Beethoven - Late Piano Sonatas
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Leonskaja's broad tempi, rounded phrases and generous ritardandos might satisfy those who'd like a suaver Barenboim or a less intense and harmonically complex Arrau...nothing ever sounds indulgent...
Beethoven - Late Piano Sonatas
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
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Leonskaja's broad tempi, rounded phrases and generous ritardandos might satisfy those who'd like a suaver Barenboim or a less intense and harmonically complex Arrau...nothing ever sounds indulgent...
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Elisabeth Leonskaja is one of today’s leading pianists and she is celebrated throughout the world. Her many recordings attest to her high rank and these have been awarded the Grand Prix du Disque, Prix Caecilia, Diapason d’Or and an international MIDEM award.
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October 2010
Leonskaja's broad tempi, rounded phrases and generous ritardandos might satisfy those who'd like a suaver Barenboim or a less intense and harmonically complex Arrau...nothing ever sounds indulgent or pretentious, and Leonskaja's vibrant sonority consistently communicates rapture.
October 2010
Leonskaja's sound is crystalline, liquescent and luminous...In the second movement [of Op.110] , she projects Beethoven's accented syncopations incisively, while the tricky cross-handed off-beats of its Trio section are delivered with similar aplomb... Leonskaja is clearly a very individual pianist with the will to play the music exactly as she hears it.
