Elly Ney - Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 1.+ 2. movement

[jeanmocelin1]

SHE DOSEN'T PLAY MUSIC SHE PLAY GREAT MUSIC!!!!!

[VikTalks]

White afro.

[PeekSiegen]

We can really feel what she play

[TheIllusionist1997]

Still listening to this in 2011 :')

[Turic1000]

i'd love it to see her playing with wilhelm kempff... but i guess she is already dead...

[jeannekf1]

this song is BRILLIANT

[franklindavid]

Even Beethoven would agree, she is awesome at the Piano.

[pinkcatstar123]

What are movaments?

[ragtimest]

BRAVO!

[nisim2000]

W0000000000000000000000W she make me cry : ' (

[MrYomama408]

i can actually play this and im 12 :D

[qpwo6]

@MrYomama408 I envy you, I'm 17 and I can't, I can play a bit of mozart but that's it.

[MrYomama408]

@qpwo6 Yea I Had This Keyboard And It Has Lights But It Only Showed Me How To Play Sonata 1. And I Had To Use Sheet Music From A Random Website To Find The 2nd Sonata. I Actually Don't Even Play It This Slow Though ;3

[sealy123456789]

my favourite version. i love the way she holds the notes. and keeps the viewer anticipating it

[phattyBANGAbeats69]

absolutely brilliant.

[beatlemartin12]

si le quitamos las caracteristicas sexuales a los humanos que pasaria?

[jhiller21]

you'd have to be a deaf genius to write this... what does poetry sound like? Ludwig only saw it in his brain... Never heard it

[jhiller21]

you'd have to be a deaf genius to write this... what does poetry sound like?

[Cristuuu]

damn.. she is so much better then any living classic musician in my opinion.. or she was closer temporaly to the music feeling than anyone alive could be..

[therealslimkadie]

Or maybe he just wrote it to write it, and we should stop overthinking things. It means something different to everyone, and its what mood you're in. To me, it means "I'm losing everything.", cause' that's what I've been thinking about anyway.

[vonFalkenstein77]

"Du holde Kunst, in wieviel grauen Stunden,

Wo mich des Lebens wilder Kreis umstrickt,

Hast du mein Herz zu warmer Lieb entzunden,

Hast mich |: in eine beßre Welt entrückt! :|"

Danke, Elly Ney 1882 - 1968

Fünf Sterne , this means ***** for the English-speaking world..

[MondeTranquille]

its good performance.art is only old playing.sad reality!

[obscessity]

This was true beauty; it made me cry.

[bhic4]

Don't know if it's the sound quality or the piano itself, but it makes the sonata darker, haunting, it gives me chills!

[19mirjam90]

g o o s e p i m p l e s !

[JLo52993]

To think we had such good filmography in 1964 to record something as beautiful as this. I wish I could have been alive to here her play live. :/

[asle75]

@JLo52993 .my fantasi verson is mabe some thing for you:)asle sundby

[JLo52993]

@asle75 I love almost all depictions of Moonlight Sonata, the one on your page including :)

[mitsuakiinaba]

エリーネイはやっぱりスゴイです！彼女のレコードを最初に手に入­れて20数年経ちます。当然その時彼女は故人でした。この年齢の­味わいが月光をとても感じさせます。若くてテクニックだけのピア­ノは聴いても何も感じさせません。

[Biloygon]

This song is not hard to play!

[2ndviolinist]

@Biloygon Playing notes is the only the beginning of music making. Tone, touch, pacing, phrasing, articulation, and understanding goes much deeper.

[Mindy4656]

Beethoven is a genius! he makes the melody so simple, and makes it better than it would have been. im learning the first movement & my piano teacher showed me that. I really hope i will be able to play it good. Do you think 6 years of experience is enough?

[Sabakufreak]

@Mindy4656 6 years of experience should be enough for the first and second movement. It depends on how much you learned in those 6 years. The 1st movement isn't nearly as difficult as the 3rd one. I've got about 9 years of experience and I got big problems with the speed of the 3rd movement...(You need to practice a lot for that one! I don't think I'll ever make it^^') but you should be able to learn the 1st movement, if you keep practicing!

[bhic4]

@Mindy4656 It's been a year since I play the piano, and I can play the first movement, so you should be okay. It is not hard to play, just hard to read and to memorize! :P

[Ianthe22]

@bhic4 it is not!! it is just boorrriiing as hell to play the whole first movement through:D. Don't get me wrong it is a good piece, but a very boring 1st movement piece compared to the rest of Beethoven's compositions.

[bhic4]

@Ianthe22 It is not boring. Just because it is slow doesn't make it boring. I never got bored playing this song, I mean it is so beautiful and full of emotions, I like the first movement better than the two others. Personally I don't play songs because they are tricky or whatever, it is how they sound that makes me enjoy playing them.

[Ianthe22]

@bhic4 Try imagine what mood beethoven was in when he wrote this piece or what feelings he wanted to express when writing it. Beethovens music are like paintings. And this piece is very special. I at least can say for myself that i need a special mood be4 i play it. I agree with you it is beautiful for what it is the 1st movement, but imagine if you are not in a mood for it? what else is there to describe than boring:D.

[bhic4]

@Ianthe22 Oh yes, I understand it and I can imagine it! It is just that I really enjoy this kind of tone on the piano, so to me it never sounded boring :P

[otherdude15]

@Ianthe22 its a sad mixed with anger feeling. im not sure but i think this peice relates to the death of a loved one. correct me if i am wrong

[Ianthe22]

@otherdude15 I honestly don't think Beethoven wrote this piece with such an intent. At least i haven't read or heard anything in that line. He dedicated this piece to one of his pupils a countess. I think i heard form an old friend once, that the piece was named "moonlight" sonata, after some critic had heard the piece and it resembled him of the moon shining on some famous river(don't remember the name). So the surname "moonlight" wasn't invented by beethoven.

[Ianthe22]

@otherdude15 The piece gives you an "eerie" feeling in the first movement. The slow pace and the name "moonlight" sonata affects the listener. I won't call it manipulating the listener, but it makes one feel and do various things. If you listen to all three movements, i think it's clearly not grieve. If the piece only consisted of the 1st and 3rd movements one could be let to believe that it was some kind of grieve. But the 2nd movements is just way too playful. A stroll by the moonlit river.:D.

[kenvidallo]

Can somebody put this in order from the easiest to learn (1) to the hardest to learn(3)? need advice help me please!!

-Fur Elise

-Rondo Alla Turca

-Moonlight sonata 2nd Movement

Thanks!! :))

[Demighoul]

Too bad the sound quality is so poor. Fantastic playing, although it looks at one point like she is going to collapse. Beethoven and opiates obviously is a good combination.. No, è con passione e con emozione.

[kcirnas]

better than wilhelm kemff?

[guilo137]

I like it por woman she looks sad It is impressive and she is full of talent god bless her where ever she is rest in peace

[Nyxetc]

es mi idolo¡¡¡

[kriteon]

its a little slow

[deandusk]

@kriteon go back to sleep

[ShinodaStar]

Beautiful Song and beautiful rendition

[MrsTequila86]

Beautiful. One of the best I have heard. Her emotion and passion for playing is what makes it so amazing.

[senfkorn600]

ich finde es sehr schön, dass sie das stück nicht so schnell spielt wie viele andere beethoven interpreten. es lässt mehr die gefühle durchkommen. sehr schön :)

[CrazyNinjaGiirl]

@senfkorn600

erinnert mich an heute nachmittag ^^

[folopo2]

thanks A LOT for the upload...impressive!

[3lf3nl13d]

you can feel the sorrow in the melody, very powerful

[yoremom]

she looks so sad... she is amazing at playing though!

[SohnAusHeldenland]

Danke!!! 5 Sterne

[WelshFromTheWest]

That was lovely

[phortus]

Genial...

[tammiegoal]

Omg she is perfect , I love it ..

[MrPlacebo11]

Das ist wunderbar....ich liebe es.

[RedberetGR]

great

[belegSJ]

She is probably my favorite pianist of all time.

[MrAndyDanks]

the best ive heard it played hands down. as soon as he struck the first notes. I may not know how to play piano, but i do know what love is jenny

[xlXPhantomXlx]

It is amazing how u can feel the emotion of the song. She is not just playing the song, she is feeling it. That is how you can tell the difference between a good piano player and a true genius, true genius put their heart and soul into their music.

[RaoulTorresi]

Nonostante la lentezza non mi ha annoiato, sonorità d'altri tempi!! é nata nel secolo di Beethoven

[gatbos]

Her interpretation of movement 2 is the best i've experienced thus far!!

[hymnistic]

Amazing playing!

I even like the the sound of the pencils that are rattling around on top of the strings. Makes it almost sound like a harpsichord.

[yamahadgx520]

one of the best version that I have watched

[ixorafy]

This sonata is about hope, revenge, life, horror, happiness and death! Beethoven is truly a genius! ^^

[gabagandalf07]

@ixorafy you forgotten.......love of course ;D

[duvalabas]

@ixorafy Actualy he did it after he had a talk with a blind woman when he was near to suicide because he was going thef so, he looked at the moon and he thought, well at least I CAN see the moon... this is real, I asked him myself

[pusti88]

@duvalabas No, this sonata Beethoven wrote for his pupil, to who he was unhappy fallen in love...

[Antorak]

@ixorafy you forgot madness i think 8)

[Pianda]

the data say, that she was 82 when playing this!

[ClaudioSinger009]

ummmm actually it says she was 86 lol

[Pianda]

oh, well: Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!

And: :-))

[lycan6960]

if i were to die i would want to die to this song

id die a happy man

[jonedelleman]

same with me. I would die a happy woman.

[curleysloth]

I adore Horowitz' interpretation of this piece, but this is making me weep.

[Mavrolofos1]

Fantastic!!!!!! My favorite pianist!!!!

[tophoca]

Just pure magic. Elly Ney suffered artistically because her performing years came along around the same time as the nazis with whom she was accused of having some sympathy. As a performer of Beethoven, and in particular this sonata she has no equal. For an entirely different perfomance in style and tempo listen to Evgeny Kissin - entirely different yes but nonetheless magical.

[wient343]

ohh, she looked so sad? humm, pretty song tough. I like it when it sounds haunting

[oknarbtal]

ingenius

[Pischnaholic]

Profound!

Such wonderful UNDERSTANDING of what must have been Beethoven's inner motivation. There is TRUTH in this playing.

The last movement is played with such great sound and force of character that it exceeds the limits of mere technical brilliance.

[gatbos]

THATS THE WAY ITS GOTTA BE PLAYED!

[yaoilovefan1]

sometimes she looks sad while shes playing, it breaks my heart and makes the music even more effective. =(

[wolf175]

She must have died LONG AGO ... I heard her in my youth. She reminds me, how old I have become myself.

[Boneggio]

La musica ti fa bella! Grazie Elly.....

[cocoon79]

this is so wonderful and a unique interpretation! i burst into tears...

[piapiapiapiano]

i really hope i can play this well when im 82

[lullipop67]

This is a lesson for all pianist.

Tempo and interpretation.

I have never heard before...

Really great!! Thank you!!

[Scalatti]

Beautiful and touching beyond words!

[vinzenchan]

She plays very very very well.If she did not die.She must be the best pianist in the world.

[Kagenogunda]

Wow very beautiful, very emotional. On the close ups I felt immense chills dwelling deep within my spine, and my eyes could not help but to water; imagining what this woman must have seen & experienced in her life to give this beautiful piece such depth and longing.

[tannenbergbund]

We are eternally greatful to you for this. You can not imagine the joy you will have brought to many who will see Elly Ney perform for the first time or indeed who have never heard her. Bravo, spacebin.

[university1122]

One thing to tell the word : age is not a problem ! right?

[university1122]

word-->world

[scalytailedsquirrel]

Beautiful. There's really nothing more to say.

[gofreddor]

Obviously one of the greatest interpreters of Beethoven and a performance truly admirable in every way.

[dontstopthemusic111]

Thank you very much. I first saw this video in 2005 during a congress of the European Piano Teacher's Association and remember 120 piano teachers sitting there - mouth wide open - and enjoying this great musician and seeing how in trance Elly Ney was when she played...her CDs are a must-have...thank you....

[lyscan]

at 4:24

I just wanted to ask , were you not dissappointed when she didnt press the bass chord hard enough, if this is her style maybe then I dont like it, there must be force , some desperation behind this , and she plays only sadness there ...

do you not agree?

[pianopera]

This is exceptional...many thanks for sharing this treasure!

Whatever one may think of her (rather awkward) personal ideas, and despite her old age (she must have been over 80 years old here and one can hear it in the last movement) this is an important sound document for all Beethoven-lovers, because Ney carried on a strong tradition that descends from Beethoven to Czerny to Ney's teacher, Leschetitzky.