Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 — “Tempest”

Brief AI Commentary

The finale of the “Tempest” Sonata moves with an unbroken, quietly urgent pulse. Its restless figures seem to circle around an emotion that cannot be stated directly, creating tension through persistence rather than sheer volume.

Kempff’s lucid, unsentimental playing lets the music’s inner voices remain audible. The result is less a display of speed than a sustained psychological current—controlled on the surface, yet continuously unsettled beneath it.