Artur Schnabel - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (1933/34) [2011]
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BAND/ARTIST: Artur Schnabel
- Title: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1
- Year Of Release: 1933/34 [2011]
- Label: Pristine [PAKM037]
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (*tracks)
- Total Time: 01:07:25
- Total Size: 240 mb (+3%rec.)
- WebSite: Album Preview
"They embody what may well prove to be the sonically finest transfer
that these recordings from the 1930s have received" Fanfare
Artur Schnabel's 1930s Beethoven Sonata recordings are not a remastering project to be undertaken lightly. There are of course many other transfers already available, and I have held off beginning this series for a number of years, until I could be confident not just of repeating the previous efforts of my colleagues, but of achieving something dramatically new and substantial to the recordings through Pristine's 32-bit XR remastering process.
This is a project which has been started and abandoned several times before in my efforts to produce the very finest, most authentic piano tone, with as clean and quiet a background as possible. This I believe I have finally achieved here, and it is only in the occasional side or short section that one is reminded that these recordings were made nearly 80 years ago. My hope is that the much increased clarity, fidelity and realism of these Pristine releases will allow the listener a far greater appreciation of Schnabel's genius than ever before - and that you will forget the vintage of the recording and matters of sound quality and enjoy these legendary recordings as if hearing them for the very first time.
Andrew Rose
Tracks:
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
1. I. Allegro (3:20)
2. II. Adagio (6:05)
3. III. Menuetto and Trio — Allegretto (3:29)
4. IV. Prestissimo (5:05)
Recorded 23 April 1934, issued as HMV DB 2463-64
Matrix Numbers 2B 6147, 2149-51. All 1st takes except side 2: take 3
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
5. I. Allegro vivace (6:32)
6. II. Largo appassionato (7:26)
7. III. Scherzo and Trio — Allegretto (3:26)
8. IV. Rondo — Grazioso (5:55)
Recorded 9 April 1933, issued as HMV DB 2086-89
Matrix Numbers 2B 6390-96, all take 2
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
9. I. Allegro con brio (10:03)
10. II. Adagio (7:50)
11. III. Scherzo and Trio — Allegro (2:55)
12. IV. Allegro assai (5:19)
Recorded 26 April 1934, issued as HMV DB 2646-48
Matrix Numbers 2B 6172-77. Sides 1& 2: 1st takes, sides 3-6: take 2
Personnel:
Artur Schnabel, piano
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that these recordings from the 1930s have received" Fanfare
Artur Schnabel's 1930s Beethoven Sonata recordings are not a remastering project to be undertaken lightly. There are of course many other transfers already available, and I have held off beginning this series for a number of years, until I could be confident not just of repeating the previous efforts of my colleagues, but of achieving something dramatically new and substantial to the recordings through Pristine's 32-bit XR remastering process.
This is a project which has been started and abandoned several times before in my efforts to produce the very finest, most authentic piano tone, with as clean and quiet a background as possible. This I believe I have finally achieved here, and it is only in the occasional side or short section that one is reminded that these recordings were made nearly 80 years ago. My hope is that the much increased clarity, fidelity and realism of these Pristine releases will allow the listener a far greater appreciation of Schnabel's genius than ever before - and that you will forget the vintage of the recording and matters of sound quality and enjoy these legendary recordings as if hearing them for the very first time.
Andrew Rose
Tracks:
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
1. I. Allegro (3:20)
2. II. Adagio (6:05)
3. III. Menuetto and Trio — Allegretto (3:29)
4. IV. Prestissimo (5:05)
Recorded 23 April 1934, issued as HMV DB 2463-64
Matrix Numbers 2B 6147, 2149-51. All 1st takes except side 2: take 3
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
5. I. Allegro vivace (6:32)
6. II. Largo appassionato (7:26)
7. III. Scherzo and Trio — Allegretto (3:26)
8. IV. Rondo — Grazioso (5:55)
Recorded 9 April 1933, issued as HMV DB 2086-89
Matrix Numbers 2B 6390-96, all take 2
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
9. I. Allegro con brio (10:03)
10. II. Adagio (7:50)
11. III. Scherzo and Trio — Allegro (2:55)
12. IV. Allegro assai (5:19)
Recorded 26 April 1934, issued as HMV DB 2646-48
Matrix Numbers 2B 6172-77. Sides 1& 2: 1st takes, sides 3-6: take 2
Personnel:
Artur Schnabel, piano
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