Who is the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter?

[imnotapianist]

Not the best interpreter, the most academic Beethoven Sonatas interpreter.

[lelle]

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.

[imnotapianist]

Yup, sticking to the score/"what composer wanted"/historical performance traditions is what I meant by academic.

[klavieronin]

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;

[lelle]

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.