Beethoven: The Last Five Piano Sonatas - Michael Houstoun

Beethoven: The Last Five Piano Sonatas - Michael Houstoun

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Album Description
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
The Last Five Piano Sonatas (1814-1822)
Michael Houstoun, piano
CD One
Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101
Sonata No. 29 in B flat, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'
CD Two
Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109
Sonata No. 31 in A flat, Op. 110
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Michael Houstoun's long association with the music of Beethoven began when, as a young child, he heard a recording of the 'Appassionata" sonata performed by Artur Rubenstein. That experience determined his course in life and the pre-eminent place Beethoven would take in his repetoire. Although he has been acclaimed for his performances of the works of a wide range of composers, both Classical and Romantic - Mozart, Liszt, Rachmaninov - it is the sonatas and concertos of Beethoven with which he is most identified.