This is the third disc in German pianist Michael Korstick's cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas; he led off with the Diabelli Variations, Op. 120, before plunging into the early sonatas. That was probably a good idea, for Korstick's technically precise, rather abrupt style worked well in the dense, abstract, and not particularly emotionally expressive variation set. In this group of early sonatas he sounds a bit strained. Korstick's readings are distant cousins to the hyper-polyphonic versions by Andras Schiff, which strip ...
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This is the third disc in German pianist Michael Korstick's cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas; he led off with the Diabelli Variations, Op. 120, before plunging into the early sonatas. That was probably a good idea, for Korstick's technically precise, rather abrupt style worked well in the dense, abstract, and not particularly emotionally expressive variation set. In this group of early sonatas he sounds a bit strained. Korstick's readings are distant cousins to the hyper-polyphonic versions by Andras Schiff, which strip open the inner harmonies of the music. He generates plenty of energy at climaxes (hear especially the final Allegro of the Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26, and the outer movements of the Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7), and there's no doubting the thought and preparation that went into his recordings. His recordings of the delightful pastoral pair of Sonatas, Op. 14, are unorthodox in the extreme, however, and the gentle quality usually present in the sonatas is...
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