PIATIGORSKY SOLOMON RCA LM 6020 -- 3 LPs
Sold Date:
April 28, 2014
Start Date:
April 21, 2014
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Piatigorsky-Solomon Beethoven Sonatas Complete3 LPs RCA LM 6120
The sound for Piatigorsky and Solomon’s 1954 Beethoven
sonata recordings is more focused and better defined than ever before. You can
hear all sorts of coloristic nuances and dynamic shading that were masked on
LP, such as the pianist’s haunting, almost disembodied trills in the Fifth
sonata’s slow movement. Such revelations add substance and spiritual weight to
the protagonists’ suave, Apollonian decorum. Both players dovetail each other
and melt into each other’s sonorities with a kind of elegant nonchalance that
contrasts to the more overtly dramatic Rostropovich/Richter or
Fournier/Schnabel traversals.
On the other hand, Piatigorsky and Rubinstein bring more spontaneity and freedom to their 1936 Brahms E minor sonata than their stricter RCA remake from 30 years later. See Jed Distler review at classicstoday.com
Box is in VG/VG+ condition with several sides of the cover split or split off.
LPs are EXC
