artur schnabel -- beethoven piano sonatas 5, 7, 16, and 25

i came across a couple of slabs today of artur schnabel playing beethoven piano sonatas. i know a guy who likes to listen to piano sonatas with his granny that recently turned me on to some interpretations by a fellow named schiff. i have been enjoying those quite a bit and i thought these might be interesting to him from a comparison standpoint. these recordings were made between 1932 and 1935 so they don't have the fidelity of the ecm recordings by schiff, but this fellow schnabel is no amateur he can blow for real and since they both have names that begin with sch i felt it was important to share them. the first side of the first album was sonata no4 but there was a constant noise that was driving me nuts so i didn't rip it (upsetting since it looks as if the record had never been touched, perhaps it is part of the original recording) and in fact they all have a bit of crackle and tic but i found them enjoyable and so here they are such as they are. run an artur schnabel search on youtube, there is some good stuff there. upon doing a bit more research i come to find that artur had quite a following and as i listen more i can hear why. of himself he once said that he didn't play the notes any better than any number of other pianists but that it was the space between the notes: "ah, that is where the art lies," lafite likes that.
hope you'se do too.