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Deryk Barker wrote:
>Much though I admire Pollini's Hammerklavier, I find others penetrate more
>deeply into the other late sonatas, notably Schnabel, Solomon and Frank.
Deryk might well be right. My high esteem for what was, when I bought it,
a 2-cd set from Pollini, flowed primarily from his Hammerklavier although
I thought he did a great job with the other sonatas as well. For me, the
Hammerklavier is Beethoven's finest solo piano work, and Pollini brings to
it a wealth of clarity, strength, boldness, and poetry; recorded sound is
a perfect match. Come to think of it, the Hammerklavier is the one
Beethoven work which usually reminds me of Bach.
Don Satz
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