He makes a meal of it. Pianism of the highest order that is a wonder to behold. But he does not show the listener what he thinks/feels about this sonata.
Andras Schiff said that many pianist avoid this sonata as it is so difficult. I found this a quite interesting interpretation, after watching Igor Levit ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iuCep0d2Z7c.html play the same piece