Jeffrey Hall wrote: >Dear CM fans, I am a big fan of Beethoven's piano sonata number 15, the >Pastoral sonata. I just love how it flows along. What are some recordings? >I listen to Brendel's 1970's recording on Philips. I've heard that >Kovacevich on EMI is pretty good. Any input greatly appreciated. if you want I will make a recording of that sonata just for you, since I love to play that sonata too. Please note that the title "pastoral" is apocryphe, Beethoven hasn't called that sonata like that. There was a fashion to name sonatas after their apparent mood... I would call that sonata "everything but pastoral" since it is very strong and colourful, sometimes it needs also fortissimo (ff); Beethoven always refused the names that people gave to his works, there are just a few officially named by him. I like the Glenn Gould version of this sonata, but you can find it played by Vladimir Ashkenazy, Maurizio Pollini, Paul Badura- Skoda, Jeno Jando, Claudio Arrau and many more. Good search. Fabio Hauptstueck