A rare opportunity tot hear Harris Goldsmith’s temperamental and brilliant Beethoven interpretations. His is an unusual approach to some of these classical sonatas. Especially remarkable is the large-scale overall concept on which his interpretations are based.
New Yorker Goldsmith has a versatile talent; he is not just a pianist. He is also an author, a critic and a musicologist. For quite some years he has been teaching chamber music as well at the Mannes College of Music in New York. He also regularly writes reviews.
Other information:
- Recorded between 1970 and 1981.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10/1: Allegro molto e con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10/1: Adagio molto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10/1: Finale, prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, Waldstein: Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, Waldstein: Introduzione, adagio molto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, Waldstein: Rondo, allegretto moderato-prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: Allegro molto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: Adagio ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: Fuga, allegro ma non troppo-l’istesso tempo di arioso-l’istesso tempo della fuga-meno allegro poi a poi di nuovo vivente
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31/2, "Sturm": Largo-allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31/2, "Sturm": Adagio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31/2, "Sturm": Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ziemlich lebhaft, in B-Flat Major, WoO 60
Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegretto für Piringer, in B Minor, WoO 61
Ludwig van Beethoven: Albumblatt in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 1 in G Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 2 in G Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 3 in E-Flat Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 4 in B Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 5 in G Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 6 in E-Flat Major
