G, op. 49 no. 2

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Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 19 in Gm, op. 49 no. 1

May 1, 2018April 22, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, or below by Alfred Brendel (cover image by Rodion Kutsaev) If you were to listen to the piano sonatas of Beethoven based on the order of their opus numbers, after a dozen and a half increasingly … Continue reading Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 19 in Gm, op. 49 no. 1

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Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 7 in D, op. 10 no. 3

June 2, 2017May 27, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Jean Efflam-Bavouzet, or below by Annie Fischer In the two posts from earlier this week, we discussed the other two sonatas from Beethoven’s op. 10, the fifth sonata, in Cm, as well as the sixth, in F. These … Continue reading Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 7 in D, op. 10 no. 3

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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2

May 31, 2017May 27, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, or below by Annie Fischer In today’s work, as with all previous Beethoven sonatas, and likely with all future ones as well, we turn to the wealth of knowledge to be found in the lecture series … Continue reading Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2

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Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 5 in Cm, op. 10 no. 1

May 29, 2017May 27, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, or below by Annie Fischer I cannot overstate the wonderfulness of Sir András Schiff’s series of lectures about the Beethoven sonatas. They make me feel like I know these works so well, and even after having listened … Continue reading Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 5 in Cm, op. 10 no. 1

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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 7 in F for three pianos and orchestra, K. 242

May 26, 2017May 23, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Andras Schiff, Daniel Barenboim, and Georg Solti with the English Chamber Orchestra (I think) Talk about extravagant. Why three pianos? I thought the same thing, and I’ll tell you why, or rather Wikipedia will: The concerto is often … Continue reading Mozart Piano Concerto No. 7 in F for three pianos and orchestra, K. 242

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Mozart Piano Sonata No. 6 in D, K. 284 / 205b

May 24, 2017May 19, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Christoph Eschenbach, or below by Sir András Schiff second and third movements We have now reached somewhat of a (very insignificant) milestone in our coverage of Mozart’s piano sonatas. For one, this puts us a third of the … Continue reading Mozart Piano Sonata No. 6 in D, K. 284 / 205b

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Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98

February 7, 2017January 7, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Peter Schreier and Andras Schiff, or below with Schreier and Walter Olbertz as pianist Here we are, jumping ahead to the latest of Beethoven’s works on the blog so far, after seven piano trios, eleven string quartets, ten … Continue reading Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98

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Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 4 in Eb, op. 7

March 30, 2016March 26, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by Maurizio Pollini, or below by Richard Goode Also, required (or at least very enjoyable, informative) watching (actually listening) is Andras Schiff’s lecture about the piece from Wigmore Hall below: Dating from 1796, Beethoven’s second-longest piano sonata, the Grand Sonata, … Continue reading Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 4 in Eb, op. 7

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Beethoven piano sonata no. 3 in C, op. 2, no. 3

July 22, 2015January 10, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed and discussed below by András Schiff, or in this live performance by Claudio Arrau in 1977 I started to feel with the articles on the piano trios that, as I stated there, we are (very obviously) entering a whole … Continue reading Beethoven piano sonata no. 3 in C, op. 2, no. 3

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Beethoven piano sonata no. 2, op. 2, no. 2

July 21, 2015January 10, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed and introduced by András Schiff (or without explanation by Murray Perahia [with links to the other movements within]) As Schiff states, this sonata could hardly be more different from the one that precedes it. The overwhelming tone of the … Continue reading Beethoven piano sonata no. 2, op. 2, no. 2

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