Maria Yudina plays Beethoven Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 (1/2)

Part 1
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Opus 111
1. Maestoso; Allegro con brio ed appassionato

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• yudina
• beethoven
• sonata
• op.111
• piano
• classical

[bernardocarmopiano]

I LOVE MARIA YUDINA. Everething she used to play became an work made by a lost of deep feelings and pain (whithout sentimentalism). The conception of this sonata, for example, is one of the most dramatic of XX sentury. She, Annie Fischer, Myra Hess, Richter, Clara Haskil, the great performances...

[PhillipLWilcher]

Robert Graves once said : "The thing to be said, say it!" - this is what Yudina does without fuss or affectation. Quite incredible and most certainly, never to be forgotten!

[kobiianardo]

this is by far the most manly version i know of.... and so much passion. the recording quality only adds to the rip-ness (had to make up the half-phrase for the occasion)! i love the fact that it's actually a lady playing haha.

[eliyaguy]

somehow I feel (who am I to know?) that beethoven meant it exactly like this.

[vkoracx]

man this is so good I am all goose bumps

[vkoracx]

@evanmacomber

couldn't agree more

so refreshing and original

[evanmacomber]

if you can't play like her then you have no right to say she isn't good or that she should play a certain way.. she IS the genius, period. Those judging her performance only dream to have at least one bit of her talent.

[PhillipLWilcher]

@jorgeliebermann It speaks to my condition, despite "style" and that is a condition which does not so easily warm to the piano sonatas of Beethoven at the best of times. Petri, yes. Arrau,yes. Schnabel, yes. Of course. And Yudina? Yes! My library at one time housed not only the Urtext but the Schnabel edition among others....even Dukas. Depleted now.

[jorgeliebermann]

@PhillipLWilcher Out of style.Listen in the same Sonata Egon Petri,Claudio Arrau,or Artur Schnabel,and attend the Urtext edition.

[grabagoodone]

Is she David Oistrah's sister? they look like each other so much.

[DearMrT]

Interprétation fascinante, d'une grande clarté, profondément Beethovénienne. A mon avis, la meilleure depuis Artur Schnabel.

[PhillipLWilcher]

Possibly.

I have a book titled "In Search Of Genius" - interviews with creative folk, everyone from Picasso to Marcel Marceau, mostly artists and writers - curiously no musicians feature. Robert Graves says it in his interview.

Best wishes......