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Emil Gilels
ReferenceDeutsche Grammophon · 1972
The unbroken forward drive of the first movement, achieved without pedal, is this recording's signature. The long pedal marks in the finale are Beethoven's own, and Gilels obeys them; the result is fog.
Artur Schnabel
HistoricalEMI / Warner · 1934
Wrong notes technically, none musically. Part of the first complete Beethoven sonata cycle on record, and still a starting point for understanding them.
More by Beethoven
- Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight"Oct 3, 2026
- Coriolan Overture, Op. 62Oct 14, 2026
- Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60Oct 14, 2026
- Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92Oct 14, 2026
- String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky"Oct 16, 2026
- Egmont Overture, Op. 84Oct 17, 2026
- "Allegro vivace e con brio" from Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93Oct 18, 2026
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58Oct 19, 2026
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