Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 4
Angela Hewitt (piano)
The opening Allegretto ma non troppo of Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 finds her in suitably reflective mood...It's in the Finale, however, where this performance takes off...Here, her long-term...
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 4
Angela Hewitt (piano)
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The opening Allegretto ma non troppo of Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 finds her in suitably reflective mood...It's in the Finale, however, where this performance takes off...Here, her long-term...
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Angela Hewitt presents a fourth volume in her acclaimed series of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, which has delighted her fans worldwide.
The little-known Sonata in B flat major, Op 22, the last of Beethoven’s ‘early’ sonatas, is recorded alongside Op 31 No 3 (sometimes known as ‘La chasse’, or ‘The Hunt’, because of its tumultuous Presto con fuoco finale). The album is concluded with Op 101, of which the journalist for the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung in Leipzig wrote: ‘Truly, here in his 101st composition admiration and renewed respect take hold of us, when we wander along strange, never trodden paths with the great painter of the soul’, going on to enthuse about the most beautiful colours and pictures in Beethoven’s new Piano Sonata.
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Awards and reviews
January 2014
The opening Allegretto ma non troppo of Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 finds her in suitably reflective mood...It's in the Finale, however, where this performance takes off...Here, her long-term immersion in the music of Bach really pays dividends.
January 2014
Exquisite in taste is the slow movement of Op. 22, a beautifully paced Adagio, in the hands of Angela Hewitt. But Beethoven's extra instruction, con molta espressione, implying passion too, is kept at a distance.
30th January 2014
Something tells me that Hewitt is in her comfort zone with [Op. 31 No. 1]. In her booklet notes she indicates a particular preference for this work, and she has had it in her repertoire for many years. Her affinity is evident in the warmth and lyricism with which she imbues the score. She brings such tenderness to the opening bars, yet the emotion is rightly contained.
