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Title: Super Sonatas
Review: Instead of buying one of those massive boxed sets compiling all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, I have opted to buy individual performances of these works. In my classical self-education this has given me the opportunity to hear performances by a variety of pianists -- Horowitz, Kissin, Serkin, Barenboim, Pollini, and now Murray Perhaia -- playing some of history's greatest compositions for the instrument. Perhaia's renditions of Beethoven's 17th, 18th and 26th Sonatas are performed impeccably. While I don't have other recordings of the "Tempest" (the 17th) or the 18th, I do have Rudolf Serkin performing "Les Adieux" (the 26th), and Perahia's is every bit its equal. I am certain that there are other versions of these three Sonatas that are equal to Perahia's performances, but surely there are not any that exceed it.
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