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Post Subject: Wilhelm Kempff-Best Performance of the WeekPosted by Lbjefferies7 on: 9/29/2008
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, Waldstein
A very nice performance of the begining of Beethoven's "heroic" phase (1803-1812). Wilhelm Kempff's genius pianissimo (perhaps the best of any pianist I have heard) made the dolce in the first movement truely breathtaking. Kempff's style of playing was so impressive...Where Horowitz injected such genius passion, and Gould such a obsessive 'perfection,' Kempff, like Rostropovich, injected a properness to music. His astonishing rhythm, lyricism, and ability to present music as if HE were hearing it for the first time is so very special and very unique.
LBJ
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