Gulda Beethoven Piano Sonatas Rar

For Beethoven piano sonatas, Living Stereo offers, alas, only one SACD, a Rubinstein collection of four very popular sonatas (Moonlight, Pathetique, Appassionata, Les Adieux). It's a good disc, but that's the only Living Stereo SACD or CD with B's piano sonatas. Mari Kodama / Beethoven – Piano Sonatas 11-13. Less digital magic than Bendel or Gulda.

Maestrob wrote:I have the Brilliant set and find it worthwhile listening indeed. However, my preferred Beethoven sonatas set is still Russell Sherman: although controversial, I find him most gratifying in his choice of tempo and crystal-clear articulation, even in the most difficult passages. Here's a new repackaging by Decca, which included Gulda's traversal of the Piano Concerti with Horst Stein/Vienna that looks interesting for about $32.95 on Amazon: I can't say I'm a big fan of Gulda's Beethoven sonatas by and large, although some stand out, such as his Hammerklavier in the 1967 cycle. However, his concerti with Stein are quite enjoyable, in particular the earlier concerti. I'm resurrecting this thread because NML have now made the Orfeo available to listen to. Just recently I bought the Amadeo/Brilliant and despite the hype and rave reviews I just don't like it. I listened to it over three days and in the end it became just relentlessly the same.

It's technically very good but there is no 'soul' to the music, the excessive speeds rob it of that. The Orfeo is another story.

What I've sampled is excellent. While Gulda's no nonsense style is evident at this early stage of his career you can also hear his love of the music, which is not evident in the Amadeo cycle. Fsb 1600 ddr2 800 dual channel drivers. I'll be selling the Brilliant set.