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Two pianists have recently recorded Beethoven's Sonata in A major, Op. 101, one of that composer's most sublime works.(MUSIC)(Brief article)

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* Two pianists have recently recorded Beethoven's Sonata in A major, Op. 101, one of that composer's most sublime works. Anton Kuerti pairs it with the "Hammerklavier" Sonata, on the Analekta label. This pianist was born in Austria, but he grew up in the U.S., and has spent the bulk of his career in Canada. He has a fine mind, though we may have reservations. His Op. 101 is peculiar. The wonderful, F-major march is weirdly light--and if Fazil Say is clipped, Kuerti is ultra-clipped. And the gnarly, imposing fugue of Op. 101? Slow and gentle. Kindly, you could say that Kuerti's ...

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