Living, laughing Beethoven: Richard Goode and the last three sonatas

Von David Allen, 03 Mai 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City, am 1 Mai 2013

Beethoven, Klaviersonate Nr. 30 E-Dur, Op. 109

Beethoven, Klaviersonate Nr. 31 in As-Dur, Op.110

Beethoven, 11 Bagatellen für Klavier, Op.119

Beethoven, Klaviersonate Nr. 32 in c-Moll, Op.111

Richard Goode, Klavier

Grandiose Künstlerparade zum 30. Geburtstag des Verbier Festivals

Thomas Schacher, 24th July

Nicht weniger als sechzig grössere und kleinere Stars der klassischen Musikszene gaben sich beim Galakonzert in Verbier die Ehre. Ein grosser Erfolg für den Intendanten Martin Engstroem.

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Seeking inner peace: Richard Goode plays Beethoven at Caramoor

Edward Sava-Segal, 2nd August

For Richard Goode, returning to Beethoven’s last piano sonatas is not an extraordinary event, but rather a form of periodic devotion.

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Eva Ollikainen makes musical worlds collide in Manchester

Leighton Jones, 14th October

Richard Goode delivers a gentile performance of a Mozart piano concerto, whilst Anne Thorvaldsdottir’s dark Archora is given an impressive performance.

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Lost worlds: Silvestrov and Sibelius with Saraste and the LPO

Alexander Hall, 16th March

Two powerful symphonic statements by a Ukrainian and a Finnish composer flanking a calm and courtly concerto by Mozart: Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, together with the American pianist Richard Goode.

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Richard Goode emphasises structure and colour in Caramoor recital

Edward Sava-Segal, 25th June

In Goode’s performance, Beethoven’s sonata appeared equidistant from the music of Bach and Schumann that preceded and followed it in the programme.

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Mikko Franck scores a successful Cleveland debut

Sam Jacobson, 7th December

Mikko Franck’s Cleveland debut showed the conductor in fine form with a recent work of Julian Anderson, a Brahms symphony, and a Mozart piano concerto with Richard Goode.

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David Allen

David is a PhD student at Columbia University, where he studies international history. A lapsed pianist and organist, he writes on concerts on both sides of the Atlantic, and blogs at Unpredictable Inevitability.