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Bill Hill <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:22:19 -0700
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Greetings.  Someone enquired as to other recent Beethoven piano sonata
cycles...  personally, I have greatly enjoyed Stephen Kovacevich's new
set on EMI.  Very individual, passionate performances -- he's very good
at bringing out aspects of the sonatas that I haven't heard in previous
recordings.

If you can still manage to find it, I'd also recommend the super-cheap
cycle by Bernard Roberts on Nimbus.  I think I literally paid about 20
bucks for the set (10 or 11 discs), and while it won't replace any of
my all-time favorite B sonata recordings (Kovacevich & Richard Goode for
complete sets, and then there's Rudolf Serkin, Emil Gilels...), it's
still first-rate, digitally recorded, and well worth the modest investment.

Regards,
Bill Hill

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