 | from Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 10/2, 26, 27/2 & 90 (CDA67797) 1 Andante con variazioni [1'12] 19 minutes 9 seconds 9 tracks2 Variation I [1'07] 3 Variation II [0'55] 4 Variation III [1'14] 5 Variation IV [0'56] 6 Variation V [1'45] 7 Scherzo: Allegro molto [2'45] 8 Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe [6'09] 9 Allegro [3'06] ‘The great A flat major Sonata and the later E minor Sonata receive emotionally contained, affectionate performances with exemplary attention to the score (I love the cushioned tone and rhythmic bounc ... ‘Hewitt's pristine articulation and clarity of thought, line and feeling are, as ever, inimitable … I am still surprised at just how expressively, and romantically, the great Canadian plays this ... ‘Angela Hewitt's Beethoven is like no one else's … the sense of Beethoven’s music unfolding against a series of harmonic peaks and troughs is at its most poignant in the two-movement E minor Sona ... |