2008 Innovators: Paul Lewis
By Gavin Borchert, eMusic Contributor
Beethoven's body of 32 sonatas for piano — his own instrument — are to pianists what Everest is to mountaineers. The material runs the gamut, from pieces for beginners (what piano student hasn't played one of the Op. 49 sonatas as their introduction to the classical style?) to works of otherworldly beauty and what-was-he-thinking? technical demands. Taken together, they stand as a foundation stone of the piano repertory. This past year, Harmonia Mundi released the final… more »