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BEETHOVEN KAMENZ - PIANO SONATAS: 7 14 9 & 23 CD

BEETHOVEN KAMENZ - PIANO SONATAS: 7 14 9 & 23 CD

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BEETHOVEN / KAMENZ

Title:

PIANO SONATAS: 7 14 9 & 23

Genre:

CLASSICAL / CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS

SKU:

812864016093

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The word for the playing of Siberian-born pianist Igor Kamenz is "nuanced." There is certainly no shortage of recordings of the "Moonlight" and "Appassionata" sonatas of Beethoven, but it's understandable that the Oehms label believed that this one would stand out -- it runs counter to current trends that emphasize Beethoven's subjectivity and locate the roots of his radicalism increasingly early in his career. Three of the four sonatas on the disc are from the so-called early period, with the Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3, and the Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1, as preludes to the two landmarks. Kamenz holds to the traditional view of the early sonatas as fundamentally Classical in orientation. Compared to something like Andras Schiff's deep contrapuntal deconstruction of Op. 10/3, Kamenz's reading is light and often playful. In Op. 14/1, he avoids the usual warm, proto-pastoral reading of the opening material in favor of a more neutral sound, and throughout the program he rarely emphasizes the details one expects. All the music is restrained, but it has plenty of surprises nonetheless. Take the finale of the "Appassionata," where Kamenz downplays the diminshed chords at the beginning -- usually these are stark clarions of alarm and panic. Kamenz instead focuses the listener's attention on the passagework that runs through the movement; it seems to flow around and through the movement's basic thematic material, making it restless rather than impassioned. Kamenz has the skills to pick out the individual notes of a vertical sonority for special emphasis, and he is technically impressive in a way that will make this a disc perhaps listened to more by pianists than by general audiences. The latter may find him a bit oversubtle, especially in the "Moonlight," which Beethoven himself designated as fantasy-like. Kamenz goes counter to the trend in the matter of repeats as well; they are routinely omitted. Sampling will go a long way toward informing the listener as to whether he or she will like this quiet, technically impressive, unorthodox performance.
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