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Beethoven - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 5
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
One advantage of a period instrument is the cleanness of its bass register - a particular boon in the Tempest Sonata… Brautigam's performances are well up to the standard of his previous releases,...
Beethoven - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 5
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
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One advantage of a period instrument is the cleanness of its bass register - a particular boon in the Tempest Sonata… Brautigam's performances are well up to the standard of his previous releases,...
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Contents and tracklist
Work length23:29
- Ronald Brautigam
- Recorded: August 2005
- Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden
I. Allegro vivace
Track length6:41
II. Adagio grazioso
Track length10:05
III. Rondo. Allegretto - Presto
Track length6:43
Work length22:32
- Ronald Brautigam
- Recorded: August 2005
- Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden
I. Largo - Allegro
Track length8:34
II. Adagio
Track length7:51
III. Allegretto
Track length6:07
Work length21:44
- Ronald Brautigam
- Recorded: August 2005
- Recording Venue: Osteraker Church, Sweden
I. Allegro
Track length8:24
II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
Track length4:55
III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
Track length3:40
IV. Presto con fuoco
Track length4:45
Awards and reviews
September 2007
One advantage of a period instrument is the cleanness of its bass register - a particular boon in the Tempest Sonata… Brautigam's performances are well up to the standard of his previous releases, and he's particularly good at capturing the agitated drama of the Tempest's outer movements, as well as the quirky wit of the G major...
October 2007
In the Tempest Sonata, the Adagio's haunting phrases easily float over the bar-lines, providing a respite to the headlong intensity Brautigam stirs up in the outer movements. Op 31 No 3 is equally outstanding. The Menuetto particularly showcases this fortepiano's twangy, harpsichord-like overtones, while Brautigam uncompromisingly plunges into the Presto con fuoco at full speed with the detail radar cranked up leaving no notes under the table.
