Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 and 23

Featuring

Freddy Kempf
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Recording & Production

This Hybrid SACD can be played in Stereo (CD and SACD) and in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD).

Performer Biography

Kempf's third prize at the 1998 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow sparked audience protests and Russian press acclaim, earning him the title 'the hero of the competition'.

Performer Biography

In 2001, Freddy Kempf was voted Best Young British Classical Performer at the prestigious Classical Brit Awards.

Performer Biography

Freddy Kempf records exclusively for BIS Records, for whom he has recorded recital discs of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and Schumann.

Performer Biography

Freddy Kempf, born in London in 1977, became the youngest winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition in 1992.

Recording & Production

The recording aims to reproduce the natural sound of a concert venue using a 5.0 configuration, with all five channels recorded using the full frequency range.