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Richard Strauss: Sonata, Op. 5; 5 Piano
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Richard Strauss: Sonata, Op. 5; 5 Piano
Genre: Classical
 

     
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All Artists: Glenn Gould
Title: Richard Strauss: Sonata, Op. 5; 5 Piano
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Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Release Date: 9/3/2007
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 886971485622
 

CD Reviews

GG's Final Recording Session...
Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 12/29/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

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Held just one month before his untimely death, this was Gould's last recording session (2 Sept. 1982).



Richard Strauss--along with Bach, Schönberg, and Hindemith--really spoke to Gould's own personal ethos and aesthetic: lushly late-Romantic but clearly composed with clean lines.



Strauss did not compose much solo piano music, but Gould plays these Mendelssohn-, Schumann-, and Brahms-influenced early salon pieces for all they're worth.



The b-minor Sonata is quite a bravura showpiece with ideomatic piano writing and an octave-dashing finale guaranteed to thrill.



Adieu, bel homme!

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