Angela Hewitt - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 2-2, 10-1, 78 & 110 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 76:06 minutes | 609 MB
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Angela Hewitt has been much praised in her earlier recordings of Beethoven’s piano sonatas - displaying ‘exquisite taste’ - and now turns her ‘uncluttered clarity of thought and inspired structural pacing’ to four more works spanning the composer’s career. As ever, Angela’s accompanying notes provide fascinating insights into both the music and her performances.
Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has specialized in Baroque and Classical music, and her Beethoven is about as delicate as some might expect. But there's a difference between applying delicacy to works that are not conventionally played that way, and applying it to already delicate works. There are two of each here. Hewitt runs counter to type in the early Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2, and Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1. In the Op. 10 work, perhaps a preparatory essay for the tumultuous "Pathétique" sonata that followed in the same key, Hewitt will be underpowered for many. But all is redeemed in the gentler pair, the Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78, and Piano Sonata No. 31 in A major, Op. 110. Hewitt takes moderate tempi in these, infusing a sense of spontaneity into the brief, tightly constructed Op. 78 and opening up the fugal counterpoint in the Op. 110 finale. Hewitt's Bachian training really applies in this work, whose first movement is also particularly raptly, almost mystically done. It's hard to offer a general judgment on this set, but for those buying online, in pieces, know that the last two selections are must-haves.
Tracklist:
01 - Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro vivace
02 - Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Largo appassionato
03 - Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Scherzo: Allegretto
04 - Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: IV. Rondo: Grazioso
05 - Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
06 - Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto
07 - Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Prestissimo
08 - Piano Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78: I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
09 - Piano Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78: II. Allegro vivace
10 - Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
11 - Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
12 - Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo – Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo
Produced and Engineered by Ludger Böckenhoff.
Recorded in January 2014 at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany.
Analyzed: Angela Hewitt / Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 2/2, 10/1, 78 & 110
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -1.81 dB -21.99 dB 7:24 01-Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro vivace
DR16 -1.65 dB -25.29 dB 6:51 02-Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Largo appassionato
DR16 -0.59 dB -22.51 dB 3:58 03-Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Scherzo: Allegretto
DR14 -2.46 dB -21.69 dB 6:55 04-Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: IV. Rondo: Grazioso
DR16 -0.80 dB -22.28 dB 5:45 05-Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
DR17 -4.68 dB -27.96 dB 8:51 06-Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto
DR15 -1.90 dB -21.81 dB 4:48 07-Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Prestissimo
DR15 -1.62 dB -22.51 dB 8:04 08-Piano Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78: I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
DR14 -0.78 dB -20.82 dB 3:26 09-Piano Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78: II. Allegro vivace
DR14 -3.91 dB -23.66 dB 6:50 10-Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
DR14 -0.40 dB -20.03 dB 2:23 11-Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
DR15 -0.40 dB -23.72 dB 10:49 12-Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo – Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1030 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -1.81 dB -21.99 dB 7:24 01-Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro vivace
DR16 -1.65 dB -25.29 dB 6:51 02-Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Largo appassionato
DR16 -0.59 dB -22.51 dB 3:58 03-Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Scherzo: Allegretto
DR14 -2.46 dB -21.69 dB 6:55 04-Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: IV. Rondo: Grazioso
DR16 -0.80 dB -22.28 dB 5:45 05-Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
DR17 -4.68 dB -27.96 dB 8:51 06-Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto
DR15 -1.90 dB -21.81 dB 4:48 07-Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Prestissimo
DR15 -1.62 dB -22.51 dB 8:04 08-Piano Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78: I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
DR14 -0.78 dB -20.82 dB 3:26 09-Piano Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78: II. Allegro vivace
DR14 -3.91 dB -23.66 dB 6:50 10-Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
DR14 -0.40 dB -20.03 dB 2:23 11-Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
DR15 -0.40 dB -23.72 dB 10:49 12-Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo – Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1030 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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