Angela Brownridge
Piano Sonatas nos. 3, 23 & 30
- Type SACD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917270723
- Catalog number CC 72707
- Release date 11 March 2016
About the album
Pianist Angela Brownridge made her concert debut at Wigmore Hall when she was only twelve years old. Since then she has toured the world, recorded three albums prior to this one, and has performed at the BOZAR Brussels, Konzerthaus Berlin, and Concertgebouw A’dam. Brownridge has been compared to some of the legends, including Rachmaninov and Cherkasky. The New York Times called her “one of the world’s finest pianists” and a “true genius… Her performances were passionate, rhapsodic, and totally compelling. She is a marvelously exciting artist, and a wonderfully assertive pianist with a strong sense of musical structure.” For this release, Brownridge has chosen staples in the piano repertoire, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas no.’s 3, 23, and 30. Her interpretation of no. 23, “Apassionata,” has garnered her critical accolades.
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11Piano Sonata no. 3 op. 2 Allegro
10:19 -
12Piano Sonata no. 3 op. 2 Adagio
08:11 -
13Piano Sonata no. 3 op. 2 Scherzo
03:10 -
14Piano Sonata no. 3 op. 2 Allegro assai
05:27 -
15Piano Sonata no. 23 op. 57 Allegro assai
09:09 -
16Piano Sonata no. 23 op. 57 Andante con moto
06:42 -
17Piano Sonata no. 23 op. 57 Allegro ma non troppo
08:21 -
18Piano Sonata no. 30 op. 109 Vivace, ma non troppo
04:20 -
19Piano Sonata no. 30 op. 109 Prestissimo
02:25 -
110Piano Sonata no. 30 op. 109 Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung
13:25
David Lieberman