Piano Forum

Pages: [1] Go Down

Topic: Who is the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter? (Read 1281 times)

imnotapianist

PS Silver Member
Newbie
Posts: 18

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.

Logged

lelle

PS Gold Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 2506

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.

Logged

imnotapianist

PS Silver Member
Newbie
Posts: 18

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.

Logged

klavieronin

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 856

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;

Logged

lelle

PS Gold Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 2506

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.

Logged

Sign-up to post reply

Pages: [1] Go Up

For more information about this topic, click search below!