WILHELM KEMPFF *Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas* SEALED 10 LP Box Set MONO Import

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EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL VINYL

SEALED!

GERMAN IMPORT 10 LP 'MONO' BOX SET

**WILHELM KEMPFF**

**BEETHOVEN: THE SONATAS**

Sonatas 1-32

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 conveyed in this mono set,

 recorded between 1951 and 1956. Amazingly the sound has more body and warmth than the stereo, with

 Kempff’s unmatched transparency and clarity of articulation even more vividly caught, both in sparkling

 allegros and in deeply dedicated slow movements. If in places he’s even more personal, some might say willful,

 regularly surprising you with a new revelation, the magnetism is even more intense, as in the great Adagio of

 the Hammerklavier or the final variations of Op 111, at once more rapt and more impulsive, flowing more freely.

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Tracks Include : Sonatas 1-32

CONDITION

Jacket: VG++ (SEALED, Saw Cut -bottom spine, see pics)

Vinyl:   NEW 

Import Pressing of 

***WILHELM KEMPFF***

****BEETHOVEN:THE PIANO SONATAS****

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