These of you who disrespect Lisitsa are just very close minded bigots without a true musical criterions. According to you Arrau, Kempff are better as they're more established names. Fools.
@Hobott Yeah, Lsistsa is a great player but I don't think she plays this better than Arrau. Everyone has their own tastes and preferences and there's nothing to be doing a fight about it.
In many of the videos i have seen of this movement the pianist plays the presto section so fast it looses its clarity and you cant hear the melody, each note.
This gentlemen cares so much about music he is willing to slow down the tempo a little bit both in the allegro ma non troppo and the presto section in order to keep the expression accsesible.
Lisistsa is pure techinique, no feelings, no heart, no pauses only techinique.
Arrau play with great technique but he plays with heart, with feeling, he turns Beethoven to play this great and beautiful piece... this is play piano.
@adjustme100 Yes, that it is... the professionalism of Arrau, the concept of what is the role of the pianist respect the composers and their works, this concept was very different from actual master's. The main reason lays in how old masters were educated by their teachers; formerly was very different from today. Krause inculcated in Arrau strict, absolute respect and fidelity to the composers, keeping total control and avoiding any personal outburst, overshadowing the true meaning of the work.
Rubinstein,Gilels,Clara Haskil,Annie Fischer,Ives Nat,Aldo Ciccollini,Alicia de Larrocha,Brendel,Von Sauer,Perlemuter and the last romantic CLAUDIO ARRAU.
I encountered much more emotions a person possibly can throughout life in just 9 minutes. I can't even dare try to describe the vastness of emotions in this video. It would be like trying to describe everything about universe. Claudio Arrau is legend.
Very nice! My only complaint is that I always pictured this song being played with fury and agitation, and I just can't hear/see it in this presentation.
@Ray0X0 I have listened to this sonata for about 2 years from differents pianists and especially recapitulation and the coda for about 50 times every day last year !!!
if I don't take into account the tempo and some accidentals (which is not really important), there no mistakes in this performance except the 8:07 as you said.. and I check it with a software which reduce the speed of the video..
Claudio Arrau, Gran Maestro discipulo de Martin Krause, quien dijo " este niño ha de ser mi obra maestra" así lo fue. Krause discipulo de Franz Liszt, éste de Carl Czerny éste de Ludwig Van Beethoven K. Gran Maestro y Genio. Arrau considerado unos de los grandes pianistas quien llegó a interpretar a la perfección a Beethoven.
¡Qué cantidad de estupideces hablan algunos acá!...What quantity of stupidities somebodies say here!...The great masters are not comparable each others...
@Caju10jose The feeling that this man puts into the piece. His tempo is perfect, and also captures the mood perfectly. Lisita is a great pianist, this man is one of the best...
@DonDragonJr Ja ja, si se trata de soñar me gustaría haber visto en ese duelo a Rubinstein, Horowitz, Arrau, Richter, Argerich, Kempff, etc., todos en el peak de sus capacidades, digamos a los 35 años... uuuhh... todos en el mismo concurso... UUUHHH !! je je.. terminaría con cinuenta infartados y el teatro venido abajo! ja ja
@chilenoHDU Wow. You have certainly mentioned the whos who here. I would add Gilels to your list. Rub is number one though. What ever happened to Ashkenazy and Barenboim, the darlings of the 1960s? I personally like Radu Lupu also. He has a sweet sound.
@pianofuentes A mucha gente le gusta criticar solo para contradecir. Lo que dice prsguitar22 no tiene ningun sentido (disculpen los acentos, este teclado no los tiene). La interpretacion de Arrau es increible no solo por la edad del interprete, sino por el profundo sentido y belleza que le da a su intepretacion. Arrau fue y yo pienso que sera el mas grande interprete de Beethoven durante mucho tiempo mas... y si se toma en cuenta la pobre formacion de los actuales pianistas, con mayor razon!
@Ray0X0 llevas bastante razon, pero no el mas grande... para mi ese sitio se reserva a otros pianistas... pero sus interpretaciones son verdaderamente unicas y suenan muy liricas y finas al mismo tiempo que profundas
Many years back, watching tv, I was asked "Wound't it be great to win the lottery? to which I ,w/o , hesitation , said , "NO, I would prefer to play my piano like this". 20 odd years on, still say the same. WJW
so i think you are a bad musician. you dont understand about sonority and articulations. "sonata" comes from sonare-sonority of an instrument and the most important thing that we must understand when listening beethoven sonatas. you cant concentrate it only tempo or "mistakes" as you said ,its a poor adolescantly comment,bullshit!!! Arrau has really a great sense of sonority and you envy him.
@prsguitar22 Only at the end there is a very small error, the rest is perfect both in intention and precision.
We must note that for this concert Arrau was not in good health, in some places you can hear him coughing, but it was still a truly extraordinary and exciting concert, which showed that the interpretive and communicative qualities of Arrau, were intact.
@prsguitar22 Ok, that is your personal opinion, which I do not agree at all.
I have heard dozens of times this version and the truth I have not heard anything you mention.
Obviously many people will not like Arrau's style, due we all have different tastes and perceptions of beauty, but apart this nothing can be criticized, because this presentation is simply superb. (Just listen to the audience reaction at the end ...).
@prsguitar22 Excuseme, but you are talking with no sense, in fact it's absurd absolutelly... if you are professional you should know you are wrong. Arrau follows the dynamics with extreme neatness, personality and emotion.
If you want compare Arrau with great pianists, please take great interpreters of Beethoven, not Horowitz.
Anyway, If you take him as model it is understandable the error.
@prsguitar22 technical perfection is just a small detail while we're talking about playing music with emotion. arrau used to have some mistakes when playing, but the most important thing is that he has shown us something in beethoven's music that noone could see previously
and not just beethoven... liszt.. chopin.. brahms.. debussy..
@joeblack6661 well, lisitsa is not in an untouchable status... good pianist but far from playing like the greatest yet! she has potential, but she is getting older by time, and insists on a type of play that lacks the needed finesse and feeling in many of her interpretions
@joeblack6661 i said that cus if u hear the very lst part hes out of tempo hes an awesome pianist 1 of my favourites but in this piece ima go for valentina just do the final PERFECT.
Arrau is maybe the best of pianist who performed in public above the old age of 80. Rubinstein was great but somehow Arrau played still as accurate like a 40 year old.
Comment ne pas être enthousiasmé par cette interprétation, on dirait qu'il recréé l'oeuvre, c'est d'une grande beauté.Claudio ARRAU était un poète du clavier.
Il faut posséder l'intégrale des sonates qu'il nous a légué et la vidéo possède beaucoup d'avantages.
Cómo me hace llorar de emoción.... Me hace sentir tan tan pequeno, mísero, mientras que su humildad, su talento son infinitos. Gracias Arrau, Beethoven y... Youtube!
this is a recording from his 80th birthday recital. great program, great renditions from the Chilean master. amazing for his age, amazing for any age.
Gonna have to change the strings after that one! This guy's one in a billion, but doesn't he look like Jerry Stiller in this video? Friggin' awesome! Arrau plays more notes NOT trying, than I do in an entire day! Makes it look easy.
It never ceases to amaze me to see this master in his old age (80) playing this difficult work without the slightest effort, not even tired and never overwhelmed by the performance. All the videos I've seen about him, at any age, he always looks the same way, playing without any effort, as natural as talking with friends ... incredible!
Exactly, I remember reading that when Barenboim first did the Emperor with Arrau, he was dripping with sweat, but Arrau came off the stage beaming without a drop. He just couldn't understand how this was possible!
And the best thing it's that My master claudio arrau is chilean fuck yeah, wherever you are claudio rest in peace sends regards to beethoven, nobody during the XX century could interpreted beethoven as you, it's amazing the way that claudio arrau plays the piano from Chile regards claudio (god) :D
galante con las mujeres, caballero con los hombres, tiernas con los ninos, implacable con los malvados...............asi es Beethoven, errrrr Kaliman!!
Wow, this interpretation had little mistakes and some stuff people might moan about - but it was absolute MUSIC and absolute understanding of each note. This is just a GREAT MASTER beyond any technical stuff. BRILLIANT !
I used to know shit - nowadays I know I knew shit. But what I do know now is that music, in all its complexity, remains a simplicity. Which most recording artists do not grab. Richter did. Entremont does. Beethoven did. Arrau does. Phenomenal.
It's our national proud, the best interpreter of Beethoven during XX century and It's Chilean, regards from Chile Your land Claudio Arrau our land Rest in peace wherever you are.
Amazing talent- manages to create two entirely different instruments in dialogue: the right hand and the left. Haven't heard anyone else that can do that.
Es increible la sutileza y maestría que nos demuestra el maestro, creo que fue el pianista con mayor sensibilidad y honestidad al tocar, sin ánimo de criticar a los demás como horowitz u otros, creo que el sentido que le otorga a la interpretación habla de una compenetración con el autor como ninguno otro, en el recuerdo siempre de los amantes de la música un homenaje al maestro, que dios lo bendiga.
Vou escrever em Portugues,pois sou Brasileiro e falo essa língua.Mas ,para mim,
o Chileno Cláudio Arrau é o maior de todos que já ouvi.Tente ouvi-lo tocando o Concerto no 1 de Chopin com a Philarmonica de Londres.Não ouvi nada igual.
Magistral, maravillosa y electrizante interpretación, esta es una inmersión al verdadero, más profundo y tormentoso espíritu del gran Beethoven... el maestro Arrau logra esto sin apelar a los típicos recursos artificiosos como la interpretación acelerada hasta lo absurdo ni a los ademanes efectistas... Nada más deja que aparezca la verdadera esencia del autor... sin poner barreras entre él y su público. Barenboim dijo, 'fue el pianista más comprometido con el autor y su obra que hubo'
Yeah, Gilels was a great Beethoven performer, but in my humble opinion some lighter than Arrau.
Did you know that E. Gilels was the best friend of Claudio Arrau, among all the other musicians? In fact there is an interesting anecdote .. (see the next comment).
@Ray0X0 Hey man! he visto incontables videos de Arrau!, he leído el libro de Joseph Horowitz, y no encuentro esa anécdota de Gilels de la que tu hablas, si pudieras facilitarme algunos datos. Encuentro al Maestro, singularmente como el mejor pianista del siglo pasado, y como un objeto de admiración para los jóvenes chilenos, tal vez tu también compartes esa gratitud al maestro. Saludos, y gracias por compartir a Don Claudio.
@MrTeddyZone Hola, he estado revisando los artículos que tengo y no encuentro la cita como para enseñártela directamente, pero recuerdo que esto lo contó el conocido diplomático mexicano Héctor Vasconcelos, uno de los discípulos y amigos personales de Arrau y testigo presencial (entre otros) de este llamativo hecho, lo cual también demuestra algo que leí en otro artículo sobre el maestro Arrau; era capaz de conmover hasta las lágrimas a cualquiera, inlcusive a sus pares pianistas y músicos...
@MrTeddyZone El señor Vasconcelos escribió un libro sobre el maestro Arrau, llamado «Cuatro aproximaciones al Arte de Arrau» (el cual yo no he leído) que quizás contenga la mencionada anécdota.
In May 1968 Arrau gave a concert in Moscow of Brahms Piano Concertos 1 and 2, after this wonderful concert that criticism has catalogued as one of the best offered ever, Gilels headed to congratulate Claudio, but he just could say "liebe Claudio..." (dear Claudio) and began to cry with emotion on Arrau's shoulder, saying that after this performance he could no longer offer these concerts in public again.
Ha ha.. those musicians!! obviously is absourd, Gilels was a great Brahms performer!
@Ray0X0 wow. It seems that you know a lot more than me. Anyway i think the two performance are great, and I'm not musician or something so I guess someone who know a lot about music (someone like you) is more able to say than one is better than other. Sorry for my mistakes I'm french.
@jimmyranaway Mmmhh (thinking) Beethoven... Beethoven... I know him? ha ha, I'm kidding :D.
What about Beethoven?! is there something else you can say about the greatest composer of all times? Beethoven was the greatest musical genius that nature gave us as human race, that's all.
Pay attention to the anger on his face during the 3rd movement. You can tell that there is some kind of epic musical battle being channeled through his fingers.
Increible! Maravilloso! Sin duda alguna un enorme maestro. Debemos estar contento de haber podido recibir grabaciones de este hombre que era hasta hace poco el ultimo discipulo desde Beethoven.
Ahora ando estudiando esta sonata y no paro de oir este video, cada vez saco mas cosas en la partitura oyendole.
UTA en el video de la Sonata Moonlight mov 3 por ARRAU watch?v=v=np7xwpr-bGY se me ocurrio poner que Arrau tocaba esa pieza de manera UNICA dejando LEJOS atras a musicos norteamericanos, y que:
"CLAUDIO ARRAU fue estudiante Predilecto de Martin Krause
Martin Krause fue estudiante de Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt fue estudiante de Carl Czerny
Carl Czerny fue estudiante de BEETHOVEN".
Y adivinen que: Sacaron el video de YOUTUBE diciendo que es material perteneciente a UMG .
Aun que respetables todas las criticas desfavorables hacia Claudio Arrau, no olvidemos que es uno de los mejores exponentes de la musica de Beethoven, por lo tanto, creo que el unico que podria hacer observaciones es el compositor.
Los demas,... en realidad primero deberian tratar de llegar a este nivel de excelencia, y una vez ocurrido esto dar su opinion.
@mimiaquin concuerdo contigo , realmente arrau es lejos (abismantemente) el mejor interprete q he podido encontrar . el simple hecho de oirlo tocar es una experiencia educativa q modifica tu apreciacion musical
Es increíble ver la facilidad con que toca el piano, para él es tan natural como hablar o respirar.. ningún esfuerzo, ninguna tensión en los músculos, aún en las partes más complicadas (¡y la mayoría lo son!)... Por su mestría y magistral técnica propia, sus sensibles, profundas y bellas interpretaciones, también influenciadas por su caracter humanitario.. por esto y mucho más, Arrau es para mí el más grande del siglo XX
@Ray0X0 Concuerdo en toda tu apreciacion.. no olvidemos a su maetro Krause..y al maestro de este Liszt, y al de este Czerny y al de este... el grande, maravilloso, genio Beethoven him self!!!!!!!!!!!
this video is 240p for safety reasons. great artist.
elPianoforte 1 week ago
now play it blindfolded lol
amercali 2 weeks ago
These of you who disrespect Lisitsa are just very close minded bigots without a true musical criterions. According to you Arrau, Kempff are better as they're more established names. Fools.
Hobott 2 weeks ago
Lisitsa plays it a lot better. She's great!
Hobott 2 weeks ago
@Hobott Yeah, Lsistsa is a great player but I don't think she plays this better than Arrau. Everyone has their own tastes and preferences and there's nothing to be doing a fight about it.
Ray0X0 3 days ago
El mejor!
fatalmosh 1 month ago
In many of the videos i have seen of this movement the pianist plays the presto section so fast it looses its clarity and you cant hear the melody, each note.
This gentlemen cares so much about music he is willing to slow down the tempo a little bit both in the allegro ma non troppo and the presto section in order to keep the expression accsesible.
And i like that.
marianomanto 1 month ago 13
Lisistsa is pure techinique, no feelings, no heart, no pauses only techinique.
Arrau play with great technique but he plays with heart, with feeling, he turns Beethoven to play this great and beautiful piece... this is play piano.
fbarrazc 2 months ago 8
@fbarrazc Beethoven is beyond Lisistsa and should be reserved for the greats (Arrau, Richter, Barenboim etc
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ehm Im young and thats why im shy
violetw450000 2 months ago
Best bethoveen‘s sonata
ordrediscourse 2 months ago
Maestro!!!!
drakan666 2 months ago 2
arrau y bravo lejos los mejores expositores de la música clásica chilena
marco58272 2 months ago
His face at 7:29... along with the music, you can just feel the power and energy.
SuperAfc100 2 months ago
Oh, thats wonderful. MUCH better than Valentina
Eztoez 2 months ago
lool Im young and thats why im shy
anishaangel69 2 months ago
fue el mejor pianista del siglo XX, y es Chileno..!!
Supertoteman 2 months ago
gracias arrau por el legado INBORRABLE! ni toda la miseria humana destruira esto !
martin142857 3 months ago
I am a great admirer of Lisitsa but this simply trashes her performance.
tsvetkovprelude 3 months ago
Arrau in his 80's plays this piece far better, far deeper than the pianists in their prime... yes including Valentina Lisitsa...
Elsenrail29 3 months ago 3
Very smooth and professionally done....Bravo
adjustme100 3 months ago
@adjustme100 Yes, that it is... the professionalism of Arrau, the concept of what is the role of the pianist respect the composers and their works, this concept was very different from actual master's. The main reason lays in how old masters were educated by their teachers; formerly was very different from today. Krause inculcated in Arrau strict, absolute respect and fidelity to the composers, keeping total control and avoiding any personal outburst, overshadowing the true meaning of the work.
Ray0X0 2 months ago
Life doesn't get better than listening to this. I am surprised that Arrau is not viewed as THE preeminent Beethoven pianist.
mnemko 3 months ago
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Ray0X0 3 months ago
hmz I just wanna have fun with you
AmandaElaynebi284 3 months ago
Rubinstein,Gilels,Clara Haskil,Annie Fischer,Ives Nat,Aldo Ciccollini,Alicia de Larrocha,Brendel,Von Sauer,Perlemuter and the last romantic CLAUDIO ARRAU.
kreutzo1 4 months ago
I encountered much more emotions a person possibly can throughout life in just 9 minutes. I can't even dare try to describe the vastness of emotions in this video. It would be like trying to describe everything about universe. Claudio Arrau is legend.
eshesj 4 months ago
Very nice! My only complaint is that I always pictured this song being played with fury and agitation, and I just can't hear/see it in this presentation.
themafia306 4 months ago
Si Caludio Arrau viera que ahora en su país natal, los "artistas" más escuchados son justin bieber y lady gaga... una lástima....
Clashchileno 4 months ago
Claudio. Un maestro sin igual. Viva Chile!
michor10 4 months ago 2
Qué increíble suena esto cuando lo pones a todo chancho !! :O
chilenoHDU 4 months ago 3
@Ray0X0 I have listened to this sonata for about 2 years from differents pianists and especially recapitulation and the coda for about 50 times every day last year !!!
if I don't take into account the tempo and some accidentals (which is not really important), there no mistakes in this performance except the 8:07 as you said.. and I check it with a software which reduce the speed of the video..
tmpr4939 4 months ago
Claudio Arrau, Gran Maestro discipulo de Martin Krause, quien dijo " este niño ha de ser mi obra maestra" así lo fue. Krause discipulo de Franz Liszt, éste de Carl Czerny éste de Ludwig Van Beethoven K. Gran Maestro y Genio. Arrau considerado unos de los grandes pianistas quien llegó a interpretar a la perfección a Beethoven.
orver2009 4 months ago
¡Qué cantidad de estupideces hablan algunos acá!...What quantity of stupidities somebodies say here!...The great masters are not comparable each others...
pianofuentes 5 months ago
Dear Joeblack6661,
You could convince me why Claudio Arrau plays better than Valentina Lisistsa? She seems flawless.
Caju10jose 5 months ago
@Caju10jose The feeling that this man puts into the piece. His tempo is perfect, and also captures the mood perfectly. Lisita is a great pianist, this man is one of the best...
PhillyB702 4 months ago
He was the teacher of the teacher of my piano teacher!! \O/
I'm so honored for this! ;)
sjvcodbgek 5 months ago
MARAVILLOSO MAESTRO!!!
emiliotomas79 5 months ago
Me hubiera gustado un duelo de pianistas entre Arrau y Horowitz
DonDragonJr 5 months ago
@DonDragonJr Ja ja, si se trata de soñar me gustaría haber visto en ese duelo a Rubinstein, Horowitz, Arrau, Richter, Argerich, Kempff, etc., todos en el peak de sus capacidades, digamos a los 35 años... uuuhh... todos en el mismo concurso... UUUHHH !! je je.. terminaría con cinuenta infartados y el teatro venido abajo! ja ja
chilenoHDU 5 months ago
@chilenoHDU jajajajajajajaja hubiera sido fantastico.
DonDragonJr 4 months ago
@chilenoHDU Wow. You have certainly mentioned the whos who here. I would add Gilels to your list. Rub is number one though. What ever happened to Ashkenazy and Barenboim, the darlings of the 1960s? I personally like Radu Lupu also. He has a sweet sound.
SugarTomAppleRoger 4 months ago
@SugarTomAppleRoger Sure!! send them an invitation too! :D
chilenoHDU 4 months ago
Chile
chalopsy 5 months ago 15
I don't understand. How they dare to criticize to the best interprets of Beethoven?
pianofuentes 5 months ago
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prsguitar22 5 months ago
@prsguitar22 ozzy osbourne made it best
joaofelixalves 5 months ago
@pianofuentes A mucha gente le gusta criticar solo para contradecir. Lo que dice prsguitar22 no tiene ningun sentido (disculpen los acentos, este teclado no los tiene). La interpretacion de Arrau es increible no solo por la edad del interprete, sino por el profundo sentido y belleza que le da a su intepretacion. Arrau fue y yo pienso que sera el mas grande interprete de Beethoven durante mucho tiempo mas... y si se toma en cuenta la pobre formacion de los actuales pianistas, con mayor razon!
Ray0X0 5 months ago 3
@Ray0X0 llevas bastante razon, pero no el mas grande... para mi ese sitio se reserva a otros pianistas... pero sus interpretaciones son verdaderamente unicas y suenan muy liricas y finas al mismo tiempo que profundas
alejandrothefader 5 months ago
@pianofuentes he's probably joking, let him talk...
joaofelixalves 5 months ago
Many years back, watching tv, I was asked "Wound't it be great to win the lottery? to which I ,w/o , hesitation , said , "NO, I would prefer to play my piano like this". 20 odd years on, still say the same. WJW
TheWilliam916 5 months ago 3
What a pleasure it is to listen and watch a great pianist play with that special quality that comes with greatness! Bravo maestro!
CanadaPisces 5 months ago
awful
FingerMyFinger 5 months ago
@FingerMyFinger Awful? This man has some of the best interpretations of beethoven ever...
PhillyB702 5 months ago
@PhillyB702 well not this one theres many mistakes
FingerMyFinger 5 months ago
so i think you are a bad musician. you dont understand about sonority and articulations. "sonata" comes from sonare-sonority of an instrument and the most important thing that we must understand when listening beethoven sonatas. you cant concentrate it only tempo or "mistakes" as you said ,its a poor adolescantly comment,bullshit!!! Arrau has really a great sense of sonority and you envy him.
bledjanstufi 5 months ago
@FingerMyFinger Please... awful is Horowitz playing this, not Arrau.
Ray0X0 5 months ago
@Ray0X0 havent heard horowitz play it so i dont know but either way this was still awful... sorry
FingerMyFinger 5 months ago
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prsguitar22 5 months ago
@prsguitar22 Only at the end there is a very small error, the rest is perfect both in intention and precision.
We must note that for this concert Arrau was not in good health, in some places you can hear him coughing, but it was still a truly extraordinary and exciting concert, which showed that the interpretive and communicative qualities of Arrau, were intact.
Ray0X0 5 months ago
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prsguitar22 5 months ago
@prsguitar22 Ok, that is your personal opinion, which I do not agree at all.
I have heard dozens of times this version and the truth I have not heard anything you mention.
Obviously many people will not like Arrau's style, due we all have different tastes and perceptions of beauty, but apart this nothing can be criticized, because this presentation is simply superb. (Just listen to the audience reaction at the end ...).
Ray0X0 5 months ago
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prsguitar22 5 months ago
@prsguitar22 Excuseme, but you are talking with no sense, in fact it's absurd absolutelly... if you are professional you should know you are wrong. Arrau follows the dynamics with extreme neatness, personality and emotion.
If you want compare Arrau with great pianists, please take great interpreters of Beethoven, not Horowitz.
Anyway, If you take him as model it is understandable the error.
Ray0X0 5 months ago
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h4jime90 5 months ago
@prsguitar22 technical perfection is just a small detail while we're talking about playing music with emotion. arrau used to have some mistakes when playing, but the most important thing is that he has shown us something in beethoven's music that noone could see previously
and not just beethoven... liszt.. chopin.. brahms.. debussy..
sorry if my english isn't good enough
h4jime90 5 months ago
This is what happens when man is one with the music! I wish I had the chance to watch him live... But, thank you for this video.
TheChefdemusic 6 months ago
this interpretation makes me go grrrrARRAU
bitritututu 6 months ago 2
he plays it a lot better than Lisitsa!
joeblack6661 6 months ago 31
@joeblack6661 well, lisitsa is not in an untouchable status... good pianist but far from playing like the greatest yet! she has potential, but she is getting older by time, and insists on a type of play that lacks the needed finesse and feeling in many of her interpretions
alejandrothefader 5 months ago
@joeblack6661 dont think so
recipoldinasty 2 months ago
@joeblack6661 i said that cus if u hear the very lst part hes out of tempo hes an awesome pianist 1 of my favourites but in this piece ima go for valentina just do the final PERFECT.
recipoldinasty 2 months ago
@recipoldinasty If you want a perfect final search the Sviatoslav Richter rendition.
hellboyreloaded 2 months ago
@hellboyreloaded not kidding u when i say that guy makes some mistakes i appasionata .p still awesome and very fast
recipoldinasty 2 months ago
@joeblack6661 - Being that he probably has @ 50 years more experience playing I'd say your comment is rather dumb.
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Arrau is maybe the best of pianist who performed in public above the old age of 80. Rubinstein was great but somehow Arrau played still as accurate like a 40 year old.
Maggo309 6 months ago
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Maggo309 6 months ago
Comment ne pas être enthousiasmé par cette interprétation, on dirait qu'il recréé l'oeuvre, c'est d'une grande beauté.Claudio ARRAU était un poète du clavier.
Il faut posséder l'intégrale des sonates qu'il nous a légué et la vidéo possède beaucoup d'avantages.
MrTIRILLY 6 months ago
a gift.
robertramish 6 months ago
OMG this man is the best Beethoven performer ever, just pefect ¡¡¡
this is the meaning of "appassionata" ¡¡¡
HQartmusic 7 months ago
спасибо, маэстро.
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modern piano was invented for beethoven whose sonatas were written for arrau.
lincolnyu 7 months ago in playlist Beethoven Appassionata
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lincolnyu 7 months ago in playlist Beethoven Appassionata
Cómo me hace llorar de emoción.... Me hace sentir tan tan pequeno, mísero, mientras que su humildad, su talento son infinitos. Gracias Arrau, Beethoven y... Youtube!
NotteBellaEMagnifica 7 months ago 4
A very remarkable and cultured man.
TheCourtwick 7 months ago
Every note is clear and played with the right emotion. Excellent!
BaruchTawil 7 months ago 2
June 9th 1991 Claudio Arrau passes away!
It's been 20 years we still admire you maestro!!!
Thank you!
Farookhq17 7 months ago 36
this is a recording from his 80th birthday recital. great program, great renditions from the Chilean master. amazing for his age, amazing for any age.
biliescu 8 months ago
when was this
BassicStorm 8 months ago
Gonna have to change the strings after that one! This guy's one in a billion, but doesn't he look like Jerry Stiller in this video? Friggin' awesome! Arrau plays more notes NOT trying, than I do in an entire day! Makes it look easy.
MichaelCGatesMusic 8 months ago
34 people probably like hip hop.
MichaelCGatesMusic 8 months ago
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orgullo de Chile
sictransit90 8 months ago
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sictransit90 8 months ago
The piano just got raped !!
mohamedbeard 8 months ago
7:30 ... Look his face ... he is in another world ...
AEDOTV 9 months ago 6
33 people have their ears buried down into a mine.
pianistaamateur 9 months ago 4
@pianistaamateur Ha ha !!
Ray0X0 9 months ago
@pianistaamateur Ha ha !!
Ray0X0 9 months ago
@pianistaamateur Haha one of the best comments related to dislikes on youtube. This performance is awesome.
jcrm05 9 months ago
WOW!!! That was simply incredible. Amazing and inspiring!
cerysdcat 9 months ago
It never ceases to amaze me to see this master in his old age (80) playing this difficult work without the slightest effort, not even tired and never overwhelmed by the performance. All the videos I've seen about him, at any age, he always looks the same way, playing without any effort, as natural as talking with friends ... incredible!
Ray0X0 9 months ago
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Exactly, I remember reading that when Barenboim first did the Emperor with Arrau, he was dripping with sweat, but Arrau came off the stage beaming without a drop. He just couldn't understand how this was possible!
boxers7x5 6 months ago
He put the "Bible" to music, in a passionate way!
sergei1873 9 months ago 3
He put the "Bible" to music, in a passionate way!
sergei1873 9 months ago
jeje he is a chilean person!
PhillipsJassiel18 9 months ago
@PhillipsJassiel18 So?
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phionahchin2000 9 months ago
And the best thing it's that My master claudio arrau is chilean fuck yeah, wherever you are claudio rest in peace sends regards to beethoven, nobody during the XX century could interpreted beethoven as you, it's amazing the way that claudio arrau plays the piano from Chile regards claudio (god) :D
cyrux23 9 months ago
galante con las mujeres, caballero con los hombres, tiernas con los ninos, implacable con los malvados...............asi es Beethoven, errrrr Kaliman!!
ricvonzipper 10 months ago
How old is he here?
ann03071874 10 months ago
@ann03071874 Its his 80th Birthday recital
alexilmagnifico 10 months ago
@alexilmagnifico Jesus Christ!
ann03071874 9 months ago
Wow, this interpretation had little mistakes and some stuff people might moan about - but it was absolute MUSIC and absolute understanding of each note. This is just a GREAT MASTER beyond any technical stuff. BRILLIANT !
hessu3 10 months ago
VOU PRECISAR DE 10 ENCARNAÇÕES PRA TOCAR 1/4 DO QUE ELE TOCAVA!! REALMENTE VC É INSUPERÁVEL !!!GRANDE CLAUDIO ARRAU!! THE BEST OF UNIVERSE!
GMNITEROI 10 months ago
This is what Beethoven had in mind.. bravo Beethoven, bravo Arrau... you are the best !
Ray0X0 10 months ago
@Ray0X0 Exactly.
stickitupyapipe 10 months ago
SUBLIME CTM!!!!............MONSTRUO!!!
Trillhouse84 10 months ago
I used to know shit - nowadays I know I knew shit. But what I do know now is that music, in all its complexity, remains a simplicity. Which most recording artists do not grab. Richter did. Entremont does. Beethoven did. Arrau does. Phenomenal.
joellisbandwebmaster 10 months ago
33 people don't understand music.... amazing
frelow10 10 months ago
It's our national proud, the best interpreter of Beethoven during XX century and It's Chilean, regards from Chile Your land Claudio Arrau our land Rest in peace wherever you are.
cyrux23 10 months ago
33 people don't know what mean MUSIC ! (3:55 killer ass modulation)
AEDOTV 11 months ago
33 people don't know what mean MUSIC !
AEDOTV 11 months ago
He is briliant
trompone22 11 months ago
too much rubato for me i prefer rubinstein's recorded version...
DunNotCome 11 months ago
cmq notevole interpretazione anche se sono perso per valentina lisitsa... la donna con le mani di fata
Ghemb21 11 months ago
attorno al 30 40sec ha si è impicciato sulle note o sbaglio??))
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contrabajodoublebass 11 months ago
Amazing talent- manages to create two entirely different instruments in dialogue: the right hand and the left. Haven't heard anyone else that can do that.
ELIEZERE1 11 months ago 3
the sad thing about the appassionata is that when I youtube it thereappears some kind of horse show....
AeneasMeier 1 year ago
that man just played the fuck out of that piano
tstcls 1 year ago 54
Es increible la sutileza y maestría que nos demuestra el maestro, creo que fue el pianista con mayor sensibilidad y honestidad al tocar, sin ánimo de criticar a los demás como horowitz u otros, creo que el sentido que le otorga a la interpretación habla de una compenetración con el autor como ninguno otro, en el recuerdo siempre de los amantes de la música un homenaje al maestro, que dios lo bendiga.
TheCristianwagner 7 months ago
Vou escrever em Portugues,pois sou Brasileiro e falo essa língua.Mas ,para mim,
o Chileno Cláudio Arrau é o maior de todos que já ouvi.Tente ouvi-lo tocando o Concerto no 1 de Chopin com a Philarmonica de Londres.Não ouvi nada igual.
victorseco84 1 year ago 2
Arrau and Horowitz were both great, in different ways.
TomBarrister 1 year ago
Arrau is my favorite....... Arrau and Horowitz cannot be compared because of their greatness,master and etc.... They are the masters of piano
LudwigMr 1 year ago
Magistral, maravillosa y electrizante interpretación, esta es una inmersión al verdadero, más profundo y tormentoso espíritu del gran Beethoven... el maestro Arrau logra esto sin apelar a los típicos recursos artificiosos como la interpretación acelerada hasta lo absurdo ni a los ademanes efectistas... Nada más deja que aparezca la verdadera esencia del autor... sin poner barreras entre él y su público. Barenboim dijo, 'fue el pianista más comprometido con el autor y su obra que hubo'
Ray0X0 1 year ago
Amazing! This is a masterly interpretation! Bravo! Arrau's Liszt and Brahms were also thoroughly convincing.
ssprokofiev 1 year ago 6
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Ray0X0 1 year ago
@ssprokofiev and chopin,schumman, schubert, debussy, ravel, bach and mozart
arturon111 1 year ago
Wonderful, but I still prefer Horowitz and Litsitsa.
CarminisRex 1 year ago
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Ray0X0 1 year ago
why is it that i simply can't get tired of his Interpretation? it stirs ones sole to undifine limitations.
arymonem 1 year ago
No other pianist has interpreted Beethoven in such beautiful, deep and electrizing way as Claudio Arrau... ever
Ray0X0 1 year ago 36
@Ray0X0 i think gilels did .
grafdu77tck 10 months ago
Yeah, Gilels was a great Beethoven performer, but in my humble opinion some lighter than Arrau.
Did you know that E. Gilels was the best friend of Claudio Arrau, among all the other musicians? In fact there is an interesting anecdote .. (see the next comment).
Ray0X0 10 months ago
@Ray0X0 Hey man! he visto incontables videos de Arrau!, he leído el libro de Joseph Horowitz, y no encuentro esa anécdota de Gilels de la que tu hablas, si pudieras facilitarme algunos datos. Encuentro al Maestro, singularmente como el mejor pianista del siglo pasado, y como un objeto de admiración para los jóvenes chilenos, tal vez tu también compartes esa gratitud al maestro. Saludos, y gracias por compartir a Don Claudio.
MrTeddyZone 10 months ago
@MrTeddyZone Hola, he estado revisando los artículos que tengo y no encuentro la cita como para enseñártela directamente, pero recuerdo que esto lo contó el conocido diplomático mexicano Héctor Vasconcelos, uno de los discípulos y amigos personales de Arrau y testigo presencial (entre otros) de este llamativo hecho, lo cual también demuestra algo que leí en otro artículo sobre el maestro Arrau; era capaz de conmover hasta las lágrimas a cualquiera, inlcusive a sus pares pianistas y músicos...
Ray0X0 10 months ago
@MrTeddyZone El señor Vasconcelos escribió un libro sobre el maestro Arrau, llamado «Cuatro aproximaciones al Arte de Arrau» (el cual yo no he leído) que quizás contenga la mencionada anécdota.
Ray0X0 10 months ago
In May 1968 Arrau gave a concert in Moscow of Brahms Piano Concertos 1 and 2, after this wonderful concert that criticism has catalogued as one of the best offered ever, Gilels headed to congratulate Claudio, but he just could say "liebe Claudio..." (dear Claudio) and began to cry with emotion on Arrau's shoulder, saying that after this performance he could no longer offer these concerts in public again.
Ha ha.. those musicians!! obviously is absourd, Gilels was a great Brahms performer!
Ray0X0 10 months ago 5
@Ray0X0 wow. It seems that you know a lot more than me. Anyway i think the two performance are great, and I'm not musician or something so I guess someone who know a lot about music (someone like you) is more able to say than one is better than other. Sorry for my mistakes I'm french.
grafdu77tck 10 months ago
@Ray0X0 what about beethoven?
jimmyranaway 8 months ago
@jimmyranaway Mmmhh (thinking) Beethoven... Beethoven... I know him? ha ha, I'm kidding :D.
What about Beethoven?! is there something else you can say about the greatest composer of all times? Beethoven was the greatest musical genius that nature gave us as human race, that's all.
Ray0X0 8 months ago
@Ray0X0 electrizing? lol but otherwise, yeah
jodiElena 6 months ago
Always reminds me of Hard Target!
mursare 1 year ago
Very impressive. But it strikes me as more elegant and technically perfect than passionate...
physphilmusic 1 year ago
I have a question. How modern composers make they piano compositions , in a clasical way of course ??????
What method they use??? I believe there is a terrible missconception about music theory nowadays
theavatarstudy 1 year ago
Pay attention to the anger on his face during the 3rd movement. You can tell that there is some kind of epic musical battle being channeled through his fingers.
krogdog101 1 year ago
@krogdog101 ... That it is precisely... that's Beethoven's face...
Ray0X0 1 year ago
Increible! Maravilloso! Sin duda alguna un enorme maestro. Debemos estar contento de haber podido recibir grabaciones de este hombre que era hasta hace poco el ultimo discipulo desde Beethoven.
Ahora ando estudiando esta sonata y no paro de oir este video, cada vez saco mas cosas en la partitura oyendole.
alvarode93 1 year ago
@alexilmagnifico well do you know "France Clidat" ?? when Arrau died she declared "there will be no one like Arrau ever again".
Or Do you know "Joachim Kaiser" ??? well he decribed Arrau as "The most Noble, profound, meticulous and precise pianist of our time"
Just 2 examples, also Arrau has a "Direct" link with Beethoven himself
theavatarstudy 1 year ago
i love the 3rd movement so much:D
horekar 1 year ago
piano genius, one and only!
Differo1 1 year ago
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UTA en el video de la Sonata Moonlight mov 3 por ARRAU watch?v=v=np7xwpr-bGY se me ocurrio poner que Arrau tocaba esa pieza de manera UNICA dejando LEJOS atras a musicos norteamericanos, y que:
"CLAUDIO ARRAU fue estudiante Predilecto de Martin Krause
Martin Krause fue estudiante de Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt fue estudiante de Carl Czerny
Carl Czerny fue estudiante de BEETHOVEN".
Y adivinen que: Sacaron el video de YOUTUBE diciendo que es material perteneciente a UMG .
theavatarstudy 1 year ago
I'd like to know at what level of fame that rubato becomes allowable in a sonata, because it's still against the rules for me.
johnliamten 1 year ago
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@johnliamten Music has no rules
killingppl 1 year ago
Aun que respetables todas las criticas desfavorables hacia Claudio Arrau, no olvidemos que es uno de los mejores exponentes de la musica de Beethoven, por lo tanto, creo que el unico que podria hacer observaciones es el compositor.
Los demas,... en realidad primero deberian tratar de llegar a este nivel de excelencia, y una vez ocurrido esto dar su opinion.
mimiaquin 1 year ago 2
@mimiaquin concuerdo contigo , realmente arrau es lejos (abismantemente) el mejor interprete q he podido encontrar . el simple hecho de oirlo tocar es una experiencia educativa q modifica tu apreciacion musical
theavatarstudy 1 year ago
cada vez q lo escucho me sorprendo más !!!!
caxa la progresion de caras
5:05
7:03
7:28
Las cagó !!!!
theavatarstudy 1 year ago
simply awesome.
arymonem 1 year ago
Perfecte
sisarauxa 1 year ago
quienes son los 32 culiao que no encuentan exelente esto, resentidos
cpinillaf 1 year ago
quien fue el culia que huzo el voto en contra del maestro
cpinillaf 1 year ago
Es increíble ver la facilidad con que toca el piano, para él es tan natural como hablar o respirar.. ningún esfuerzo, ninguna tensión en los músculos, aún en las partes más complicadas (¡y la mayoría lo son!)... Por su mestría y magistral técnica propia, sus sensibles, profundas y bellas interpretaciones, también influenciadas por su caracter humanitario.. por esto y mucho más, Arrau es para mí el más grande del siglo XX
Ray0X0 1 year ago
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Agree :-)
I feel many pianist are "forcing" the note to go out
But in here, even the piece have several place that needed to be accent but he plays them naturally and all sound produced are harmonious
billywongting 1 year ago
@Ray0X0 Concuerdo en toda tu apreciacion.. no olvidemos a su maetro Krause..y al maestro de este Liszt, y al de este Czerny y al de este... el grande, maravilloso, genio Beethoven him self!!!!!!!!!!!
mimiaquin 1 year ago
Bravo!!! Miss Valentina is too young,I felt. Maestro Arrau was a big river of music...
keiji4956 1 year ago
MASTER
nestabrenda7 1 year ago