Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sonata No.17 (1st and 2nd Movement) by Schubert

Hideyo Harada plays Beethoven Tempest Sonata Op. 31 No. 2, 2nd Movement

L. v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 \'TheTempest\' -- 2nd Movement [Live Recording] [Hideyo Harada - Piano] The album of Hideyo Harada with Lyric Pieces by Edvard Grieg has won her international acclaim and received outstanding reviews in major newspapers as well as in major music magazines including critic\'s awards like Supersonic Award (Pizzicato, Luxembourg), 10 of 10 points (ClassicsToday.com, US), 5 of 5 points and Recommendation by the editor (klassik.com, Germany). Then in November 2008 she presented her new CD with works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. In its April issue 2009 Gramophone Magazine awards the recording with a Gramophone recommends. Quote from the review: Two great Russian piano masterpieces in a subtle and soulful recording. Hideyo Harada offers a reading that thrills. In its March issue 2009 Le Monde de la musique awards the recording with the Highest Rating (4 Stars). Hideyo Harada was born in Japan and began her musical training in Tokyo with Toyoaki Matsuura. She then came to Europe, to continue studying with Lieselotte Gierth in Stuttgart, as well as with Hans Kann and Roland Keller in Vienna. Hideyo Harada achieved her musical maturity with Victor Merzhanov at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. She has received prizes in numerous competitions. In 1984, she won the Geneva International Music Competition (CIEM), in 1991 the 2nd prize at the competition Klaviermusik des 20. Jahrhunderts (piano music of the 20th century ...


Digital music scores source: Sonata No.17 (1st and 2nd Movement) by Schubert

Schubert D 959 Sonata Andantino Mitsuko Uchida.mp4

This Sonata movement is the most haunting I know by any composer and Mitsuko Uchida infuses it with the desperation yet the severity it requires. I have listened to this unbelievable artist twice at Carnegie Hall, the first time in April 2009 when she played among other works a Mozart Sonata and especially Schumann\'s daunting Fantasy Op 17, and the second time in October of that same year when she played Beethoven\'s last three sonatas with her customary intensity.