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Angela Hewitt - Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 No. 2, Op. 10 No. 1, Op. 78, Op. 110 (2015)

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Date: 23 Jun 2024 16:01:18

Angela Hewitt - Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 No. 2, Op. 10 No. 1, Op. 78, Op. 110 (2015)

This is the fifth volume of Angela Hewitt’s cycle of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, and she is recording a full set of Mozart’s concertos too; and yet she is still probably best known for her Bach. So perhaps it’s no surprise that it’s when Beethoven slips into Bach-style fugues in the final movement of Op 110 that Hewitt sounds most masterful. Elsewhere she is incisive and thoughtful too, even if the two earliest works here, Op 2 no 2 and Op 10 no 1, demand a certain lightness of touch that they don’t quite get – the flurries and flourishes sound like collections of notes rather than single, self-propelling gestures. The second movement of Op 78 is a deft dialogue of question and answer, and Hewitt brings an inevitability to Op 110 that makes sense of its changes of direction even if she doesn’t obviously revel in the full extent and novelty of its inspiration.

Review by Erica Jeal, The Guardian

Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has specialized in Baroque and Classical music, and her Beethoven is about as delicate as some might expect. But there's a difference between applying delicacy to works that are not conventionally played that way, and applying it to already delicate works. There are two of each here. Hewitt runs counter to type in the early Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2, and Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1. In the Op. 10 work, perhaps a preparatory essay for the tumultuous "Pathétique" sonata that followed in the same key, Hewitt will be underpowered for many. But all is redeemed in the gentler pair, the Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78, and Piano Sonata No. 31 in A major, Op. 110. Hewitt takes moderate tempi in these, infusing a sense of spontaneity into the brief, tightly constructed Op. 78 and opening up the fugal counterpoint in the Op. 110 finale. Hewitt's Bachian training really applies in this work, whose first movement is also particularly raptly, almost mystically done. It's hard to offer a general judgment on this set, but for those buying online, in pieces, know that the last two selections are must-haves.

Review by James Manheim, Allmusic.com

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Tracklist:

Piano Sonata in A major, Op.2 No.2
01. I. Allegro vivace (07:23)
02. II. Largo appassionato (06:51)
03. III. Scherzo: Allegretto (03:58)
04. IV. Rondo: Grazioso (06:55)

Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.10 No.1
05. I. Allegro molto & con brio (05:45)
06. II. Adagio molto (08:51)
07. III. Prestissimo (04:48)

Piano Sonata in F sharp major, Op.78
08. I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo (08:03)
09. II. Allegro vivace (03:26)

Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op.110
10. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (06:50)
11. II. Allegro molto (02:22)
12. III. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo (10:51)

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