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One of my favorite pianists. His recording(s) of the complete Beethoven Sonatas are unequaled, IMHO. His intellectual approach was balanced by an emotional expr
by mykowebhn 1y ago
One of my favorite pianists. His recording(s) of the complete Beethoven Sonatas are unequaled, IMHO. His intellectual approach was balanced by an emotional expressiveness that would often move me to tears.
I never got to see him perform, but I was able to see him speak at Harvard after his retirement from the concert stage.
He was a giant and I will miss him.
- sunrunner 1y agoI wholeheartedly agree and can only really add my own personal examples. I think the first recording of his I heard was Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.18, Op.31 No.3 from the 1970-77 recordings, and I was struck by just how different his interpretation was compared to some of the perhaps-more-well-known performers such as Daniel Barenboim. Even just the first two bars from the first movement were different and interesting enough to capture my attention.