Franz Schubert - Impromptu d899, No. 1, Wilhelm Kempff

A masterpiece!!

lol.  3:52-4:05
beethoven appasaionata.

p.s- fantastic mood!

I like Arrau, but every version is a pleasure! than you for post!

I like Schnabel more here..

Just personal preference, I like ZImerman's version better on Schubert. I love Kempff's Beethoven though.

Sublime Schubert playing...this man was was a true artist.  His playing had warmth and poetry. The music is laid out for you like a sumptuous carpet, and you hang on to every note. Few artists conveyed the essence of the music like Wilhelm Kempff.

I agree, but i'd rather play a bosendorfer than a steinway, however, god knows when i'd ever get my hands on one.

Yes, old Steinways are very good, but Bösendorfer is unsurpassed!

Schubert´s tragische Verlorenheit----->kann man sie treffender ausdrücken als Wilhelm Kempff in diesem ersten Impromptu op.90?
Ich denke nein,weil es keinem anderen Künstler gegeben ist,dieses derart überwältigend zu tun und vor allem in der Ambivalenz solch eine erhebende Interpretation zu erreichen.Großartig!

and the notes may be correct, but it is not perfect. I don't think that anyone has ever played a perfect piece.