Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
2. Lebhaft. Marschmässig
3. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Zeitmass des ersten Stückes. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit En
4. Allegro
5. Scherzo. Assai vivace
6. Adagio sostenuto
7. Largo. Fuga. Allegro risoluto

Disc 2:

1. Vivace ma non troppo. Adagio espressivo
2. Prestissimo
3. Tema. Molto cantabile ed espressivo. Variazioni I-IV
4. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
5. Allegro molto
6. Adagio ma non troppo. Arioso dolente. Fuga. Allegro, ma non troppo. L'istesso tempo di Arioso. L'in
7. Maestoso. Allegro con brio ed appassionato
8. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #214698 in Music
• Released on: 1992-05-28
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

If it sounds good, it IS Goode.
If ever there were a more genuine Beethoven inerpreter, it would surely be Ludwig himself. An earlier reviewer of this disc suggested that this recording is boring. I'm not sure what type of ears it takes to hear these as boring. These pieces are exciting ones and do require powerful performances, but this does not always entail pyrotechnics. Goode has a profound way of reading between the lines and giving us insight into Beethoven's intensely personal pieces. If one reads the reviews of Goode's complete Beethoven Sonatas, he will find that none of the reviewers suggest anything close to the sentiment of the first reviewer. People have their personal taste when speaking of interpretation, but at least Goode has the courage to put his out there for all to hear. Goode has not taken "a helicopter to the top of Everest." He has spent decades honing his skills to a fine point. Goode has the reputation of a musician's musician. And, in this day in age, NO ONE is more revered as a Beethoven interpreter/performer. He draws packed houses all over the world of people waiting to see what he will do onstage. Goode gives us the humanity that we only dare show ourselves behind locked doors.

great music well played
Beethoven's late sonatas live at a musical frontier no one else has reached, or likely ever will. They're probably the greatest music ever written. LB complained the piano wasn't good enough to realize them, but Kempff and Goode prove him wrong. You won't go wrong with either of these gentlemen, but be forewarned: this is music whose beauty will make you weep, and lesser works and composers will seem sadly diminished.

If it sounds good, it is Goode.
If ever there were a more genuine Beethoven inerpreter, it would surely be Ludwig himself. An earlier reviewer of this disc suggested that this recording is boring. I'm not sure what type of ears it takes to hear these as boring. These pieces are exciting ones and do require powerful performances, but this does not always entail pyrotechnics. Goode has a profound way of reading between the lines and giving us insight into Beethoven's intensely personal pieces. If one reads the reviews of Goode's complete Beethoven Sonatas, he will find that none of the reviewers suggest anything close to the sentiment of the first reviewer. People have their personal taste when speaking of interpretation, but at least Goode has the courage to put his out there for all to hear. Goode has not taken "a helicopter to the top of Everest." He has spent decades honing his skills to a fine point. Goode has the reputation of a musician's musician. And, in this day in age, NO ONE is more revered as a Beethoven interpreter/performer. He draws packed houses all over the world of people waiting to see what he will do onstage. Goode gives us the humanity that we only dare show ourselves behind locked doors.