from Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 106 & 111 (CDA68374) 1 Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato [10'09] 31 minutes 13 seconds 2 tracks2 Arietta: Adagio [21'04] ‘Now that Angela Hewitt has concluded her Beethoven sonata cycle with two of its ‘biggest guns’, it appears that she has also saved her best for last, interpretatively speaking … her flexible and ... BBC Music Magazine ‘Heaven, pure and simple. The second movement’s opening Arietta bore a closer resemblance to the great Artur Schnabel’s 1932 recording than any other I know of: its breadth and profundity of utterance ... |