Ulvi Yurtsever wrote:

>Luis Afonso:
>
>>Last night, Kovacevich gave a fantastic Beethoven recital here in Lisbon.
>>Among the works he played, there was the piano sonata Opus 111.  It was
>>the first time I ever heard the work.  In the beginning of the second
>>movement,I thought I was hearing to jazz music.  ...
>
>Just curious: what specifically was "jazzy" about this performance? In all
>my listening, I never felt anything jazzy in the 2nd mvmnt of op.111, and
>I have over a dozen recordings of the piece.

Sorry, I can't do it w/ references to the score, but on the Schnabel
(London, 1932/1935) performance recorded on Nuova Era, I find
foreshadowings of it in the variation beginning at 4'47" on the second
movement's track and the "real thing" beginning at 6'28".  Your perception
may differ.

Walter Meyer