BEETHOVEN - WILHELM KEMPFF - Piano Sonata 2 + 3 - Classical LP
LP

WILHELM KEMPFF - BEETHOVEN - Piano Sonata


Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft Records
SLPM 138 945 Germany
LP
Record is VG++ clean
laminated cover is VG+ slight cornerwear and hole top right
2nd issue
1964
12" stereo LP





Side A

Sonata No. 2 In A Major Op. 2 No.2 - 01 Allegro Vivace
Sonata No. 2 In A Major Op. 2 No.2 - 02 Largo Appassionato
Sonata No. 2 In A Major Op. 2 No.2 - 03 Schrzo.Allegretto
Sonata No. 2 In A Major Op. 2 No.2 - 04 Rondo. Grazioso



Side B

Sonata No. 3 In C Major Op. 2 No. 3 - 01 Allegro Con Brio
Sonata No. 3 In C Major Op. 2 No. 3 - 02 Adagio
Sonata No. 3 In C Major Op. 2 No. 3 - 03 Scherzo, Allegro
Sonata No. 3 In C Major Op. 2 No. 3 - 04 Allegro Assai
















Kempff's readings of the sonatas are highly personal and introspective. His tempos tend to be slow and fluid, the pedal is used a great deal, phrasing is highly legato, and volume is, for the most part, subdued and restrained. He offers a metaphysical, thoughtful reading of Beethoven which probes within. It is a moving and convincing way of rendering the sonatas,
For those who are not too familiar with Kempff, he is generally regarded as one of the most reputed Beethoven interpreter after Schnabel. Gulda was supposed to succeed them and was somehow stopped short. However, in Kempff, just like most pianists of the older generation and unlike Michelangeli who almost always played a piece the sme way even after 30 years, there is a strong element of improvisation, an element in the making of music which make him sound so fresh and spontaneous