Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonaten Vol.2 on CD

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Angela Hewitt is widely acknowledged as one of the great pianists of the age. Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2006 and the recent subject of a week-long artist focus on BBC Radio 3, her frenetic concert schedule and expanding discography bear testimony to her extraordinary talent and energy. Hewitt's legion of fans will be delighted at this eagerly awaited second volume of Beethoven sonatas. Her first release in this series was fulsomely praised for its ›clarity, intelligence and elegance‹ … ›fusing poetry and passion‹, and all these trademark qualities of her playing are fully present in this second disc. Angela presents three very different works here, written within a period of seven years: the enchanting ›Pastoral‹ Sonata Op 28, the monumental ›Pathétique‹ Op 13 and the dazzling early masterpiece Op 2 No 3. Her interpretations are vividly personal, yet the voice of the composer speaks clearly throughout.

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»Throughout, Hewitt maintains her trademark clean tone. Colours are beautifully controlled, forms coherently shaped« (The Sunday Times)

»Hewitt's fluent pianism … There's no shortage of imaginative touches in Hewitt's performances of the Pastoral sonata« (BBC Music Magazine)

»Angela Hewitt continues her cycle of Beethoven's sonatas with a suitably sombre reading of the Pathètique Op 13, and wonderfully shaped Pastoral Op 28. The early Op 2 no 3 brims with youthful vigour« (Northern Echo)

»Hewitt is also someone to be reckoned with … these remain important and excellent readings, and I look forward to hearing more form her, in a set definitely worth collecting, if for no other reason than the absolutely best-ever to-die-for piano sound« (Audiophile Audition, USA)

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FonoForum 09/07: »Da Hewitt ihr Handwerk versteht, entlockt sie dem großen Fazioli dennoch viele schmerzlich schöne Momente und einprägsame Stimmungen.​«