 | from Maria Yudina - Beethoven Sonatas (APR5670) 1 Allegro [10'11] 37 minutes 14 seconds 4 tracks2 Scherzo: Assai vivace – Presto [2'31] 3 Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento [12'57] 4 Largo – Allegro – Allegro risoluto [11'35] ‘[Maria Yudina] is personable and dignified in the Funeral March from Op 26 and clearly in her element in the brief but intense Adagio from Op 101. A curious, sometimes fascinating disc’ (Gramophone)  BBC Music Magazine‘What one finds in these three performances are cumulative power and spirit and some very personalised ways with rubati, tempo, timbre and dynamic gradients. That applies to the Op 26 sonata as much a ... |