Piano Forum

My two cent...   Not particularly for sonatas but I remember that I particularly enjoyed BA Michelangeli in Clementi as well as in Scarlati...  He is of course known for his neat kind of playing, very clear with lot of self-discipline and, maybe this contributes to the fact that, in his rendition one not only hears playfullness in Clementi, but also a (sounds contradictory) rigid, almost 'gothic', austere kind of sound in it.   I like the pianist Michelangeli, he was probably not the most sympathetic bloke on earth, but for some reason (like Richter), I'm often seduced by this greyish, monk-like character.
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