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Beethoven, Schnabel
Schnabel Plays Beethoven, Vol. III
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Sonata No. 14 In C# Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: Adagio sostenuto
2. Sonata No. 14 In C# Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: Allegretto
3. Sonata No. 14 In C# Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: Presto agitato
4. Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28: Allegro
5. Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28: Andante
6. Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28: Scherzo
7. Sonata No. 15 In D, Op. 28: Rondo
8. Sonata No. 16 In G, Op. 31 No. 1: Allegro vivace
9. Sonata No. 16 In G, Op. 31 No. 1: Adagio grazioso
10. Sonata No. 16 In G, Op. 31 No. 1: Rondo. Allegretto.
11. Six Variations On An Original Theme In F, Op. 34: Tema : Adagio. Cantabile.
12. Six Variations On An Original Theme In F, Op. 34: Variation I
13. Six Variations On An Original Theme In F, Op. 34: Variation II. Allegro, ma non troppo.
14. Six Variations On An Original Theme In F, Op. 34: Variation III : Allegretto
15. Six Variations On An Original Theme In F, Op. 34: Variation IV : Tempo di Minuetto
16. Six Variations On An Original Theme In F, Op. 34: Variation V : Marcia. Allegretto
17. Six Variations On An Original Theme In F, Op. 34: Variation VI : Allegretto
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: Largo. Allegro
2. Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: Adagio
3. Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: Allegretto
4. Sonata No. 18 In E-Flat, Op. 31 No. 3: Allegro
5. Sonata No. 18 In E-Flat, Op. 31 No. 3: Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
6. Sonata No. 18 In E-Flat, Op. 31 No. 3: Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
7. Sonata No. 18 In E-Flat, Op. 31 No. 3: Presto con fuoco
8. Bagatelles, Op. 33: No.1 In E-Flat
9. Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 2 In C
10. Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 3 In F
11. Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 4 In A
12. Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 5 In C
13. Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 6 In D
14. Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 7 In A-Flat

CD Details

All Artists: Beethoven, Schnabel
Title: Schnabel Plays Beethoven, Vol. III
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Pearl
Release Date: 11/29/1994
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 727031912323

CD Reviews

Definitive reissue of the definitive performances

A techno geek | Kihei, Maui, HI USA | 12/18/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've heard many reissues of these performances --- the Seraphim LPs, the EMI and Naxos CDs. Without question the Pearl series far exceeds the others in its fresh sound. The Pearl series sounds unfiltered --- it has the greatest surface noise, but for the first time you can actually hear the sparkle and vibrancy of Schnabel's piano --- almost like a modern recording with a lot of noise. That sparkle gives the music a psychoacoustic aliveness that is profoundly important to the emotional impact. The engineering of the new Naxos series puts the musician behind a veil of 70 years. The Pearl series brings Schanbel into your room now. The mind can filter out the surface noise and hear the vibrancy present. Perhaps someday computers will be able to do this for us (perhaps they already can---listen to the Sony reissue of Louis Armstrong's Hot 5 and 7s). As to the performances --- I've focus on the sound, because the performances are simply essential to any lover of Beethoven; when I sit down and close my eyes and listen, Schnabel more than any interpreter evokes a stream of images, moments, characters, feelings, and indescribable stories that inhabit Beethoven's musical world. It's not simply that I like Schnabel's performances. I like many other pianists' performances. But Schnabel opens the gates of the imagination."

Schnabel is king!

Ralph J. Steinberg | New York, NY United States | 10/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Anyone who has read my other reviews of the Schnable Beethoven series will know how I react to this kind of exalted music-making. So just forget other versions and get the complete Schnabel Beethoven recordings, already!"