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The “scandal” surrounding Beethoven’s final triptych of sonatas (see No. 2) failed to rematerialize, but Gould remained true to his unorthodox interpretative approach and brazenly violated the composer’s instructions, changing the tempo of the F-major sonata at the opening of the firstmovement recapitulation and substituting a fortissimo for a pianissimo in movement 3 of the D-major Sonata.

Beethoven: Sonatas No. 5-7, Op. 10, No. 1-3

Released: 1965

Disc 1

Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio
Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1: II. Adagio molto
Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1: III. Finale. Prestissimo
Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2: I. Allegro
Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2: II. Allegretto
Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2: III. Presto
Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: I. Presto
Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: II. Largo e mesto
Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: III. Menuetto. Allegro
Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: IV. Rondo. Allegro

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