Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Beethoven Moonlight Sonata

[82dallasar]

This is one of my very favorite renditions of this piece, the tempo is good, the balance is good, and there are so few technical flaws. Ashkenazy is amazing, and he showcases his monstrous ability in this piece.

[MrGar11]

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[meredith218461]

Finely dramatised playing yet he does'nt excite as much as Rubinstein in this mvt.

[wukillah]

I have it on CD, I have listened to so many versions of the thrid mvt, and Askhenazy's rendition of this piece's ferocity is unmatched

[kiitoob]

this version is much better than barenboim and rubi...

this is great!!!

also murray perahia playing it is very good...

[satyu131089]

most true that this version and barenboim's are the best...in my opinion atleast... kempff also does a wonderful job in playing it, a slow and beautiful version...try out vladimir horowitz and glenn gould versions...horowitz is very unique, far from what we've heard usually...glenn gould runs through the piece like an aircraft...both are great...

[Xiphosss]

@satyu131089 Nah, I don't like Barenboim's version. Rubinstein is very good in my opinion, especially 3rd movement.

[rassad89]

@satyu131089 i think Claudio Arrau makes a excellent version too...

[ghettopianist219]

i consider that Vladimir Ashkenazy plays the 3rd movement of the moonlight sonata the best with the exception of Daniel Barenboim those are the 2 who play it best

[KuruwaSan]

¨PERFECT

[kiitoob]

as your comment to it...

[lazawrcat666]

hmmm, brilliant, however its doesnt really touch me so to speak as much as some other recordings, very well done none the less

[sauternety36]

i think the accents are played with a rare passion that really moves me

[laureanobruno]

I don´t have any kind of problem with the audio.

I think that this is one of the best interpretations of this sonata. I don´t speak english very well, so I con´t express my self very well, but I haven´t listen such a good intepretation in a long time :)

[thomandy]

Awesome for sure :) To bad its only Audio, but totally awesome no the less :))) 5* (x100)

[hellomate639]

Bad recording. There's an echo.

Can't even tell how the interpretation was.

[michelecant]

Fool, how would you expect to judge and interpretation from a highly compressed audio track like this?

[hellomate639]

Are you kidding me? I said bad recording, not bad playing.

People here are idiots...

Minus four? I didn't say I didn't Ashkenazy's playing! I said I couldn't tell because the audio was so bad!

[darkgod5]

youtube is the culperate here. add &fmt=18 to the end of the link in your address bar for much better audio. Enjoy!

[crazychopin]

what you said is true, and it is very obvious . For the pianist ,I can hear his passion indeed