0608917298024

Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 2

Roberto Prosseda

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Format: CD

Cat No: CC72980

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Release Date:  15 November 2024

Label:  Challenge Classics

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0608917298024

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    For his debut release on Challenge, Roberto Prosseda has chosen to record the three Sonatas op. 2 by Beethoven, and for a more personal interpretation, he has selected to perform on aGraf fortepiano dated 1820.

    Can something new, interesting and 'true' still be said about the interpretation of Beethoven's sonatas? I believe so, provided we break out of the conventions created by the tradition of interpretation and discography, where in 98% of cases a modern piano is used. Therefore, I thought that the choice of recording Beethoven on a historical instrument could also be a way for a more individual interpretative investigation, free from the models that listening to famous recordings on a modern piano risks accustoming us to.I do not believe that there is a 'right' and a 'wrong' instrument on which to perform Beethoven's Sonatas Opus 2. What matters is the musical result. It depends on the alchemy that is created between the performer and the instrument.Before I came to choose the Graf No. 429, I tried at length various modern copies of fortepiano from 1795 - 1800, trying to get closer to the sound and expressive world of early Beethoven.However, having the opportunity of having a Graf fortepiano (No. 429) in my studio, restored in 2023, I was able to prepare this recording on that instrument, playing it regularly for a year, achieving a kind of familiarity with its action and timbral response that I have grown fond of.
    - from the linernotes of the album, by Robert Prosseda

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Sonata Op. 2, No. 1 in F Minor - I. Allegro
      • 2. II. Adagio
      • 3. III. Minuetto. Allegretto
      • 4. IV. Prestissimo
      • 5. Sonata Op. 2, No. 2 in A Major - I. Allegro vivace
      • 6. II. Largo Appassionato
      • 7. III. Scherzo. Allegretto
      • 8. IV. Rondo
      • 9. Sonata Op. 2, No. 3 in C Major - I. Allegro con brio
      • 10. II. Adagio
      • 11. III. Scherzo
      • 12. IV. Allegro Assai