Wilhelm Kempff plays Beethoven's Sonata 27, Op 90, mvt. 2
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Great touch, great pedal but he doesn't respect the original text, some sf, f, and p aren't right.
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I don't think the pianist should use the soft pedal at the beginning as it makes the sound bluring
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this old man always looks sooo mild and is so into the whole music plays the piano~~
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Beethoven is running out of ideas.
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ehm wohne in leipzig
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@sjmmrcrdd I guess that means that the 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata is easy too...
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@ShinatoKawasaki hes just showing that he doesnt have to look at the piano when he plays simple
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What must it be like to play a sonata you have been playing for fifty years? I cannot possibly imagine what he was thinking during his (characteristically beautiful) performance.
Have to say Kempff is my favorite single interpreter of Beethoven's sonatas. I prefer Horowitz for the Waldstein and Appassionata, but Kempff's Op.90, Moonlight, Hammerklavier, and Tempest are beyond repute. What a great classicist.
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@ShinatoKawasaki he is seeing Ludwig V standing before him frowning outwardly, inwardly soul bursting at the love thats translated through this mans own love of his work and its medium.
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his peaceful eyes ... i wonder why he lived 95 years. If i would be God i would make him immortal
When Kempff plays, he has a tendency to look before himself. I wonder what it is that he sees when he is playing. Is it another world? Is it the future? Is it the past? Whatever it is, I am sure it's beautiful. Kempff, if it weren't for you, I don't believe this sonata could have ever been played this beautifully.
ShinatoKawasaki 1 year ago 19
That's what I do call "feel the music"! awesome!
naranna29 1 year ago 5