Garrick Ohlsson Beethoven
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As a pupil and disciple of Claudio Arrau. Ohlsson cultivates a richness of tone which some listeners might find too Brahmsian. But besides the depth, Ohlsson plays crisply, and is never in... —
Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Ohlsson commands a huge variety of tones, pays immense attention to detail, but contrives to be spontaneous and to keep each whole work always in view. —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Instrumental Choice
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With a flawless technique, and recorded in such sumptuous sound, Ohlsson doesn't miss a trick...The sonorous grandeur of his playing, combined with his alertness in Beethoven's ever-present... —
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This is great playing. …everything here is refreshing, in works which so often sound stale. —
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…lucid, detailed, forthright readings, the most successful being the first, Op. 22 in B flat. —
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Almost violent dynamic contrasts are frequent, but Ohlsson takes them as far as is idiomatic but no further. Even more important, there are no 'bridge passages' in these performances, everything... —
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Ohlsson's performance of Op. 2 No. 1 is immaculate… The Appassionato has a swelling, rolling first movement which does it full justice; a rather mannered second movement… and a last movement... —
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Ohlsson commands a huge variety of tones, pays immense attention to detail, but contrives to be spontaneous and to keep each whole work always in view. —
