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Andor Foldes (piano)<\/h2>\n

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas<\/p>\n

Op 13 (Pathetique); opus 28 (Pastorale); opus 31 No 2 (Tempest); opus 53 (Waldstein); opus 57 (Appassionata);opus 81a (Les Adieux); opus 101; opus 109<\/p>\n

DGG Eloquence 482 5854 (2CDs)<\/p>\n

TPP: 79\u201926\u201d & 74\u201909\u201d<\/p>\n

reviewed by Neville Cohn<\/h3>\n

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\"BEETHOVEN_Sonatas_Foldes_master\"<\/a>Beethoven\u2019s Les Adieux sonata is not for faint-hearted pianists. Some of it is the sound-equivalent of finest petit point embroidery done at top speed. Few can do so without, as it were, pricking a finger or two. But Foldes is up there with the best, traversing the finale\u2019s measures without a stumble or three. Foldes is certainly no slouch here.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s sonatas such as these that Foldes would frequently include in recital programs together with music of Bartok \u2013 a painless way to introduce new audiences to what at the time would for many have sounded astonishing, unexpected or even bizarre to listeners in, say, Kenya or Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n

Foldes also gave recitals in Bulawayo and Harare (then known as Salisbury) in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), then thought of as the bread basket of Africa but now a hobbled wreck of a country \u2013 a basket case \u2013 \u00a0due to the arrogant, brutal and possibly mentally unbalanced incumbency of Robert Mugabe who, when he finally shuffles off to the oblivion that he so richly deserves, leaves a country laid waste due entirely to his hideous misrule. But even now, as the country sinks ever deeper into ruin, there are still other African leaders who extol the excellence and wisdom of Mugabe\u2019s \u2018vision\u2019!<\/p>\n

There\u2019s first rate treatment of opus 101, its immensely challenging measures making it a closed book to most pianists. I\u2019m listening to the fugue as I write this. With what effervescence, clarity and momentum Foldes imbues the notes. It is like a paean of joy. In opus109, its quasi-extemporisation quality is conveyed to memorable effect. It often borders on the ecstatic. \u00a0And it is so refreshingly free of exaggerations that lesser players offer too often in the name of \u00a0\u2018interpretation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Some of the sonatas were originally recorded by Foldes on LP as far back as 1959. Their transfer to CD is timely. It will enable a new constituency of listeners to experience Foldes\u2019 artistry. And for those coming to Beethoven for the first time, this fine compilation might well be an ideal first foray into the Bonn master\u2019s wondrous creative territory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andor Foldes (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op 13 (Pathetique); opus 28 (Pastorale); opus 31 No 2 (Tempest); opus 53 (Waldstein); opus 57 (Appassionata);opus 81a (Les Adieux); opus 101; opus 109 DGG Eloquence 482 5854 (2CDs) TPP: 79\u201926\u201d & 74\u201909\u201d reviewed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55],"tags":[102,97,18,17,19,16,103,104,7,105,62],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recordings-cds","tag-appassionata","tag-beethoven","tag-chon","tag-cohn","tag-neville-chon","tag-neville-cohn","tag-pastorale","tag-pathetique","tag-piano","tag-piano-sonatason","tag-western-australia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Yv33-11","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101,"url":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/frederic-chopin-poet-of-the-piano\/","url_meta":{"origin":63,"position":0},"title":"Frederic Chopin: Poet of the Piano","author":"reviewer","date":"June 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Anna Sleptsova (piano)\/Louise McKay (cello) WAAPA classical piano students WAAPA Music Auditorium reviewed by Neville Cohn \u00a0 For many, if not most, concertgoers, Chopin is thought of exclusively in relation to\u00a0 works for piano, whether solo or as concertos. 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