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Title: Beethoven: pure and simple
Review: Wouldn't it be nice if any reviewer of any product simply said, "I liked it!". Well, I liked it!I enjoyed them so. Backhaus does his best to give us the unadorned Beethoven. And he succeeds so well that he has displaced Kempf as my "reference" set. I have and enjoy many of the complete and near complete sets and a good many of other Beethoven sonata recordindings. But I now go back to Backhaus to hear what Beethoven really wanted. And, in doing so , I continually rediscover the genius of the composer. I think it takes a pretty good artist to assist you in that.Highly recommended. You will not be disappointed.
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