Paul Lewis Beethoven
"Lewis' cycle of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas is of such a high order that it promises to make the whole series a must for anybody who admires pianism at its most perceptive …Lewis has been living and breathing these sonatas in concert and it shows - he really does have something to say…"BBC Radio 3
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…appropriately enough this final volume ends with the last sonata triptych of Opp. 109-111. Lewis plays all three works with characteristic warmth and beauty of tone, and you're not likely... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Instrumental
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Lewis has the full measure of the work's epic scale, creating a real sense of cumulative growth as he navigates us through its extraordinary narrative...Unashamedly exploiting the warmth and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th May 2011
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, Disc of the month
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Paul Lewis is a serious artist, and the quality of his playing, beautifully captured by Harmonia Mundi's engineers, is of a very high standard throughout. Particularly fine is the Waldstein... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2006, Disc of the Month
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As always, Paul Lewis offers playing of rare insight and intelligence. He is just as much at home in the dazzling brilliance of the C major Sonata, Op. 2 No. 3...as in the graceful lyricism... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd July 2007
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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A one-time pupil of Brendel, his former teacher's influence perhaps shows in such touches as the increased urgency at the point where the second subject of the opening work turns from major... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
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