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Complete Wartime 78 Recordings

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This important set contains the sixteen Beethoven sonatas that Wilhelm Kempff recorded for Grammophon in Germany between 1940 and 1943. Several are reissued here for the first time since their original release on 78rpm discs and none are currently available elsewhere. The sound is excellent for the period and all reveal the young Kempff at his best, in performances that compliment his later thoughts. The release is the companion of two previous APR releases of early Kempff Beethoven recordings the late sonatas (APR6018) and piano concertos 1, 3, 4 & 5 (APR6019), both of which received excellent reviews and were amongst APRs best sellers.

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.59 x 4.92 x 1.02 inches; 7.13 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Apr Recordings
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 49124551
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2017
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 8, 2017
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Apr Recordings
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0757HQ8L4
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
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Dean Frey
5.0 out of 5 stars A fine pianist's spirit comes through
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2017
I'm slowly turning into a bit of a historic recordings buff, in spite of myself. Last year I really enjoyed listening to the APR release of the 8 late Beethoven sonatas Wilhelm Kempff recorded in Germany during the war years. Here now are 16 earlier sonatas recorded on 78rpm records in 1940, 41 and 43. There is the same meticulous discography, down to the matrix numbers, indispensible to historic recording buffs of a deeper understanding than me. Also we have a superb long essay by Bryce Morrison about Kempff, and an essay on the recordings from Michael Spring. Kempff recorded this music a lot; the Pathetique, for example, in 1924, 1928, 1929 and 1936 before the 1940 recording here; the Appassionata in 1924, 1928 and 1932 before the 1943 recording on this disc. The fact that these works often sound so completely different from the 1964/65 stereo LP set I know so well, and the 1950s mono set I've listened to since, is typical of Kempff's spontaneity and his ever-evolving interpretation of this music.

Once again there are caveats about the sound. These are in some cases actually worse than the pre-war recordings because of the war-time quality of materials used to press the discs. But the spirit of Kempff comes through, and this pianist's spirit is central to his art.
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Neovercingetorix
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Beethoven playing
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2019
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Wilhelm Kempff is one of the great Beethoven interpreters, and these wartime recordings, when combined with his pre-war recordings, reveal the younger Kempff to be in better control of his technique, with the same type of occasionally fantastical playing (as in "fantasie"). Had he recorded a complete cycle in the 30s and 40s, his would likely be the standard bearer more than Schnabel. As it is, this set is rock solid, with for-the-ages 2/2 and 28 standing out as the best things in a collection of nothing but very good things. The transfers are sufficiently good, and one gets a sense of what younger Kempff was like live, which is better even than older Kempff as available in the King International live cycle.
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