Video: Artur Schnabel – the true spirit of Beethoven
Gramophone
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Rob Cowan listens to Schnabel's legendary recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas
In his latest video for Gramophone's YouTube channel (subscribe here!), Rob Cowan introduces a just a few of his favourite moments from Artur Schnabel's classic recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas and wonders: is this is the closest we can get to hearing how Beethoven himself would have played these works?