Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, opp. 101 & 106
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Label: MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm)
Cat No: MDG94723066
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 16th February 2024
Contents
Works
Piano Sonata no.28 in A major, op.101Piano Sonata no.29 in B flat major, op.106 'Hammerklavier'
Artists
Jin Ju (piano)Works
Piano Sonata no.28 in A major, op.101Piano Sonata no.29 in B flat major, op.106 'Hammerklavier'
Artists
Jin Ju (piano)About
Composed a couple of years after the death of Beethoven's brother, the powerful slow movement of op.106 is bursting with intensity, in which the pain of his loss and the despair of his now almost complete deafness can be felt. The final fugue with its penetrating trills of brute force brings the listener back down to earth with a jolt, pointing to these "distressing circumstances".
The much more concise, although by no means less demanding, Sonata op.101 demonstrates Beethoven's intellectual freedom, particularly in its harmonic structure, which goes far beyond the convention of the time.
Internationally celebrated by audiences and critics alike for her warm sensibility of singing lines, astonishing clarity in narrative subtleties as well as her technical perfection, Jin Ju is a rising star of the piano music world. Jin Ju achieves the feat of freeing herself from the difficulties of these sonatas, bringing forth even seemingly incidental touches with finely differentiated tonal nuances.
The subtleties of Jin Ju's piano playing on the strikingly powerful sound of the legendary "Manfred Bürki" Steinway from 1901 provide immensely pleasurable listening. Expertly produced in high-resolution sound with optional three-dimensional playback, the listener is completely immersed in the natural acoustics of the concert hall, which allows the multi-faceted depths of Beethoven's music to unfold anew.
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