Menahem Pressler joue Beethoven, Chopin et Schubert.

Piano International (Mar, 2014)
A new solo recital by Menahem Pressler would be an event for any label, so all credit to BIS for securing this, recorded in February and March 2012 at Potton Hall in Suffolk. Pressler’s credentials as a Beethovenian and Schubertian need no introduction; his 55 years with the Beaux Arts Trio say enough. In Chopin, however, he is less well known – but his is a revelatory interpretation.

In the late Beethoven sonatas Pressler is, of course, up against some stiff competition. His account of Op 110 emphasises the serene, comparable to Lewis (Harmonia Mundi) in radiance and power. This is the product of age, rather than the youth characteristic of …