GILELS plays Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata Op 27 No 2 - Mvt 3

[Quriel2008]

Two idiots are too stupid to understand the brilliance of this beautiful piece...

[sealkingdaniel]

Emil's sound, incredibly firm, clean yet rich is perfectly suited to Beethoven.

[AlanHemenway]

This used to be my favorite recording - though quite excessive, of the Presto Agitato until I heard Valentina Lisitsa do it here on YouTube. Check it out. Then listen to her do the Appassionatta. You will fall in love like it's the first time.

[classicvinylbiz]

Gilels, Op. 7, Sonata in E flat major - recorded one year before his death:

watch?v=kEfGQ1kBM5o

thanks and best wishes.

[PhotosByHamza]

Beautiful, almost on par with Wilhelm Kempff, Emil plays this slightly faster... I would put this as 2nd to my all time performances of this piece with Kempff as 1st.

Don't get me wrong, this guy is AMAZING!

[stardomcorp54321]

Just brilliant. 6:05-6:20 gets me every time. Gilels levels with Rubinstein. The're both beyond imagination in their interpretations of this masterpiece. Then Barenboim before Kempff and Gould.

[ChrisKogos]

haha the views are 33,333

[6022JP]

Mr.Beethoven is here!

[gemanieto]

brilliant!!!

[ivanoschen]

Apparently Gilels exceeds Kempff in terms of technique. And due to the superior technique, Gilels is more able to express richer color in the sound, too.

[uchiha938]

this is by far the best interpretation! way better then kempf

[CarapaxSPb]

Best rendition ever!

[funfor1life]

Gosh!

[swartschkalle]

this is why i like music, it goes beyond. can not be explained in words you would have to get in my brain to understand =)

[mattbigbangflx]

this is the best beethoven song ever so godlyy

[Piethowen]

Please where is Richter´s version of Moonlight sonata on You tube?

[LYTT10I03]

der hat es aber eilig

[AndreAx1985]

I agree with the comment below. THIS IS, by far, the best rendition of this piece I have ever heard.

[dgrs2009]

best rendition ever

[Pourqouis]

This is undoubtfully a best perfirmance ever! Better then those by Richter, Barenboim, Kempff and others. His teacher, famous Henry Neuhaus said that Gilels' sound is the best sound he heard.

[JacobRudduck]

Best performance ever!

[libereichenbergec]

@JacobRudduck I do agree!!! The best one on the world... It means on the Web, too!

Profundity of the soul and its mirroring in the Lune. And the eternal fight of the Man, not destructive one, active but dangerous, that all sounds in Gilels´s congenial performance.

[uptilthesky]

I can't decide between Gilels and Kempff.

Gilels is faster, more bombastic, there's more drama, more fury and more clarity. But I somehow prefer Kempff, he just sounds heavier with his left hand, and it gives more gravitas and depth to the performance. maybe it's just the piano, idk.

[pietalpha2]

six of one and half a dozen of the other!

I am thankful to have these two perfect versions available here

[D0g63rt]

@uptilthesky

Its not like you have to pick one to listen to and never hear the other again.

That's the beauty of music and recordings. Just have them all.

[twentyflights]

electrifying, this may become my new favorite interpretation. Arrau just isn't exciting enough after listening to Gilels!

[Drumstudly27]

I realize this has become the definitive recording of this movement for me. If I hear anyone else play it (even if they be, say, Horowitz, Kempff...) I hear how Gilels played it. Which, to me, is how anyone else SHOULD have played it.

[rva25]

Arrau!

[haruncenani]

Barenboim is a fine philosopher and poet of piano. Technically speaking, he can not be compared with this giant of perfection called Emil Gilels.

One of the best for sure !

[009fatalerror]

What pianism!! Amazing! Don't even pronounce the names of barenboims et. al. here :)

[killedagb]

My absolute favorite rendition of the 3rd Mo. This piece is MEANT to be violent and passionate. "Gilels uses the 3rd movement as a weapon with which to torture the piano". One of my all time favorite piano pieces ... ever...

[Temptezt]

Gilels is great!!!

[kiitoob]

this is great!!!

[SBZ925]

wilhelm is way better fuck this one to choppy!!!!

[SqwishTV]

Do you have any understanding of this particular movement? I love Wilhelm as well. This is not supposed to be smooth: The third is about anger, frustration, passion and love. Why wouldn't it be choppy? Is every fucking piece supposed to be smooth? God Damnit! I wish I could hear this kind of passion and fire in music today.

[claureic]

For months I had been trying to find an interpretation of this piece that matched Kempff's in terms of feeling. I think I just found it...Absolutely astounding, moving, flowing, exploding...

[SqwishTV]

After listening to several different interpretations, this is the one that moves me the most: I was half asleep before I started listening, and within seconds I was wide awake and my mind was captivated by the entire performance. This deserves more than 5 stars.

[jubamonster]

Shredding, so much Shredding... I rather the original one.

[chazinko]

Gilels really says all that needs saying with this movement from his earliest recorded performance of the Moonlight (1968 Moscow on the RCA 2-CD Emil Gilels The Giant). However, for perhaps a greater spirituality in the opening movement and lightness in the second (Gilels really thumps the downbeats in the middle section), try Annie Fischer in one of her BBC Recital CDs from 1958.

[chazinko]

Let's just enjoy Gilels for what he is as a great musician and pianist. Come to think of it, how about we do the same for Danny? Sure, as a pianist Barenboim doesn't have as great control as Gilels, but within the formal structures of each sonata, he certainly has more flexibility of interpretation and in many instances a warmth that is at least as alluring as Gilels. We are fortunate that in both cases, Beethoven's music is a living, breathing thing. It's a win, win situation!

[rankfrankrank]

Gilel's Beethoven's recordings are considered like the best by the critics. I'm lucky to own his entire recordings of Beethoven sonatas.

[mhaymo]

I am completely obsessed with this performance, boy he can get the most out of that piano...

[llalom]

Very, Very good interpretation, good sounding grand piano, and well recording.

(Bad English??, I am German)

[pigeonrandle]

Wasn't that guy in Diamonds Are Forever

[jeybens]

6:10 to 6:47 is incredibly beautiful. It makes me shiver

[Prof8Yoshi]

Wow... awesome!

[KlassikFan2007]

this is so absolutely amazing! some people mentioned a certain barenboim here - !! - you'd better not, it's an insult for the memory of Gilels, Richter and other great pianists!

[smimo2]

I agree with don tup

[dontup]

We dont have right to compare the legendary pianists with other legendary pianists

[rva25]

I think Claudio Arrau plays this with more passion...

[Rumpep]

Truly brilliant pianist, a wonderful

interpretation of this exhilarating piano

sonata of Beethoven, thankyou CRISSANKA for

sharing

5*.......Barbara

[rafnadalbombom]

Gracias CRISS. Este tipo de música me fascina.

[Tadek59]

Fantastic music and great interpretation !

5*****

Thanks for share CRISSANCA !

[foo2Le]

wonderful.....great interpretation.....thanks

[marcozepp]

Fantastic piece, thanks for sharing, Cristina!

[CRISSANCA]

beautiful!

[ohlicht]

I think Emil Gilels is the best interpreter of Beethoven. Great!

[Greatwolf1989]

i agree he takes the pice exprsion so far nobody can follow him

[ShanDo01]

great interpretation, i love gilels!

[leothepet]

A true master! this is excellent

[TheGreatRichter]

Emil Gilels I would regard for me personally one the finest interpreters of Beethove.His sense of timing and phrasing and interpretation is perfect for me. Barenboim who in recent times has recorded the complete Beethoven sonatas live for DVD including masterclasses and has recorded them many times at times before even though regarded as one of the leading figures in Beethoven sonatas seems to lose control of the timing and phrasing and I don't think is anywhere near the pedigree of Gilels.

[john9487]

Actually Barenboim is considered leading figure in Beethoven nowadays.

I would say while Gilels is excellent,i prefer slightly Barenboim.He seems more passionate in his playing.

[punkpoetry]

well, nowadays is hardly the golden age of piano playing... Barenboim is a fine interpreter (heard him live countless times) but, as he himself would be the first to acknowledge,  pianistically he cannot compare to the giant that was Gilels

[whoaitsrich]

Agree with punkpoetry, nowadays, I dislike most of the famous pianists, I think they play piano because they want to become more famous, not because they want to be more spiritually bonded with the piano, Some people become famous because people see and acknowledge their talent right away, people that I admire and what I think is a spectacular pianist, Gilels, Kissin, Rubenstein, etc...

[scottyschumann18]

Barenboim, is not even worth comparing to Gilels, who is in an entirely different league.