Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata" 1st mvt. on fortepiano

[DasKindespiel]

Una gran ejecución en un gran instrumento. Justo lo que imaginó y escuchó el propio Beethoven

[lavamaster530]

For a second I thought that was a harpsichord. Just for everyone to know, fortepiano is just another name for a piano since the piano's real name is fortepiano.

[jghcky]

@lavamaster530 actually, fortepiano is used mostly to refer to these pianos of the Viennese school. Piano's real name is not fortepiano, but 'pianoforte' - the other way round!

[haydnesque]

wonderful playing! where could these fortepiano be found?

[TheDiagonalArgument]

@haydnesque These instruments are a part of Nobuo Yamamoto's (山本宣夫) collection. He has his atelier at Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture in Japan.

[DasKindespiel]

muy buena versión, completamente lo que e oía en la época de Bethoveen y más parecida a lo que el compositor tocaba en su tiempo

[rustydog1236]

What do you call it when you depress the same key quickly and repeatedly? I suppose the hammer has to fall back in its resting place very quickly before one can depress that key again. It sounds like that doesn't happen here once in a while. Or is that some player technique issue? Piano, it is not my instrument, obviously! Sorry if this is a dumb question.

[chrismanners1]

@rustydog1236 it has no name, it's just a repeated note :)

[proulxmontpellier]

@rustydog1236 We once had one of his grands, from 1875, in the workshop, and after restoration, it was the most stupendous thing I had ever heard for end of the 19th century French music. Modern actions still contain his "Herz spring".

But before all this, pianos only had a single escape, which was sometimes tricky for repetition.

[TheInboil]

if He were here, he'd kill this man. kudos to him 4 trying. but asians dont have the necessary essence to understand Him. to them its a drill. no offense. just calling the truth.

[TheInboil]

gooks cant understand Ludwig

[CuriosityRoads]

@TheInboil And you CAN understand Ludwig? You're trolling on youtube and sitting in your mom's basement dude. Getting a bit too big for your boots I think, lol.

[bboymango]

@TheInboil

open you're eyes and stop living in the 1950s

racism isn't cool anymore dumbass

[Salha7]

@bboymango I agree, and just to add to your comment, racism was never cool.

[proulxmontpellier]

@TheInboil Look at yourself in a mirror and repeat it. You'll probably get a better idea.

This reminds me of the pianists who play Bach and declare that harpsichordists have no idea of what his music is...

[advisorC101]

I enjoyed this performance very much. I have a fascination with these period instruments.

[acortot]

This kind of piano should never be played with arm weight! Only with the fingers.

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

I wonder what Beethoven would think if he had a current day Steinway or Fazioli or something similar.

[maxdesp]

@ReturnOfTheStienway I think he would prefer Bösendorfer ^^

[advisorC101]

@maxdesp, There's no way of telling.

[maxdesp]

@advisorC101 This is just a thought I had of what kind of piano would suit to Beethoven... Even if I had the opportunity myself playing on a piano like Steinway's or Fazioli's ones, I would prefer a fortepiano like in the video to play Beethoven... I share your fascination though.

[advisorC101]

@maxdesp, Yes. From our perspective we would dig into instruments that are not in such familiar use today, and it's only natural that period instruments fit the music muchmore naturally. I'm just saying that it's more than likely that Beethoven would be astounded by what a modern romantic piano could do, with the extra strings in the bass of Steinways. He could really let it out with his "Hammerklavier" sonata. ;-))

[maxdesp]

@advisorC101 I agree, but when I said Bösendorfer I was refering to the Imperial one, which would be a large panel for Beethoven to "extend" his musical depth (don't know if it is correct)

[nelsyeung]

This is like one of the older version of grand piano.

[syntagma83]

Me parece una interpretación vacía de expresividad, mecánica. De no ser por el hermoso sonido metálico y algo primitivo del pianoforte, no pasaría de ser un video con un pobre contenido.

[Ray0X0]

That is not an standard piano right? What kind of instrument is it? who knows...

[0dot0]

spinetinglingly beautiful. thank you for playing this.

[jpctrp]

nightmarish, mechanical performance.