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Topic: Who is the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter?  (Read 2277 times)

Offline imnotapianist

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Who is the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter?
on: March 14, 2023, 08:08:52 AM
Not the best interpreter, the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter.
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Offline lelle

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Re: Who is the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter?
Reply #1 on: March 14, 2023, 09:34:34 AM
Depends what you mean by "academic". Can you clarify?

Andras Schiff is pretty strict with following the score, but his interpretations still have a lot of life and soul.
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Re: Who is the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter?
Reply #2 on: March 14, 2023, 07:11:01 PM
Yup, sticking to the score/"what composer wanted"/historical performance traditions is what I meant by academic.
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Offline klavieronin

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Re: Who is the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter?
Reply #3 on: March 15, 2023, 12:19:41 AM
If it’s a truely historically accurate performance you want you should probably look for a performance on a fortepiano of the type that Beethoven would have played himself. For example;
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Re: Who is the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter?
Reply #4 on: March 20, 2023, 07:41:09 PM
Brautigam is always worth hearing! I don't always agree with his interpretation (I feel he plays too fast in a few cases), but respect him very much as a musician. You can learn a lot by listening to him.
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