Bruce Hungerford - Beethoven Sonata Recital flac album

Last recital by one of the great pianists of the 20th Century, from just a month and a half before his tragic death in an auto accident. Genre: Classical: Piano solo. Of course it was not supposed to be the last recital. The career trajectory of the Australian-born pianist, Bruce Hungerford (1922-1977), appeared to be upward at last on December 8th, 1976, when he gave this recital at the University of Calgary, devoted to the memory of his friend and mentor, Dame Myra Hess. He had also performed it just a few weeks earlier at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York. The two Beethoven sonatas on this recital were staples of Bruce Hungerford’s performing repertoire in his last years, especially Op. 111, for which he was particularly renowned.

In a 1969 High Fidelity article, comparing several ongoing complete Piano Sonata cycles being readied for the upcoming Beethoven Bi-Centennial, the noted critic, Harris Goldsmith, wrote quot;Vanguard's entry features Bruce Hungerford, a relative dark-horse competitor who, on the basis of his so-far released recordings, may well end up with top honors. quot; Although he was not unknown before

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Bruce Hungerford. Listen on Apple Music. Piano Sonata, Op. 2, No. 2 in A Major: I. Allegro vivace. 6. 2 in A Major: II. Largo appassionato. The Only Chopin Album You Will Ever Need. Schubert: Piano Masterpieces.

1. 1 in F Minor: I. Allegro. 2. 1 in F Minor: II. Adagio. 3. 1 in F Minor: III. Menuetto (Allegretto). 4. 1 in F Minor: IV. Prestissimo. 5.

One touchstone for comparisons is the Bruce Hungerford sonatas I can take down from the fav shelves. Hungerford did not live to do a complete set, though one dearly hopes that Perahia is able to finish. I also like the complete sets by Anton Kuerti (Canada), John Lill (UK), John O'Conor (Ireland), and Claudio Arrau (Chile, then the world). Other superb sets have been published. Among the many strong complete sets that we can properly consider front runners I fail to warm sufficiently to the relentlessly gray piano tone of Richard Goode to be able to stay that particular course. Yet what joy to hear Perahia taking each and every sonata for all its considerable worth, no orphans, no fairy tale lesser sister Cinderellas sentenced to the laundry or kitchens of mundane musical life on the grand Beethoven estates. Despite not being SACD, the piano sound is just about as good as it gets.

This listing of all Beethoven Sonata Cycles will continue as more sets reach completion or as I find more information about sets already completed. Part 1: 1935 - 1966 Part 2: 1967 - 1975 Part 3: 1977 - 1989 Part 4: 1990 - 1996 Part 5: 1996 - 1999 Part 6: 2000 - 2005 Part 7: 2006 - 2009 Ronald Brautigam Special Part 8: 2010 - 2013.