Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2

What you will get is a new sense of the sheer physicality of the music…What’s fascinating about Levit’s whole cycle is the crazy tempos at which he takes the first Allegros and Prestos…Where... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…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 to... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Pollini is not a pianist with a sense of humour, but his playing has a trim, classical cut with plenty of vitality, and a blunt, brusque Beethoven also bursts through from time to time. — Financial Times, 22nd November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Wilhelm Kempff was the most inspirational of Beethoven pianists. Those who have cherished his earlier stereo cycle for its magical spontaneity will find Kempff's qualities even more intensely... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…