Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Vol.3 | Zig Zag Territoires ZZT318

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Vol.3

Label: Zig Zag Territoires

Cat No: ZZT318

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 25th February 2013

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About

This set is the third and last volume of François-Frédéric Guy’s complete recording of the Beethoven sonatas. In addition to the first three (op.2), it contains the late sonatas, including the celebrated ‘Hammerklavier’. This sonata is not only one of the cornerstones of the cycle, but also a key work in François-Frédéric Guy’s personal musical trajectory. This is the third time he has recorded it.

François-Frédéric Guy chose to record the entire series live, in the course of a series of concerts at the Arsenal de Metz, France. He firmly believes that this method, in direct contact with an audience, is the best way to represent his relationship with the sonatas and the interpretation of them he wishes to project.

Reviews for earlier volumes:
Guy evidently believes in taking Beethoven by storm, something to which the composer could hardly object...Some of Beethoven's most hackneyed movements, such as the first movement of the Moonlight and of the Pathetique, gave me pleasure for the first time in years.” - BBC Music Magazine

Technically, he is in total control...Guy's whole being seems to expand into the music and he embodies an emotional involvement through rhythmic flexibility, mostly sonorous tone and a left hand the equal of his right in weight, articulacy and dynamic nuance” - Gramophone

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