{"product_id":"spivakovsky-bach-to-bloch-volume-3-1955-67-pakm070","title":"SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch, Volume 3 (1955-67) - PAKM070","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 8, \"Pathétique\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 14, \"Moonlight\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 26, \"Les Adieux\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1955-1967\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eDuration 76:01\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eJascha Spivakovsky,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e piano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PAKM070.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003eThis release of the Russian-born pianist Jascha Spivakovsky features recordings of four pivotal Beethoven Sonatas from key periods of the composer's output. Spivakovsky had a great affinity for Beethoven and his daring yet poetic readings demonstrate a fusion of passion with classical structure that mirrors the pianist's modern approach to Romanticism at the keyboard, whereby the heart of the score is revealed through transparent textures, a polished singing sound, and attentive voicing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLast night's concert at the Town Hall would be belittled If it were described merely as a piano recital. It was an experience of mind and spirit and a sincere artist's submergence of self and technical awareness into the world of Beethoven\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Neville Cardus, \u003c\/b\u003eSydney Morning Herald, 1947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrom whatever angle one viewed the performance it was stamped with unmistakeable signs of rarity and greatness ... I have never seen an artist sit at the keyboard with less apparent concern for its existence other than as a medium for the realisation of a long-matured imaginative conception. So inflexible is Spivakovsky's mental control that not a bravura passage in all the four sonatas escaped its relationship to the interpretive whole\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Sinclair, \u003c\/b\u003eThe Herald, 1947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eSonata No. 8 in C Minor Op. 13 (Pathétique)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (8:39)\u003cbr\u003e2. Adagio cantabile (5:53)\u003cbr\u003e3. Rondo: Allegro (4:34)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eSonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Adagio Sostenuto (5:23)\u003cbr\u003e5. Allegretto e Trio (2:10)\u003cbr\u003e6. Presto Agitato (7:02)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eSonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major Op. 81a (Les Adieux)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Adagio - Allegro (7:30)\u003cbr\u003e8. Andante espressivo (3:43)\u003cbr\u003e9. Vivacissimante (5:27)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003e Sonata No. 32 in C Minor Op. 111\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed Appassionato (9:00) \u003cbr\u003e11. Arietta - Adagio molto sempllce e cantabile (16:41)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eJascha Spivakovsky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e, piano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded 1955 - 1967\u003cbr\u003e© and © 2017 Pristine Audio and The Spivakovsky Jubilee \u003cbr\u003eProduced by Pristine Audio \u003cbr\u003eArt Prodution by Quirk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PAKM070.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PAKM070.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fDetailed Notes578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJascha Spivakovsky \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFour Beethoven Sonatas\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis release of the Russian-born pianist Jascha Spivakovsky features\nrecordings of four pivotal Beethoven Sonatas from key periods of the\ncomposer’s output. Spivakovsky had a great affinity for Beethoven - a\nrare life mask of the composer adorned the wall of his music room - and\nhis daring yet poetic readings demonstrate a fusion of passion with\nclassical structure that mirrors the pianist’s modern approach to\nRomanticism at the keyboard, whereby the heart of the score is revealed\nthrough transparent textures, a polished singing sound, and attentive\nvoicing.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSonata No.8 in C Minor Op.13, “Pathétique\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nSpivakovsky’s 1967 home recording of the \u003cem\u003ePathétique\u003c\/em\u003e Sonata on\nhis 1910 Blüthner captures the pianist’s crystalline tone and clarity\nof texture to perfection. The pianist plays with considerable gravitas,\nwith the slow opening featuring passionate emphasis of chords. However,\nthe textures remain lucid, chords always being transparently voiced and\npedal being applied sparingly to allow melodies to be clearly heard,\nthe drama of the work being expressed without ever becoming weighty.\nThe second movement demonstrates Spivakovsky’s “modern Romantic”\napproach, with phrases elegantly formed and burnished, rubato minimally\napplied and only at key transition points. The final movement features\nprecise fingerwork, singing tone, and consistent phrasing of the\nmelodic line even as it alternates between hands. The 70-year-old\nSpivakovsky’s technical facility is impressive in its clarity and\nrhythmic momentum even at a rapid tempo, resulting in a most thrilling\nand fulfilling interpretation.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSonata No.14 in C-Sharp Minor Op.27 No.2, “Moonlight”\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn this 1958 radio broadcast of the Moonlight Sonata, Spivakovsky plays\nwith his trademark directness and transparency to reveal the beauty of\nthe score, eschewing exaggeration without sacrificing depth and impact.\nHis treatment of the first movement is notable for its clarity and\npurity of sound, the singing melodic line lushly phrased, impeccably\nbalanced with the countermelodies in the left hand. Sparse use of the\npedal with careful finger legato (even in octaves) helps to sustain\nclarity and Spivakovsky only occasionally employs rubato, thereby\ngiving each nuance of timing that much more impact, resulting in a\nserene, beautiful, yet clear reading of the famous first movement. The\nsecond movement has a wonderful lilt that highlights its dancelike\ncharm, while the third couldn’t be more of a contrast with its brisk\ntempo and volcanic accents. Despite his tremendous speed, Spivakovsky\nplays each note with crisp precision, and his accents on the upper\nchord of each run provide impact without ever breaking the line or\nbeauty of tone, bringing drama and excitement to the performance. It is\nworth noting that the pianist articulates each note in the left hand\naccompaniment, rather than blurring them with the pedal, thereby\nrevealing the harmonic undertone of the work while adding more tension.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSonata No.26 in E-Flat Major Op.81a, “Les Adieux”\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis 1957 broadcast recording of the\u003cem\u003e Les Adieux\u003c\/em\u003e Sonata finds\nSpivakovsky playing with his usual clarity of phrasing and harmonic\nstructure to highlight the work’s evolving emotional content. The\npianist captures Beethoven’s feelings at the departure of his friend\nArchduke Rudolph in the work’s first movement with dramatic emphases\nthat never break the line, subtle adjustments of tempo, long phrasing,\ndeliberate variation in articulation to add dimension, and refined\ntonal and dynamic gradations. Spivakovsky portrays the sadness of the\nsecond movement, which Beethoven called “Absence”, with tender lyrical\nphrasing, more pronounced peaking and expansion of phrases, and a broad\ndynamic range that never sacrifices sensitivity. The great contrast in\nthe opening of the third movement is achieved by the pianist’s\nebullient treatment of its first measures, with an adventurous tempo\nthat he sustains throughout as the joyful atmosphere continues with the\nreturn of the Archduke. The runs are thoroughly dashing with their\ncrisp precision and attentive dynamic shifts, while the transition\nbetween legato phrasing and more detached articulation reflects the\ninterplay of Beethoven’s various joyful emotions.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSonata No.32 in C Minor, Op.111\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nSpivakovsky was justly renowned for his performance of Beethoven’s\nSonata Op.111, heard here in a home recording made on the pianist’s\nSteinway around 1966. The famous British critic Sir Neville Cardus\nwrote to the pianist to praise his 1945 Sydney performance of the work,\nstating that “it was far more than an experienced piece of\npiano-playing. You entered into the sublime world of the work with an\nintent, unself-conscious eloquence which brought me close to tears.”\nThe reading presented here reveals the pianist’s masterful\nunderstanding of the complex composition, with carefully voiced chords,\nsubtle accenting, dynamic contrast, and burnished melodic lines.\nNotable in the first movement is Spivakovsky’s uncanny ability to\nterrace voices and motifs with transparency, which serves to reveal the\nstructure of the composer’s contrapuntal writing; his powerfully\ndefined octaves are also very impressive, as are his varied dynamic\ngradations and tonal colours. The opening melodic theme in the second\nmovement is lovingly forged with minimal pedalling and clear finger\nlegato enables the line to soar with profound resonance. Spivakovsky’s\ntranscendent technique and mature pianistic vision enable him to\ntraverse the movement’s varied moods and elements unfettered, with a\nfree rhythm and more relaxed articulation in the ‘proto-jazz’\ndance-like sections and serene legato phrasing in lyrical passages, his\nlayered voicing enabling both treble and bass registers to heard\nequally and his dynamic control bringing the inspired work to a\ntranquil close. The chief critic of\u003cem\u003e The Herald\u003c\/em\u003e in Australia,\nJohn Sinclair, praised Spivakovsky’s Op.111 by writing that “recalling\nits performance today, I have the choice between futile and inadequate\nlanguage and silence. 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