Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 2, 7, 10, 13 and 14, etc – review

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet(Chandos, Three CDs)There are any number of ways of navigating a route through Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas on disc, but after his series devoted to Haydn and Debussy, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is opting for the most straightforward, a strictly chronological survey. The 10 sonatas in this first volume takes the story from 1792 up to the threshold of the 19th century, by which time the scale and scope of Beethoven's piano writing was already outstripping that of his models Haydn an...

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