Angela Hewitt - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 2/3, 13 & 28

Angela Hewitt is widely acknowledged as one of the great pianists of the age. Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2006 and the recent subject of a week-long artist focus on BBC Radio 3, her frenetic concert schedule and expanding discography bear testimony to her extraordinary talent and energy.Hewitt�s legion of fans will be delighted at this eagerly awaited second volume of Beethoven sonatas. Her first release in this series was fulsomely praised for its �clarity, intelligence and elegance� � �fusing poetry and passion�, and all these trademark qualities of her playing are fully present in this second disc.Angela presents three very different works here, written within a period of seven years: the enchanting �Pastoral� Sonata Op 28, the monumental �Pathetique� Op 13 and the dazzling early masterpiece Op 2 No 3. Her interpretations are vividly personal, yet the voice of the composer speaks clearly throughout.