Edna Stern - Beethoven Sonates: Appassionata (2014) [DSD128]

“Edna Stern belongs to an age group where the audacity of youth establishes itself in a maturity, which does not yet pretend the wisdom of old-age. The result is a reading of Beethoven’s masterpieces which is both daring and authoritative, on a piano which is played not with one’s fingers but with one’s ears... Like the composer, the interpreter makes a strong point of cultivating subjectivity... Summing it all, a Beethoven authentically universal.”