Many performances of the Moonlight Sonata are virtually indistinguishable, which is not necessarily a criticism. Three more great recordings of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Five of the best pieces for Piano Left Hand.The best recordings of Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonatas.The middle movement, which is a bit of a puzzle, Kovacevich plays without any particular emphasis, leaving an impression – the right one, I believe –of almost trite normality between its two bizarre neighbours.īut then he hurls himself into the last movement, with those furious arpeggios clearly articulated the two crashing chords at the climax of each are violent but not an assault on the ears, as too many pianists make them. That would have worked better on his pianos than on ours, where too much pedalling results in a more atmospheric haze. He doesn’t make a meal of the first movement, keeping those murmurous triplets in their place, letting the climaxes, which aren’t large, emerge from and sink into the general level of the movement naturally, as if it were breathing.īeethoven instructs that the movement be played without muting, ie without bringing the hammers nearer the strings, but also that the sustaining pedal be held down for lengthy stretches. But I find Stephen Kovacevich’s account at least as great as any other I have heard, despite EMI’s slightly constricted sound. Out of the 300 or so recordings available, so many are fine that choosing a winner is more than usually foolish. Performances are to be judged above all by how astonishing the last movement sounds, not by whether the first sends you into a state of bliss… The best recording of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
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