Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2, was published in 1796 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn. A typical performance lasts 22 minutes.
Tovey wrote, "The second sonata is flawless in execution and entirely beyond the range of Haydn and Mozart in harmonic and dramatic thought, except in the Finale." The sonata was the first Beethoven sonata to reach America and was performed in New York on June 5, 1807.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._2_(Beethoven)
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What you will get is a new sense of the sheer physicality of the music…What’s fascinating about Levit’s whole cycle is the crazy tempos at which he takes the first Allegros and Prestos…Where... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019, Classical Album of the Year
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Best-Seller of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended - ‘Appassionata’
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended Recording - 'Appassionata'
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Here is a stimulating well-contrasted programme. Each sonata benefits from Angela Hewitt's beautifully clean-cut pianistic commant, in which every score marking is placed within a precisely... — More…
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Glenn Gould plays Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3, 5-10, 12-14, 15-18, 23 & 30-32
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Grammy Awards, 26th Awards (1983), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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The first movement of the big C major Sonata is conceived very much on orchestral lines with a dramatic variety of colouring and characterisation, as well as an unexpected use of the sustaining... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2010, First Choice
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Sensational. Unique. In a realm all their own. Now words are really apt here...The most obvious feature of the playing here is the artist's unfettered imagination - a currently unfashionable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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As always, Paul Lewis offers playing of rare insight and intelligence. He is just as much at home in the dazzling brilliance of the C major Sonata, Op. 2 No. 3...as in the graceful lyricism... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd July 2007
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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The original recordings are sonically well balanced and give a good measure of Kempff’s sonority. While the rare shellac pressings are admittedly of poor quality, any extreme noise reduction... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Collectionneur
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Instrumental
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