Beth Levin Plays Beethoven’s Last Three Piano Sonatas
Beethoven said that his final three piano sonatas, written between 1820 and 1822, were conceived “in a single breath.” In April, 2012, pianist Beth Levin gave what has been described as a “revelatory” performance of these three Sonatas (Op. 109, 110, and 111) in the intimate setting of New York’s Faust Harrison Pianos. Luckily, this special concert, performed on an 1887 Steinway, was recorded and released a year later on the Navona label (“A Single Breath: …