Beethoven Piano Sonatas

American pianist Andrew Rangell is heard here in a program of five Beethoven sonatas, recorded at Boston€s Gardner Museum in 2004. Choosing some of Beethoven€s lesser performed sonatas, Rangell gives performances that display the pianist€s highly personal approach with this music. Writing about Rangell€s most recent New York recital, critic Charles Michener of The New York Observer wrote: €œFor me, the great discovery of the series has been Andrew Rangell...Mr. Rangell is an individualist. And such was his intensity€“like the late Glenn Gould, he seemed to be propelled by an irresistible force€“that the listener€s attention was riveted to the music.€ These recordings by Andrew Rangell are available from Bridge: Schubert recital: Moments Musicaux; Sonata in B-flat, D. 960; BRIDGE 9153 Peruvian Honeymoon: music of Chopin, Wolff, Valen, Haydn and Stravinsky; BRIDGE 9154 Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Volume 22; Franz Schubert: Quintet in A Major, D. 667, (Op. Posth. 114) €œThe Trout€, members of the Budapest String Quartet: Joseph Roisman, violin; Boris Kroyt, viola; Mischa Schneider, violoncello; with Julius Levine, contrabass; Artur Balsam, piano; C©sar Franck: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor; The Budapest String Quartet: Joseph Roisman and Jac Gorodetzky, violins; Boris Kroyt, viola; Mischa Schneider, violoncello; Artur Balsam, piano