Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas - Vladimir Feltsman

This is a precise, clear, almost placid "Hammerklavier" if indeed there can be such a thing, and it clarifies details of the counterpoint in the finale that seemed forever lost in the tradition of performances following Artur Schnabel's gate-storming performances...Feltsman deserves full credit for performances that are both original and technically remarkable, both in the "Hammerklavier" and in the gentler Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101, where he rightly tones down his approach a good deal. Well worth hearing, as with Feltsman's other recordings of this period.