Wish you a great weekend!
liza

Thanks brother, Dvorak was such a great song of him.

PS. Gould did record Op.109, and there is a video of it on youtube, but overall, it's not my favourite recording of the sonata. The Schnabel and Richter recordings are very beautiful though.

Hi Stevie,
It's been more than two years! What're you up to these days? Gould recorded the Hammerklavier. I don't know if he commented on it though. In some cases, Beethoven's fugue writing is awkward and uninteresting -- it feels contrived and uninspired. This is true of parts of the Hammerklavier. Although I think Beethoven improved his counterpoint substantially, by the time he had written Op. 109. The whole 109 sonata is like a tribute to Bach. The first movement, in a different arrangement, could have been something Bach wrote. And the variations in the last movement very closely resemble the Goldberg variations -- Beethoven must have studied them closely. Op. 109 is also probably the most beautiful sonata Beethoven wrote.

Thanks for putting this recording, it's phenomenal!
Pierre

glad to see we still exist!! as you know, his 25th death anniversary is coming..you doing anything special on the 4th of october this year? light a candle anyways :)