Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32
Sunwook Kim (piano) (Accentus)
(scroll down for English review)
金善旭為Accentus灌錄的第三張貝多芬鋼琴奏鳴曲集，前兩張俱為「標題」奏鳴曲，應該不會變成全集，而這張是最後三首奏鳴曲，更同時提供CD、DVD及藍光版本，可能他真的很暢銷。
聽了兩次，因為這次不大相信自己耳朵，但我還是坦率一點。表徵來說，鋼琴聲音頗薄，除了有心捶下去的地方，不是只是細聲，而是沒有實感，或者是腳踏用得過多。內涵來說，我覺得金善旭是想追求深邃，但又缺乏真摯的感情，所以也像琴音一樣，唔上唔落。
This is Sunwook Kim’s third Beethoven album for Accentus, with the final trilogy. I don’t think this series will evolve to be a complete set as the previous two volumes are all the famous sonatas with titles. Apart from CD this also comes with DVD and Blu-Ray versions so I guess Sunwook Kim must be a best-selling pianist.
I had to give this a second listen as I wasn’t sure of what I heard. The piano sound was unusually thin unless Kim pounded. It isn’t just the lack of decibels (I did crank up the volume) but that the tone lacked backbone. Perhaps he’s too liberal with the pedal. In terms of interpretation I sensed that Kim was aiming for profundity but it wasn’t backed up by emotions that reached for the heart. So like the piano sound this interpretation sounded too ethereal to my ears.