Author: brycon
Date: 2015-03-23 06:39
As Charles Rosen, William Caplin, and others have pointed out, Beethoven's music was always classical; a lot of its charm, therefore, comes from the ways in which Beethoven plays with the norms of Viennese classicism (unexpected accents, subito pianos, unusual key centers, etc.). But even at its most bombastic (the finale from the Hammerklavier, for example) there are always moments of elegance (the second fugue subject, in this case).
To me, your performance sounded as though it were mostly bombast--the most obvious example being the long notes that you played sostenuto, covering up the more interesting lines in the cello and piano. Another issue was the staccato notes that were all emphasized as if they were downbeats, creating a plodding feeling.
Rather than going through the performance point-by-point, you should just check out Tony Pay's wonderful essay on classical era phrasing (I think it's called "Phrasing in Contention").
Post Edited (2015-03-23 07:53)
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