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A Definitive Performance of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, October 3, 2001
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Until I heard this recording, I didn't realize that noted Beethoven scholar William Kinderman is also a fine interpreter of his music. Kinderman's encyclopedic liner notes can be found in the Philips box set of Alfred Brendel's latest Beethoven piano sonata cycle. Like Brendel, Kinderman is an introspective pianist, playing with much warmth and grace. Kinderman's performance of the Diabelli Variations is among the finest I have heard; I believe it is listed in Grammophone's and Penguin's Classical Music CD guides as among the definitive recordings. It is a riveting, emotional satisfying account of one of Beethoven's most difficult works for the piano.
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Benchmark Performance, January 21, 2002
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The only thing I can add to the previous review is that Hyperion is reissuing this recording on it's Helios label, which will keep one of the great recordings of the Diabelli Variations in the Classical Catalogue for a bit longer I also recommend his recording of the last Three Piano Sonatas 30-32 also on the Helios label.
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