Beethoven & Neefe: If I Ever Become a Great Man [CD]

Cristian Sandrin – Beethoven & Neefe: If I Ever Become a Great Man [CD]

Pianist Cristian Sandrin explores the bond between the young Beethoven and his Bonn teacher, Christian Gottlob Neefe. Beethoven's three Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 sit beside Neefe's rarely recorded Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3.

Heard side by side, they show how Neefe's lessons in the galant style, clear structure and expressive phrasing shaped Beethoven's early voice before he left for Vienna. A smartly programmed single CD on Evil Penguin Records.

Genre: Classical.