I was just looking around for a good interpretation of the B minor sonata and found this video:
I think this sonata fits the harpsichord better than the pianoforte - it almost sounds like Bach! I think the interpreter, Sabina Chukurova does a great job at showing the contrasts in this work and also its more determined and 'fierce' character.
I wonder if it's true that the later sonatas like this were intended for piano. Wikipedia dates this one as quite late -- 1774–76. Beghin uses a piano. Lars Ulrich Mortensen recorded it on a harpsichord -- both very fine performances IMO
Sabina Chukurova's rhythms and phrasing are pretty free and imaginative Good find. I just wonder whether this sonata needs a bit less elegance and a bit more oooomph and zazazoom.
I wonder if it's true that the later sonatas like this were intended for piano. Wikipedia dates this one as quite late -- 1774-76. Beghin uses a piano. Lars Ulrich Mortensen recorded it on a harpsichord -- both very fine performances IMO
Sabina Chukurova's rhythms and phrasing are pretty free and imaginative Good find. I just wonder whether this sonata needs a bit less elegance and a bit more oooomph and zazazoom.
Really? I actually found exactly that part of her playing very good - she brought out the 'sharp' character of this sonata, without smoothing it over, imo. Subjectivity rules the day .
Probably because the sonata has a strong focus on rhythm, which sounds good on the harpsichord, it having a more percussive sound. The piece also sounds a bit more 'learned' and baroque, which also fits this instrument.
I enjoyed the harpsichord interpretation (although I'll harp on as usual that classical pieces played without the repeats simply don't emphasise the material enough imo - which may have given it more umph).
RE what it was written for, IMSLP thinks it was harpsichord:
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