Showing posts with label Paul Lewis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Lewis. Show all posts

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Beethoven: Sonatas Op.31 Nos. 16, 17 & 18 [HMC901902] Paul Lewis


Beethoven: Sonatas Op.31 Nos. 16, 17 & 18 [HMC901902] Paul Lewis
Classical | Ape (Single Tracks) dbPowerAMP | 1CD/215MB | Cover+Booklet | RS.com
A little more and I would have ended my life. . . . Only my art held me back’, says Beethoven in his ‘Heiligenstadt Testament’. Partly contemporary with this key document of summer 1802, these three sonatas open up the ‘new paths’ that were to enable the composer to surmount the prospect of almost total deafness. Paul Lewis has chosen to inaugurate his complete recording of the sonatas by plunging into the heart of this Tempest.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Beethoven: Sonatas Op.13, 14, 22, 53, 78, 79, 90, 101 & 106 [HMC901903.05] Paul Lewis

Beethoven: Sonatas Op.13, 14, 22, 53, 78, 79, 90, 101 & 106 [HMC901903.05] Paul Lewis
Classical | Ape (Single Tracks) dbPowerAMP | 3CD/573MB | Cover+Booklet | RS.com
The release of volume I of the complete Beethoven sonatas by Paul Lewis was warmly and unanimously acclaimed by the international press:

"Élégance. C’est le terme qui revient souvent à l’esprit pour qualifier le jeu de Paul Lewis dans ces sonates." (Pianiste) • ‘I can scarcely wait to hear the rest of this deeply serious and sensitive young pianist's epic undertaking.’(Gramophone Editor's Choice) • ‘There isn’t a bar in any of these sonatas that seem ill-considered or hastily characterised; if tempos are generally on the measured side, Lewis's sense of structure and constant awareness of what the harmonic rhythm is doing allows him to generate tension in the most subtle ways.’ (The Guardian) • ‘This inaugural disc in Paul Lewis's cycle of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas is of such a high order that it promises to make the whole projected series a must for anybody who admires pianism at its most perceptive.’ • ‘Lewis has been living and breathing these sonatas in concert and it shows – he really does have something to say. (…) I, for one, can’t wait for the next instalment.’ (BBC Radio 3) • The Daily Telegraph: Best Classical Releases of 2005 • "Packende, luzide, dramatisch ausgefeilte Interpretationen" (Der Spiegel) • "Man spürt es vom ersten Ton an. Hier sitzt einer am Klavier, der hat das gewisse Etwas." (NDR)

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 10, 28 ''Pastoral'', 49, 81 ''Les Adieux, 109, 110, 111 [HMC901909.11] Paul Lewis


Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 10, 28 ''Pastoral'', 49, 81 ''Les Adieux, 109, 110, 111 [HMC901909.11] Paul Lewis
Classical | EAC APE+CUE+LOG | 3CD/474MB | Covers+Booklet | RS.com
The first three volumes of the complete Beethoven sonatas by Paul Lewis were warmly and unanimously acclaimed by the international press:

"Paul Lewis atteint un niveau de décantation tel que la virtuosité semble n'être utilisée que pour intensifier l'expression." (Le Monde de la Musique) • "Légitimement réputé pour ses interprétations de Schubert, Paul Lewis rejoint désormais le "club" choisi des beethovéniens." (La Croix) • "La démarche de Paul Lewis s'inscrit dans une sorte de "nouvelle objectivité", qui n'est en rien une neutralité expressive, mais qui cherche à retrouver la vérité des œuvres." (Diapason) • "We know we're in safe hands. He's a tiger, he's a lamb: he's whatever Beethoven wants, projected with an honesty and clarity that's hard to beat." (The Times) • "I can hardly wait for Mr. Lewis to finish the project. The spaciousness, integrity and imagination in his playing make these performances truly distinguished." (The New York Times) • "Lewis Einspielung lässt sich schon vor Abschluss in den Kanon der großen Gesamteinspielungen dieser Sonaten einfügen." (Piano News)

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