Re: Sokolov playing Hammerklavier

its been a while since ive heard it and ive read sth about it -- but
apparently Beethoven was testing the new capabilities of the
Hammerklavier or sth... Seems like - especially in the beginning - he
wanted to show off or sth... anyways not a good advertisement imo for
the hammerklavier - there are no interesting sounds... shouldve rather
just played mozart on the hammerklavier back then or sth...