Beethoven sonata CD. Any suggestion?

[mylefthand]

I got Alfred Brendel's Beethoven CDs.  I think they are not bad but I wanna buy some more legend recordings.  Any suggestion? 

ps I dun prefer mono recordings, thx

[presto agitato]

I got Alfred Brendel's Beethoven CDs.  I think they are not bad but I wanna buy some more legend recordings.  Any suggestion? 

ps I dun prefer mono recordings, thx

What recording of Brendel did you get? 60´s, 70´s or DDD?

[allthumbs]

Have you listened to Robert Silverman's 10 CD boxed set?

Have a look https://www.robert-silverman.com/cd/Beethoven32.html


Cheers

allthumbs

[superstition2]

I don't have many recordings of Beethoven's sonatas. I can remember my impression of the following pianists:

1. Horowitz. 2. Rubinstein. 3. Richter. 4. Ashkenazy.

I suggest avoiding Ashkenazy's Beethoven, because to me it's vastly inferior to Rubinstein and Richter. Horowitz' Beethoven is OK, but either I need to listen to it more (I only heard it once or twice) or it's not Horowitz's best repetoire.

You can't go wrong with Rubinstein or Richter, although the recording of Op. 111 with Richter live I have is sub-par. His Appassionata is superb, though. It was his favorite of the Beethoven sonatas. (Scriabin's favorite was the Tempest... by the way.)

[maxy]

The big names are Arrau, Kempff and Schnabel.

I have to say I have a soft spot for the Annie Fischer set.

[presto agitato]

The BIGEST name is Brendel

[maxy]

The BIGEST name is Brendel

You are wrong.

He is aknowledged massively as a reference, I can somewhat agree, yet, personally I put Arrau, Kempff, Schnabel, Richter, Gilels, Kovacevich, Annie Fischer and even Barenboim over him.