I'm reading your great lists of recommendations bacwkard, and here there is one recording that I find missing: the one by Ronald Brautigam. His is perhaps the most universally acclaimed complete cycle of Beethoven's great 32. I realized that some people have an aversion to the fortepiano sound, and I myself am not a great fan of fortepiano. But Brautigam is so good, that it doesn't really matter.
I have recently heard another outstanding cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas, by Paavali Jumppanen, but that is probably more controversial.
Thanks for those comments. Yes I didn’t include Brautigam for that very reason, but perhaps that is worth more of an explanation in an update. I don’t like the fortepiano, but I suppose that is unfair to Brautigam. I will check out the Jumppanen.
I'm reading your great lists of recommendations bacwkard, and here there is one recording that I find missing: the one by Ronald Brautigam. His is perhaps the most universally acclaimed complete cycle of Beethoven's great 32. I realized that some people have an aversion to the fortepiano sound, and I myself am not a great fan of fortepiano. But Brautigam is so good, that it doesn't really matter.
I have recently heard another outstanding cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas, by Paavali Jumppanen, but that is probably more controversial.
Thanks for those comments. Yes I didn’t include Brautigam for that very reason, but perhaps that is worth more of an explanation in an update. I don’t like the fortepiano, but I suppose that is unfair to Brautigam. I will check out the Jumppanen.