Friday, October 30, 2020

Kempff - the missing eight bars

 I received Deutsche Grammophon's new Wilhelm Kempff edition this week.  Although I have many Kempff recordings, I bought this set to get the chamber music and mono Beethoven Sonatas set, along with the 78rpm recordings in one convenient package.

While listening, I stumbled onto something rather startling: eight bars are missing from the coda of the 1951 Beethoven Appassionata.  Those who know the piece will immediately recognize what's missing below. 



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