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Emanuel Ax revisits early Beethoven at Tanglewood

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“every phrase was beautifully shaped”
Reviewed at Linde Center, Lenox on 11 July 2020
Beethoven, Bagatelle for piano in A minor "Für Elise", WoO 59
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 2 in A major, Op.2 no.2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 3 in C major, Op.2 no.3
Emanuel Ax, Piano
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